News Summary

Project Updates

The PAR²A Center, in partnership with the Early Childhood Special Education program at University of Colorado Denver, received a contract from Early Intervention Colorado (Colorado Office of Early. Childhood, Department of Human Services) to create self-paced modules leading to a certificate for Early Intervention providers. This project builds upon the previous work of the PAR²A Center with the CO-TOP*EIS project. The online modules developed for the EI Certificate will provide graduate level foundational knowledge in early intervention for occupational therapists, speech therapists, and other service providers who work with children ages birth to 3. The modules will be available for use in early spring of 2017.

Dr. Ritu Chopra was invited by the United States Department of Education to participate in the National Summit on Teacher Diversity held on May 6, 2016.

The website for Project P2ECE (Preparing Paraprofessionals for Early Childhood Education) has launched. It provides an overview of the project, project staff, and lots of resources. The Bank of Resources booklets provide readings, sample assignments, websites, and video clips that can easily be embedded into courses. Updates on presentations and events can also be found on the project website. Please visit it to learn more about the work Project P2ECE has accomplished and what is yet to come!

The project website is: https://p2ece.org/

Conferences

Courage to Risk

January 21-23, 2016

Conference on Research Innovation in Early Intervention (CRIEI)

February 11-13, 2016

National Association for Alternative Licensure Conference

March 7-9, 2016

National Resource Center for Paraeducators (NRCP) Annual Conference

March 31-April 3, 2016

Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference (RMECC)

February 19-20, 2016

Meetings/Trainings

Hybrid CO-TOP*EIS (Hybrid Comprehensive Training of Paraprofessionals in Early Intervention Services) Project Training for online courses

August 6 & 7