POLICY LETTER: November 25, 2013 to Guy M. McBride, Ph.D.

Desktop/DOE_Logo_small.gif" * MERGEFORMAT United States Department of EducationOffice of Special Education And Rehabilitative ServicesNovember 25, 2013Guy M. McBride, Ph.D.5309 Lisa LaneHickory, North Carolina 28602Dear Dr. McBride:This is in response to your letter to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education (Department). In your letter, you raise concerns about the criteria used by the State of Maine for the identification of children with specific learning disabilities, specifically the use of what you refer to as cognitive referencing.Thank you for sharing your concerns with the Department. OSEP received a similar letter from Buckley J. Hugo, regarding Maine's criteria for identificationDirectorOffice of Special Education Programscc: State Director of Special EducationEnclosurePage PAGE 3 Honorable Jason GlassPage PAGE 2 Honorable John WhiteDesktop/DOE_Logo_small.gif" * MERGEFORMAT United States Department of EducationOffice of Special Education And Rehabilitative ServicesNovember 25, 2013Guy M. McBride, Ph.D.5309 Lisa LaneHickory, North Carolina 28602Dear Dr. McBride:This is in response to your letter to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education (Department). In your letter, you raise concerns about the criteria used by the State of Maine for the identification of children with specific learning disabilities, specifically the use of what you refer to as cognitive referencing.Thank you for sharing your concerns with the Department. OSEP received a similar letter from Buckley J. Hugo, regarding Maine's criteria for identificationDirectorOffice of Special Education Programscc: State Director of Special EducationEnclosurePage PAGE 3 Honorable Jason GlassPage PAGE 2 Honorable John White