Professional Learning Opportunities

Formal professional learning opportunities for Local Education Agency (LEA) staff, parents, and other educational professionals offered by the Diagnostic Center, Central California.

Professional Development Manual Home | Special Event Offerings | 2025-26 Learning Opportunities

Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder - All Offerings
    • A-1 Assistive Technology to Support Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
    • A-2 Autism Spectrum Disorders from A to Z: Assessment to Zany Conversation
    • A-3 Treatment Ideas for the Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) Working with the Student Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders…Building a Road Map for Successful Communication
    • A-4 Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Social Intimacy and Social Skills
    • A-5 Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Strategies for Supporting Students with ASD, Attention, and Social Anxiety Needs
    • A-6 Autism Spectrum Disorders: Combining Evidence-Based Practices to Optimize Learning
    • A-7 Antecedent-Based Interventions: Stay Ready So That You Don't Have to Get Ready
    • A-8 Visual Supports: Evidence-Based Practices for Autism that Make All the Difference (New!)
    • A-9 The Prompting Hierarchy and How to Fade and Foster Independence (New!)
    • A-10 The Spectrum of Learning: Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) for Autism (Early Childhood Version) (New!
    • A-11 Supporting Our Students with the Highest Support Needs (Level 3 Autism) (New!)
    • A-12 Supporting Neurodiverse Students in High School and Transition (New!)
    • A-13 Strategies for Supporting Young Students (ages 3 to 5) with Autism (New!)
    • A-14 Autism in Girls (New!)

Student Engagement and Behavior

  • Student Engagement and Behavior - All Offerings
    • B-1 No Good Very Bad Day…Could it be Communication?
    • B-2 Executive Function Instruction Strategies
    • B-3 The Blueprint for Bonds: Constructing Connections with Students (New!)
    • B-4 Sensory-Supportive Environments: Classroom Structures for Success (New!)
    • B-5 Wired to Learn: Brain-Based Teaching in Action (New!)

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

  • Social Emotional Learning - All Offerings
    • C-1 The Trauma Informed Classroom (New!)
    • C-2 Adult Social-Emotional Learning: Enhancing Educator Well-Being (New!)
    • C-3 Responsive Discipline (New!)
    • C-4 Trauma Informed Classroom Toolkit (New!)
    • C-5 Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Techniques for Educators and Students (New!)

Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities

Early Childhood

  • Early Childhood - All Offerings
    • E-1 Positive Discipline for Little Learners (New!)
    • E-2 Building Better Behavior Through Connections: Simple Interaction Skills That Make a Big Impact (New!)
    • E-3 From Meltdown to Calm: Understanding and Responding to Emotional Outbursts (New!)
    • E-4 Avoiding Burnout: Building Habits that Build Resilience for the Early Childhood Educator (New!)

Protective Factors Framework (New!)

  • Protective Factors Framework - All Offerings
    • F-1 Session 1: Introduction to the Protective Factors Framework (New!)
    • F-2 Session 2: Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work: Resilience and Social Connections (New!)
    • F-3 Session 3: Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work: Knowledge of Discipline Styles and Child Development (New!)
    • F-4 Session 4: Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work: Concrete Support in Time of Need (New!)
    • F-5 Session 5: Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work: Social and Emotional Competence of Children (New!)

Secondary (Middle School and High School) (New!)

Complex Communication and Intellectual Disabilities

  • Complex Communication and Intellectual Disabilities - All Offerings
    • I-1 Building Communication Opportunities Throughout the Day for Students with Complex Communication Disorders
    • I-2 Students with Complex Communication and Intellectual Disabilities…Avoiding the Impact of Learned Helplessness
    • I-3 Evidence-Based Practices that Support Students with Complex Communication and Significant Cognitive Disabilities
    • I-4 Developing a Language Enriched Environment

Language and Literacy

Paraprofessionals (New!)

  • Paraprofessionals - All Offerings
    • P-1 Foundations of Trauma Informed Support: What Every Paraprofessional Should Know (New!)
    • P-2 Kind and Clear: Responsive Discipline that Connects for the Paraprofessional (New!)
    • P-3 Adult Social Emotional Learning: Enhancing Paraprofessional Well-Being (New!)
    • P-4 The Role of the Paraprofessional (New!)

Speech and Language

  • Speech and Language - All Offerings
    • S-1 Assessment and Treatment: Speech Fluency Disorders
    • S-2 Building Social Skills Groups for Diverse Learners
    • S-3 Differential Assessment and Interventions for Students with Significantly Reduced Speech Intelligibility
    • S-4 Language Processing Disorder: Assessment and Treatment Considerations

Assistive Technology and Augmentative and Alternative Communication

  • Assistive Technology and Agumentative and Alternative Communication - All Offerings
    • T-1 Assistive Technology Assessment – Certificate Program
    • T-2 Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Assessment to Intervention – Certificate Program
    • T-3 Augmentative and Alternative Communication – Building Literacy
    • T-4 Assistive Technology Supports for Organization and Executive Functioning
    • T-5 Assistive Technology Supports for Mathematics
    • T-6 Assistive Technology Assessment to Intervention: Building Supports for Written Language
    • T-7 Aided Language Stimulation and Data Collection for Trials in Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC)
    • T-8 Using Technology to Support the Essential Elements of Literacy Including Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Language Skills

Specialized Topics

  • Specialized Topics - All Offerings
    • Z-1 Concussions: More than Just a Bump on the Head! (Traumatic Brain Injury)
    • Z-2 Individualized Education Program (IEP) Basics: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Effective Collaboration (New!)
    • Z-3 Teacher Burnout and the Importance of Self-Care (New!)
    • Z-4 Writing IEPs for Students with Autism from a Neurodiversity-Affirming Mindset (New!)
    • Z-5 Supporting Autistic LGBTQIA+ Students (New!)
    • Z-6 Life Skills for Independence: Empowering Middle and High School (New!)
    • Z-7 Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices in our General Education Classrooms (New!)