Professional Development

In-Person Opportunities

All trainings will be at East County Regional Education Center (ECREC) unless otherwise stated.

924 East Main St, El Cajon, CA 92021

Date	Training	Time/Location	Targeted Audience	Presenter	Register
September 15, 2026	Smart, Legal, Student-Centered Assessments	8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. LIVE WEBINAR	School psychologists, administrators, or anyone who conducts assessments and uses California Ed Code	Scott Gutentag, Ph.D., LEP, NCSP, School Psychologist	Registration coming soon
September 15, 2026	Functional Behavioral Assessment & Behavior Interventional and Planning	8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ECREC	School psychologists or staff conducting FBAs or developing BIPs	PENT Team	Register for Being a Para Pro of Special Education
September 29, 2026	From FBA to Follow Through: Developing Sustainable BIPs for Escape and Access Maintained Behaviors	8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ECREC	Behavior specialists, BCBAs, program specialists, school psychologists, and special ed teachers who design, write, or support teams on behavior intervention plans	Christina Lassigne, M.A., M.S., Education Specialist	Register
October 29, 2026	Is it Mental Health or Behavior?	8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ECREC	School Psychologists or staff responsible for conducting FBAs or developing BIPs	PENT Team	Register for CALPADS Special Education Spring Roadshow
November 3, 2026	Make a Play: Promoting Social Emotional, Communication, and Cognitive Development through Play	8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ECREC	Preschool, TK and Kinder special ed teachers, SLPs, administrators, occupational therapists, parents, paraeducators, and psychologists	Allease Glamore, Ed.D., School Psychologist	Register for Evidence-Based Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Extensive Support Needs
November 12, 2026	Understanding and Responding to Student Escalation Based on the Escalation Cycle	8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ECREC	School Psychologists or staff responsible for developing BIPs	PENT Team	Register
December 8, 2026	Being a Para Pro of Inclusive Education	1 p.m. to 3 p.m. LIVE WEBINAR	Paraprofessionals, instructional assistants (IA), staff who supervises paraprofessionals and IA's	Nicole Ward, M.A., Education Specialist	Register for Administration and Interpretation of the Southern California Ordinal Scales of Development - Cognition
January 28, 2027	Functional Behavioral Assessment & Behavior Interventional and Planning	8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ECREC	School psychologists or staff conducting FBAs or developing BIPs	PENT Team	Register for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Collaboration Day
April 20, 2027	The Missing Link: Leveraging SLP Expertise to Promote Literacy Development	8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ECREC	Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and SLP Assistants (SLPAs)	Elizabeth Stiles Beirne, M.S., CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist	Register