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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal;">Maine DOE Office Hours in Response to Lewiston Tragedy</span></h1>
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<span data-contrast="auto" class="ContentPasted2" style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(30, 30, 30);"><span style="display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted3">Maine Department of Education (DOE) staff are hosting several
virtual office hours in the coming days for educators and school staff to provide resources and provide a space for people to come together for professional support in responding to the horrific tragedy in Lewiston. More support times will be available</span> next
week, and we will continue to update you on additional office hours and resources. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" class="ContentPasted2" style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(30, 30, 30);"> </span><br>
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<span data-contrast="auto" class="ContentPasted2">We also wanted to<span class="ContentPasted2"> </span></span><a href="https://mainedoenews.net/2023/10/26/resources-for-talking-to-children-about-gun-violence/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 116, 217);" id="OWA147db185-fe1e-453f-e95f-d4806b087401" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted2"><span data-contrast="none">reshare
the resources</span></a><span data-contrast="auto" class="ContentPasted2"><span class="ContentPasted2"> </span>that the DOE sent out last night on how to talk to children about gun violence. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" class="ContentPasted2"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" class="ContentPasted2">Thank you for all that you continue to do to help students and staff cope with and process the heartbreaking events of this week and to create safe places for our students to have the routines and support from
caring adults that they need in this moment. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" class="ContentPasted2"> </span></p>
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<strong class="ContentPasted4">Office of Student and School Supports Office Hours </strong></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted4"><span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);"><strong class="ContentPasted4">Maine DOE School Nurse Consultant Emily Poland</strong></span><span class="ContentPasted4" style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);"><strong class="ContentPasted4">will
be available on Friday 10/27/2023 from 3:00-4:00 PM</strong></span><span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);"> for an open space opportunity for anyone who is working in a school health office. This time will focus on helping one another to process
and provide peer support for the recent tragedy in Lewiston. </span></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted4"><span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);">Join using the link below: </span><br class="ContentPasted4">
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<span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);">Meeting ID: 872 0894 2303 </span><br class="ContentPasted4">
<span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);">Passcode: 88821664 </span></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted4"><strong class="ContentPasted4">Maine DOE SEL Specialist Kellie Doyle Bailey will be available on Friday 10/27/2023 and Monday 10/30/2023 from 4:30-5:30 PM</strong> to offer administrators and any other school staff Emotional Supports.
This time will focus on helping one another to address the stress response of the recent tragedy in Lewiston and how best to support both adults and students with traumatic events. </p>
<div class="ContentPasted4" style="">Join using the link below: <br class="ContentPasted4">
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Meeting ID: 824 1605 4534 <br class="ContentPasted4">
Passcode: 96115930 </div>
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<strong style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted4">Maine School Safety Center Office Hours </strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; display: inline !important; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span>
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<p class="ContentPasted4"><strong class="ContentPasted4">Maine DOE Behavioral Threat Assessment & Management Coordinator Dr. Karen Barnes will be available on Friday 10/27/23 and Monday 10/30/23 from 2:00-3:00 PM</strong><span class="ContentPasted4"> </span>to
provide resources to assist educators and school staff with emotionally supporting students and staff around the recent acts of targeted community violence in Lewiston. </p>
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Meeting ID: 220 092 5410 <br class="ContentPasted4">
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<span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);">These sessions are not intended to be clinician interventions. If any person should need formal clinical support please consider these resources: </span></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted4"><span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);">If you are an educator in need of additional support, The FrontLine WarmLine is also available from 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week by calling 207-221-8196 or texting 898-211. </span></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted4"><span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 255);">If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988. </span></p>
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Emily Poland, MPH, RN, NCSN (she/her)</span></b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; color: black;"><br>
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</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Office of School and Student Supports</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; color: black;"><br>
</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Maine Department of Education</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; color: black;"><br>
</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">23 State House Station</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; color: black;"><br>
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