Technical Assistance Partners
CalECSE
The California Early Childhood Special Education Network (CalECSE) is a technical assistance (TA) project funded under the CDE that will support local educational agencies (LEAs), SELPAs, County Offices of Special Education (COEs), and other Agency Partners in the areas of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C to B Transitions, Preschool Assessment Practices, and Preschool Child Find by providing TA, professional learning, and demonstration of tangible practices that have been proven successful.
CCIL
Through a three tiered service model of universal, targeted and intensive supports, The California Coalition for Inclusive Literacy (CCIL) provides innovative professional learning focused on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to increase educator capacity to provide ALL students access to meaningful, relevant, and rigorous grade level instruction in inclusive classroom environments.
CA MTSS
California's Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) is a comprehensive framework that aligns academic, behavioral, social and emotional learning, and mental health supports in a fully integrated system of support for the benefit of all students. CA MTSS offers the potential to create needed systematic change through intentional design and redesign of services and supports to quickly identify and match to the needs of all students.
California Collaborative for Inclusive Practices
The vision of the California Collaborative for Inclusive Practices (CCIP) is that every student in California, including students with disabilities, thrives socially-emotionally and academically within inclusive learning environments.
California PBIS
California PBIS is a collaborative organization using evidence-based, culturally relevant practices to build the capacity for all stakeholders in the implementation of PBIS as a multi-tiered system following the National PBIS Blueprints for professional development, implementation, and evaluation.
Desired Results Access Project
The Desired Results Access Project supports special educators, administrators, and families in implementing the California Department of Education’s Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) for: Infants and toddlers with Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs); and Preschool-age children with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
Embrace Abilities
Our goal is to build capacity by providing supports for systemic, continuous improvement to County Offices of Education (COE) and Local Educational Agencies (LEA) for the inclusion of students with the most significant support needs.
The High Quality IEPs Project (HQ IEPs)
The High Quality IEPs Project (HQ IEPs) is excited to serve families and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) across California by providing training and resources to support meaningful engagement in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process. HQ IEPs envisions a future in which all LEAs, in partnership with families, have the capacity to develop high-quality IEPs, utilizing best practices, which results in meaningful participation and educational benefit for students.
Improving Outcomes for Multilingual Students with Exceptional Needs Project (MuSE)
Given the complex needs of English learners with Disabilities, the Imperial County SELPA provides statewide in-person and virtual training opportunities for teachers, teacher-leads/coaches, support personnel, general & special education service providers, and administrators through the Improving Outcomes for Multilingual Students with Exceptional Needs Project (MuSE).
Open Access
Open Access offers professional development and resources for educators, administrators, and organizations to enhance their understanding of Universal Design for Learning and how to leverage accessible and assistive technologies to meet the needs of ALL learners in K-12 settings.
Pathways 2 Partnership
The Pathways to Partnership consortium envisions a statewide educational community with the necessary skill sets to prevent, reduce, and resolve conflicts building trust and mutual understanding between families and educational agencies. Our vision embraces resolving conflict at the lowest level, preserving relationships with all members of the IEP team, and ensuring the IEP process is the foundation for positive, equitable student outcomes for all students with disabilities. Our vision seeks to transform the way in which educators respond to conflict and dispute within the California special education system and Statewide System of Support (SSOS) by establishing a sustainable continuum for dispute prevention and resolution that is accessible to all. The program is based on three overarching pillars of support: Family and Community Support and Conflict Prevention; Voluntary Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR); Facilitated Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meetings.
Seeds of Partnership
Seeds of Partnership provides assistance on behalf of the California Department of Education, Special Education Division to support the direction, initiatives and activities that are a part of the State Performance Plan (SPP) related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Indicators.
The State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP)
The State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP) is funded by the California Department of Education (CDE) through a contract to the Napa County Office of Education (NCOE) and the overall purpose of the project is to provide a system of technical assistance for local educational agencies (LEAs) working to address performance and compliance problems relating to disproportionality and significant disproportionality.
Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP)
The aim of Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) is to provide unparalleled statewide technical assistance to educational communities in their pursuit of inclusive and equitable systems. Seek to empower each student to be purposeful and motivated, resourceful and knowledgeable, and strategic and goal directed within an environment of belonging, community and connection.
The System Improvement Leads (SIL) Project
The System Improvement Leads (SIL) Project works collaboratively within the California Statewide System of Support, in partnership with CDE, CCEE, and other System of Support lead agencies to build the capacity of SELPAs, LEAs, and County Offices of Education in the areas of continuous improvement, data best practices, and high impact change ideas. These foundational processes ground SELPAs and LEAs in system alignment and coherence, ultimately resulting in meaningful, sustainable improvement in outcomes for students with disabilities.
