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The organizations in this area of the website provide technical assistance and/or training that may be useful to families, childcare providers, or preschools who are developing or supporting an inclusive setting for children. State and national organizations are listed here.
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Beginning Together
Beginning Together was created in collaboration with the California Department of Education, Early Learning and Care Division (ELCD) and WestEd, Center for Child and Family Studies as an inclusion support…
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California Department of Education Funded Training and Technical Assistance Projects (PDF)
Formatted to print on legal size paper. Check your printer settings Have you ever wondered about the differences between the various California Department of Education projects that provide training or…
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California Early Childhood Education Mentor Program
California Early Childhood Education Mentor Program is the largest mentoring program for child care professionals in the US. This program has provided advanced training for experienced child care workers who…
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California Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) Network
The California Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) Network is a professional development project funded by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), and is coordinated by WestEd.…
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California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN)
California Preschool Instructional Networks (CPIN) provides professional development and technical assistance to preschool teachers and administrators to ensure that preschool children are ready for school. The CPIN is organized utilizing…
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California School Age Consortium (CalSAC)
CalSAC helps build an out-of-school time workforce (such as before school, afterschool and summer learning) that is filled with strong mentors and highly skilled practitioners who reflect the communities they…
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Center for Health Literacy Promotion
Promoting Health Literacy with Free Info & Cool Tools from Your National Library of Medicine, a series of three brief training videos, is now ready for your use. The videos…
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Center for Health Literacy Promotion
Promoting Health Literacy with Free Info & Cool Tools from Your National Library of Medicine, a series of three brief training videos, is now ready for your use. The videos…
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Center for Prevention & Early Intervention (CPEI)WestEd
WestEd’s Center for Prevention and Early Intervention in Sacramento, provides statewide high quality training, technical assistance and resource development, dissemination, and support to state agencies and community programs that administer…
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Child Development Training Consortium
Child Development Training Consortium provides services, training, technical assistance and resources to students and professionals working with and for children. They collaborate with a consortium of 96 community colleges to…
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Communication Technology Education Center (CTEC)
Communication Technology Education Center (CTEC), developed and managed by the Supported Life Institute, provides services in Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC), which is the use of personalized methods or devices…
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CompSAT
CompSAT is a competencies-based, self-assessment toolkit. One of the hallmarks of a profession is standards for best practice. In California, early childhood educators have established a comprehensive set of expectations…
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CONNECT Online Courses
CONNECT Online Courses From Frank Porter Graham at the University of North Carolina the Connect Modules provide training on practices to solve dilemmas in early childhood settings with videos, activities…
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Desired Results Access Project
Desired Results Access Project assists the California Department of Education, Special Education Division (SED), in implementing the DRDP Assessment System to measure the progress of California’s preschool-age children with IEPs.…
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Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA)
ECTA is comprised of several recent OSEP-funded TA centers (NECTAC, CELL and TACSEI and ECO within the next two years). The purpose of ECTA is to improve state early intervention…
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Early EduAllianceHead Start
These learning modules are highlights of higher education courses from the Early EduAlliance. EarlyEdU follows an innovative competency- and practice-based framework. If you are familiar with the Head Start Early…
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Early EduAllianceHead Start
These learning modules are highlights of higher education courses from the Early EduAlliance. EarlyEdU follows an innovative competency- and practice-based framework. If you are familiar with the Head Start Early…
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Early Head Start National Resource Center: Recorded Instructional WebinarsHead Start
In this collection of archived webinars, you’ll find recordings on topics such as 1) Building a Dynamic Brain: The Influences of Music, Movement, and Nutrition, 2) Reflective Curriculum Planning for…
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Early Head Start WebinarsHead Start
Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHS NRC) webinars are presented online using PowerPoint and feature topics of interest to EHS and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start staff serving infants,…
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Early Start Neighborhood Training and Technical Assistance Network
This environment provides a virtual community for Early Start professionals and partners seeking training, technical assistance and resources on early intervention Part C requirements, implementation, and evidence-based practices. Guidelines for…
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Embedded Instruction for Early Learning: Tools for Teachers – California
The Embedded Instruction grant connects the DRDP (2015; California Department of Education 2016) assessment to curriculum and instructional practices to strengthen the relationship between assessment and instruction and provide planned…
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Embedded Instruction for Early Learning: Tools for Teachers – California
The Embedded Instruction grant connects the DRDP (2015; California Department of Education 2016) assessment to curriculum and instructional practices to strengthen the relationship between assessment and instruction and provide planned…
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Faculty Initiative Project (FIP)WestEd
The purpose of the CDE/ECE Faculty Initiative Project is to align and integrate essential content and competencies of key CDE/ELCD materials and initiatives with core early childhood education curriculum of…
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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
The Professional Development Center at FPG (PDC@FPG) provides people and organizations with opportunities to expand capacity, knowledge, and skills in areas related to child development and learning. PDC offerings are…
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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
The Professional Development Center at FPG (PDC@FPG) provides people and organizations with opportunities to expand capacity, knowledge, and skills in areas related to child development and learning. PDC offerings are…
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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
The Professional Development Center at FPG (PDC@FPG) provides people and organizations with opportunities to expand capacity, knowledge, and skills in areas related to child development and learning. PDC offerings are…
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Inclusion Collaborative
Santa Clara County Office of Education Inclusion Collaborative leads the effort to provide every Santa Clara County Child with a quality learning environment. Its focus is the successful inclusion of…
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Infant Development Association of California (IDA)
The Infant Development Association of California (IDA) is a multidisciplinary organization of parents and professionals committed to optimal developmental and positive social and emotional outcomes for infants, birth to three,…
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Kids Included Together (KIT)
KIT stands for Kids Included Together, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in San Diego, California in 1997. The mission of Kids Included Together is to support recreational,…
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Military Families Learning Network – Sunrise to Sunset: Supporting Children with Autism Through Their Day
The Early Intervention team’s four-part webinar series for 2019 will focus on supporting young children with autism and their families. This webinar series will take us through important steps in…
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Center on Response to Intervention (RTI)
The Center on Response to Intervention at the American Institutes of Research (AIR) continues the work of the National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI), which AIR ran from 2007-2012…
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National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)
The National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) is working with states to ensure that early childhood teachers are prepared to educate and care for young children with disabilities in…
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Office of Child Care (OCC)Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
The Office of Child Care supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children’s learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs.…
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Resource Center for Family Focused Practice, UC Davis
As part of the Center for Human Services at UC Davis Extension, the Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice serves the multidisciplinary human services needs of organizations with an emphasis on…
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Results Matter Video Library
These videos, produced by the Colorado Department of Education and Larry Edleman, help providers better understand ways to use observation, documentation, and assessment to inform practice. You can watch the…
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Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Project
We are funded by the California Department of Education, Special Education Division, through Riverside County Office of Education and El Dorado County and Charter SELPA. We also partner with various…
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Supported Life Institute
The mission of the Supported Life Institute is to offer educational and training opportunities to assist individuals and organizations in the work of improving the quality of life for people…
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Teaching Pyramid: Training and Technical Assistance Model
The Teaching Pyramid approach provides a systematic framework that promotes social and emotional development, provides support for children’s appropriate behavior, prevents challenging behavior, and addresses problematic behavior. The WestEd Center…
Translations: Chinese & Spanish