Resources by Leads
CalECSE offers Virtual Training Sessions on a variety of topics available at no cost.
Parents, caregivers, education specialists, and family support providers are invited to join this two-part no-cost, virtual series focused on Parts C and B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Join us for a hands-on training series where you’ll dive deep into State Performance Plan Indicators 5, 6, 12, and 13 and discover how to uncover insights hidden in your IEP data and CALPADS reporting.
Drawing on current research, we will explore how autism can present differently in boys and girls, including variations in communication styles, social behaviors, mannerisms, special interests, and play behaviors. Research shows girls are often diagnosed later than boys and that some current assessment measures are less sensitive to autistic girls.
This no-cost, virtual session will provide an overview of the Indicator 6 data to deepen your understanding as your local educational agency prepares for the Annual Determination letter release in February
Join Pathways to Partnership and CalECSE for a two-part, no-cost virtual series designed for school district personnel supporting early childhood special education programs and provides evidence-informed strategies to strengthen family-school collaboration
Learn how to develop and sustain Interagency Collaborations and Agreeements using this helpful roadmap!
This compilation of resources provides information and links for understanding inclusion and learning inclusive practices and strategies that can be used in the classroom to support of all young learners.
This one page resource provides a quick, at-a-glance look at the difference between a medical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and an educational eligibility of autism under the California Education Code, 5 CCR § 3030(b).
One major transition required within IDEA is when children turn 3 years old and transition out of Part C Early Intervention Programs into Part B Services for School-Aged Children. This document provides an At-A-Glance look at transition activities and timelines for Part C to Part B Transitions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Use this downloadable, fillable PDF during your assessments in order to capture play-based child observations!
Parents and caregivers will find multiple local resources for supporting early learners in this useful document
Our inclusive and innovative practice exemplars share evidence-based strategies for creating classrooms that support all early learners.
A writable tool - Preschool Initial Referral Intake Form
Find follow-up questions and answers here from the California Early Childhood Special Education (CalECSE) Network’s Kindergarten Transition Assessments Training
This is a month-to-month guide with best practices for transitioning children from preschool to the next step in their educational journey.
This checklist is a handy tool for practitioners when implementing play-based assessments.
This is a checklist for on-boarding new Regional Center staff and administrators involved in supporting families through the Part C to Part B transition process
This document provides information and multiple resources to clarify compliance and procedural issues regarding transition from Part C to Part B.
This multi-lingual resource provides families with handy links to timelines, guides and checklists to understand the IEP process
This document provides a collection of tools useful to LEA and Regional Center leaders planning a review of local Part C to Part B Transition Interagency Agreements, protocols and practices
This document provides links to resources for administrators on Part C to Part B requirements and how to support on-boarding staff new to Part C or Part B
This document provides basic timelines and resources for LEA and Regional Center staff supporting the Part C to Part B transition process
This presentation template is designed to support Regional Centers and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in staff training on transitions from IDEA Part C to Part B
This guide supports families of two-year-olds moving from Part C Early Intervention (EI) to Part B Preschool Special Education under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), outlining timelines, what to expect, how to prepare, and what to do after the meeting—so services begin on or before your child’s third birthday.
Have you wondered what inclusion looks like in a preschool classroom? This video highlights a typical day in a Bonita Unified School District preschool classroom, which is part of its Building Lifelong Academic Skills (BLAST) inclusion program. Learn what makes this inclusion program successful and how LEAs can create and sustain their own inclusion programs to benefit young students with special needs.
Providing seamless early intervention services for our youngest learners with disabilities is critical for their success and long term outcomes. This video describes how to identify students with needs early and connect them to the support they need. Highlights include collaboration with organizations such as Help Me Grow and First 5 California.
Childcare providers have a key partnership with parents in providing what is needed for the well-being and health of those with whom they are entrusted. This video takes a step by step walk through the process to help families and childcare providers who have a concern about a child's growth and development seek support.
An overview of Interagency Collaboration: Special Education Best Practices for Transitioning to Preschool
In this video, CalECSE Network Exemplar Lead Carrie Rodrigues highlights the importance of early assessment and discusses the best practices in the assessment of students prior to their transition into a kindergarten setting, with insight from school administrators and a parent who have seen the benefits of these practices firsthand.
Inclusive learning environments often support better outcomes in academics, social skills, behavior and self-advocacy for students with disabilities. In this video, CalECSE Exemplar Leads from Sonoma County SELPA and Bonita Unified School District discuss the positive impacts of inclusive learning and how LEAs create or adopt their own inclusive learning models, utilizing support from their SELPAs and other local and state resources.
