News and Updates

If you missed our Coffee Break or Learn It and Use It sessions, access the recordings anytime. Use in professional development, at staff meetings, or for in-service events.

New! Learn It and Use It: Breaking it Down: Identifying Learning Targets from DRDP Results
Review how to break down goals into proximal learning targets using the authentic assessment information from the DRDP to determine the knowledge and skills to teach in daily activities, routines, and transitions for children with IFSPs and IEPs.

Are you providing instruction to a child on an IEP goal or related to a DRDP measure? In this Learn It & Use It session we practiced breaking it down into proximal learning targets using the authentic assessment information from the DRDP to determine what knowledge, skills, or behaviors to teach in daily activities, routines, and transitions for children with IFSPs and IEPs. (49:29)

The California Department of Education, Special Education Division requires DRDP training for all early childhood special educators who assess children with the DRDP. SELPAs are responsible for ensuring that all staff who administer the DRDP complete training.

• All courses are provided in the Desired Results Access Project's Learning Center, DRAccessLearn.org.
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Inclusive opportunities for children with IEPs are expanding with Universal PreKindergarten!

Using effective, evidence-based practices in instruction greatly supports the successful inclusion of children with IEPs. Among these recommended practices is embedding instruction in the child’s daily activities and routines.

You can learn how to use an embedded instruction framework systematically, supported by a job-embedded program of professional development that includes practice-based coaching through participation in CalBloom Early Learning EveryDay. This opportunity is open to general education and special education partners...

If you missed some of our Coffee Break or Learn It and Use It sessions, you can access the recordings at any time. Use them in professional development with individuals, at staff meetings, or in-service events.