The MSDE Division of Early Intervention and Special Education Services (DEI/SES) provides leadership, accountability, technical assistance, and resource management to local school systems, public agencies, and stakeholders through a seamless, comprehensive system of coordinated services to children and students with disabilities, birth through age 21, and their families.
Join the Maryland State Department of Education and Maryland Department of Health at the Autism Waiver Prospective Provider Workshop, on Thursday, January 21, 2021 from 9am to 12:30 pm to learn more about Maryland's Home and Community Based Services Waiver for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and how to become an Autism Waiver provider. Register online.
November 29, 2020, marks the 45th anniversary of President Gerald Ford signing the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) into law. The 1990 amendment to Public Law 94-142 changed the law’s name to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Follow the Department of Education to celebrate 45 years of providing education, supports and services to infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and their families through the IDEA. IDEA–45 Years Later. #IDEA45Years. @ED_Sped_Rehab
Discover birth to kindergarten resources to support young learners.
Learn how to support all students, birth through age 21.
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The Division's call to action is to narrow the achievement gap in Maryland by ensuring students with disabilities receive access to the general education curriculum and specially designed instruction.Learn about the Division's call to action to narrow the achievement gap in Maryland.