If you’re an early childhood special educator in Imperial, San Diego, and Orange counties, please join us for a virtual, no-cost CalECSE Region 9 Community of Practice from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7. Register now at: buff.ly/XFNU6h1

Sharing an important article from First 5 California highlighting valuable resources for families of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children. It emphasizes the importance of early language development and the power of connecting families with the Deaf community.

Attention CalECSE Region 7 early childhood special educators! Please join us for a virtual, no-cost Community of Practice focused on Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and Tulare counties from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, May 12. Register now at: buff.ly/eje7zwh

Calling all early childhood special educators in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern and Ventura counties! Please join us for a virtual, no-cost Community of Practice for CalECSE Region 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14. Register now: buff.ly/defo0OS

Attention CalECSE Region 3 early childhood special educators! Join us for a virtual, no-cost Community of Practice for Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo & Yuba counties on Thursday, May 15. Register now: buff.ly/3BbLxGM

If you’re an early childhood special educator in Los Angeles County, join us for a virtual, no-cost Community of Practice for CalECSE Region 11 from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 16. Share and learn from fellow practitioners. Register now at: buff.ly/jlZl9Ej

Calling all CalECSE Region 5 early childhood special educators! Please join us for a virtual, no-cost Community of Practice focused on Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 22. Register now at: buff.ly/JbbtT5v

The CalECSE Network just met in Sacramento to plan our 2025–26 no-cost training lineup for CA special educators! Topics include OT assessments, parent support, ADR, legal updates & more. Big year ahead! #CalECSE #SpEd #EarlyIntervention #ChildFind #AutismAwareness

Day 2 of CalECSE's Strategic Visioning Summit = moving from connections to DEEP WORK! 💡 We're building powerful Communities of Practice in #EarlyChildhoodSpecialEd by: 🔁 Sharing best practices 🧩 Solving problems of practice 🤝 Collaborating for impact #CalECSE #ECSE

Attention Regional Center Partners: Here 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. You can find it on the CalECSE website: buff.ly/frgIItf

One of our memorable highlights of the 2024-25 school year was hosting our Building Bridges Symposium, which brought together professionals from across the state for networking & training designed to build capacity & support best practices in early childhood special education.

As we look back on our Building Bridges Symposium, it’s clear the experience was as meaningful to our attendees as it was to us! Our survey results overwhelmingly indicated that attendees learned something new to help them improve their work in early childhood special education.

Our Communities of Practice (CoPs) were a huge hit in the 2024–25 school year, bringing together 747 early childhood special education partners across 11 regions to collaborate with fellow practitioners and share best practices. Thank you to everyone who attended our CoPs!

Our Communities of Practice had an overwhelmingly positive response, with more than 94% of survey respondents saying they would recommend attending a CoP to a colleague. We hope to foster even more productive collaboration, build community & share best practices in 2025-26!

In the 2024–25 school year, the CalECSE Network delivered 17 statewide trainings to 2,679 attendees, including district admins, school psychologists, preschool special education specialists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, Deaf & Hard of Hearing specialists & more.

Survey results show that the 17 no-cost Statewide Training sessions we held in 2024–25 were useful—and likely to be recommended to a colleague—for many attendees. Thank you to everyone who attended our trainings; we have many more professional learning opportunities to come!

There’s still time to submit a proposal to present at our symposium! We're looking for presenters dedicated to building practices that improve ECE & seeking proposals in Alternative Dispute Resolution & Parent/Family Outreach. Proposals are due by July 1: buff.ly/g0XmCXF

Calling all early childhood education exhibitors: if you’re looking to connect with clients working in ECE, join us at our CalECSE Symposium! To join our team for this symposium with an audience of nearly 750 professionals, submit your form by July 1: buff.ly/a1EQKnv

Attention families! This multilingual resource includes handy links to timelines, guides and checklists to understand the IEP process. You can find it on the CalECSE website: buff.ly/fAOOoA3

Our Communities of Practice meet virtually by region to bring together professionals passionate about inclusive early learning. These cohorts meet quarterly to collaborate, reflect & grow. Email [email protected] to join your region’s listserv; include the county you work in!