POLICY LETTER: November 25, 2013 to Guy M. McBride, Ph.D.
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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
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NITED STATES D EPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
O
FFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION A ND REHABILITATIVE
SERVICES
November 25, 2013
Guy M. McBride, Ph.D.
5309 Lisa Lane
Hickory, North Carolina 28602
Dear 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.”
Tha nk you for sharing your concerns with the Department. OSEP received a similar letter from
Buckley J. Hugo, regarding Maine’s criteria for identification of children with specific learning
disabilities , and we are enclosing OSEP’s response to that letter because, in it, we address
concerns that are similar to yours . As a result of the concerns raised by you and Mr. Hugo
regarding the Maine Unified Special Education Regulations at §VII.2.L(2)(a) and the Maine
Department of Education’s Learning Disability Ev aluation Report, OSEP is working with the
Maine State Director of Special Education to resolve this matter.
We thank you for your continued interest in children with disabilities in Maine. If you have
additional questions, please do not hesitate to conta ct Jennifer Wolfsheimer at 202-245-6090 or
by email at Jennifer.Wolfsheimer@ed.gov.
Sincerely,
Melody Musgrove, Ed.D.
Director
Office of Special Education Programs
cc: State Director of Special Education
Enclosure
TOPIC: LD Criteria
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