In this video, the San Gabriel Pomona Parents’ Place Family Resource & Empowerment Center highlights how FRCs support families as their children enter early childhood education and prepare for school-aged programs, empowering them to becoming active partners in the process.
This video focuses on four-year-old Myles, his family, and his school-based service providers who describe their experience moving from home-based services to programs and services at California Elementary in La Puente, California. (Video is in English with English subtitles)
Este vídeo se centra en Juan, de nueve años, su familia, originaria de México, y los proveedores de servicios escolares que describen su experiencia al pasar de los servicios a domicilio a los programas y servicios de la escuela primaria Shirpser en El Monte, California. (El vídeo está en inglés y español con subtítulos en español.)
In this video, meet nine-year-old Juan, his family, who are originally from Mexico, and his school-based service providers as they describe their experience moving from home-based services to programs and services at Shirpser Elementary in El Monte, California. (Video is in English and Spanish with English subtitles.)
This video focuses on five-year-old Isaac, his family, who are originally from China, and his school-based service providers who describe their experience moving from home-based services to programs and services at Francis Scott Key Elementary in San Francisco, California. (Video is in English and Mandarin with English subtitles.)
当残疾儿童将满三岁生日时，他们的家庭会面临看似重大（有时甚至令人不知所措）的变化，也就是从早期干预 (Early Start) 服务，过渡到以学校为主的服务。在这一系列视频中，我们将认识来自不同文化背景和语言群体的六个家庭，他们分享自己的经历和见解，帮助其他家庭为孩子入学做好准备，并在新的阶段茁壮成长。 本视频主要讲述五岁的艾萨克、他的家庭（他们来自中国），以及他的学校服务提供者。他们分享从以家庭为主的服务，过渡到由加州旧金山的弗朗西斯·斯科特·基小学 (Francis Scott Key Elementary) 提供的课程和服务的经历。（视频中使用英语和普通话，配中文字幕。另可提供带英文字幕的版
This video focuses on four-year-old Taylor, her family, who are originally from Vietnam, and her school-based service providers who describe their experience moving from home-based services to programs and services at Chandler Tripp Elementary in San Jose, California. (Video is in English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.)
Video này xoay quanh bé Taytor bốn tuổi cùng gia đình gốc Việt của em và nhà cung cấp dịch vụ học đường của em, những người chia sẻ về hành trình chuyển tiếp từ các dịch vụ hỗ trợ tại gia sang các chương trình và dịch vụ tại trường Tiểu Học Chandler Tripp Elementary tại San Jose, California. (Video này có sẵn bằng tiếng Anh và tiếng Việt, kèm phụ đề tiếng Việt. Ngoài ra, còn có phiên bản phụ đề tiếng Anh
This video focuses on nine-year-old Rafael, his family, who are originally from Korea, and his school-based service providers who describe their experience moving from home-based services to programs and services at Fammatre Elementary in San Jose, California. (Video is in English and Korean with English subtitles.)
이 영상은 올해 아홉 살인 라파엘과 그의 가족, 그리고 캘리포니아 새너제이에 있는 팜마트 초등학교의 학교 기반 서비스 제공자들의 이야기를 담고 있습니다. 라파엘 가족은 한국 출신으로, 가정 중심 지원에서 학교 프로그램과 서비스로 옮겨간 경험을 들려줍니다. 영어와 한국어로 제작된 영상입니다. 한국어 자막이 포함되어 있으며, 영어 자막 버전도 제공됩니다
This video focuses on four-year-old Ella, her family, and her school-based service providers who describe their experience moving from home-based services to programs and services at California School for the Deaf in Riverside, California. (Video is in English and ASL with English subtitles and voiceover.)
This session will provide an overview of Indicator 6 Preschool LRE Annual Performance Report (APR) reporting
Learn in-depth information on:
Why Comprehensive and Accurate Autism and Intellectual Disability assessments Are So Important, Autism Assessments Under Ed Code, Ed Code vs. Medical Diagnosis, Intellectual Disability Assessments Under Ed Code, Special Cases, African American Children, What to Do if a Child Cannot Participate in Cognitive Testing, & Delivering Hard News
Learn about Typical Speech & Language Development, Components of Comprehensive Assessments, Gathering Parent Input, Play-Based Assessment and so much more!
Learn about Early Childhood Education Local Educational Agency (LEA) Child Find and Assessment Obligations, Assessent Timelines, and the Importance of Making Positive First Impressions when assessing young children and working with their families.
Learn about the importance of making data-driven decisions and, using the Improvement Data Center (IDC), and take a walk through of the DRDP Outcomes Data in this presentation.
A comprehensive Child Find system ensures that all children who are in need of early intervention or special education services are identified, located and evaluated. Learn about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) child find requirements as well as how educational community agencies support child find obligations.
Learn about the essential components for conducting comprehensive, legally defensible initial early childhood assessments for English Language Learners.
Learn to conduct thorough and impactful assessments to determine eligibility under the category of Autism.This session takes an in-depth look at how Autism might manifest in early childhood and then examines how to best determine if a child meets Education Code criteria for special education under Autism.
This session provides Regional Center and LEA practitioners with specific information on required timelines and how to collaborate for effective and successful IDEA Part C to B transitions for children and their families.
This session is focused on equipping educators and administrators with the tools and strategies needed to enhance Child Find practices and ensure no child falls through the cracks.
This session will provide an overview of California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) reporting as it relates to students who are infants through preschool. It will also address common issues and how to address them.
This session covers the essential components for conducting comprehensive, legally defensible initial preschool special education assessments.
Learn varying ways that LEAs, SELPAs, and/or COEs work to build effective assessment teams that are equipped to identify the needs of all earlychildhood learners who are referred for an assessment.
This series will provide information on a variety of models and approaches that are actively, and effectively used in the field of early childhood. Participants will be provided with opportunities to engage with the presenters and ask questions. If you are looking for ways to improve or restructure your current assessment team approach, this series is for you!
In this enlightening presentation, we delve into the intricate pathways of early intervention and special education assessment through the eyes of a parent. Presented in Spanish and English, parent Silvia Torrico will share her unique perspective in Spanish and Elena Sanchez, the Executive Director of San Gabriel Pomona Parents’ Place Family Resource & Empowerment Center will provide English translation.
This workshop increases understanding of the referral process and its significance, shares effective communication strategies between parents and professionals and provides tools to support children and families.
In this training designed for parents, learn about the developmental milestones and expected abilities for children ages zero to five.
This is part two of a Q&A series to support local education agency administrative staff in the development of functional assessment teams.
Our first session focused on a larger California district and this session will highlight assessment team practices from a smaller more rural location.
What Will Be Covered:
• Speech and language developmental milestones
• Recommended assessment tools and measures
• Strategies for assessing pragmatic language skills
• Play-based assessment techniques
• Tips for taking accurate language samples
• Insights into assessing gestalt language learners
• Navigating eligibility determinations under Education Code
The Innovative and Inclusive Practices Exemplar Lead team discussed the development and implementation of an inclusive preschool program that is located in Southern California.
This session provides administrators and managers from Regional Centers and LEAs a detailed overview of the CalECSE flow chart on Developing and Sustaining Successful Interagency Collaborations and Agreements. The presentation includes information on how to access and implement these resources.
Here is what you will learn in this essential session:
• What Indicator 12 measures and how it is calculated
• How to monitor Indicator 12 data
• Common barriers in meeting Indicator 12 and how to
address them
This virtual session is designed to help IEP teams navigate this important transition with confidence. We’ll break down the intent behind the Education Code, guiding you to make informed, legally defensible, child-centered decisions.
Join CalECSE and our special guests Elizabeth Schroeder, Project Director, and Shawn Kaplan, Training Manager, from the Desired Results Access Project for a no-cost, virtual session to gain essential information and resources for using the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) for children with Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
You will have the opportunity to hear from a panel of professionals including Education Specialists, Service Providers, Administrators, and others regarding inclusive practices, building inclusive programs, providing related services in inclusive settings, and more!
CalECSE Assessment Practices Exemplar Lead and Speech-Language Pathologist Linsey Sandrew and Licensed Educational Psychologist Carrie Rodrigues presented an engaging session exploring the power of play-based assessment.
Join CalECSE Data Governance Exemplar Lead Heather DiFede for a practical and insightful no-cost session that breaks down Indicator 12 of the Annual Performance Report
Discover how leading school districts and county offices across California are transforming their Child Find practices to better serve young children with developmental delays.
Discover how to make your occupational therapy (OT) assessments more meaningful, accurate, and impactful in early childhood settings. This no-cost, one-hour session equips both seasoned OTs and those new to early learning environments with the knowledge and tools to confidently evaluate young children’s present levels of functioning and eligibility for school-based services.
This ready to use staff training is for LEA Administrators and Regional Center Supervisors to support effective Part C to Part B transition onboarding
This professional development session is designed for elementary administrators, general education teachers and special education staff members who are navigating the new world of three and four year olds in Transitional Kindergarten
This first session will focus on Part C of IDEA, also known as Early Start, which provides services for infants and toddlers from birth to age 2 years, 11 months, who have developmental delays or diagnosed disabilities.This session will cover what parents need to know about transition, including assessments, services, the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), timelines, and parent rights.
An overview of links related to Interagency Collaboration.
California Department of Education Letter
