The latest issue of the OSEP Update is available now and includes a Letter from Director Laurie VanderPloeg, Frequently Asked Questions, Results Driven Accountability: What's Due and What's New, Dose of Data, and more.
DEC has submitted comments in response to the proposed changes to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for FY 2019-2020.
In the letter, DEC strongly recommends that OCR/ED confer with the OCR within Health and Human Services as...
Over a year ago, the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) joined over 100 national disability organizations to express our concern about the welfare of the children who had been separated from their families and were in the custody of the Office of Refugee. As an organiz...
DEC invites you to participate in a review of the position paper titled Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework in Early Childhood: Description and Implications. We look forward to feedback from the field as we advance this position statement forward. Thank you for co...
The Power to the Profession Initiative is worthy of our continued focus, discussion and input. I urge you to respond to the next opportunity for expressing your thoughts and concerns.
Public Draft #2 of the Leveling of the Professional Standards and C...
The aRPy Ambassador Initiative represents a unique partnership between the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA), the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children and the Region B Parent Tec...
The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC) will publish its eighth monograph in the DEC Recommended Practices Monograph Series in 2020. The topic of this monograph is transition practices. Transition refers to the events, activities,...
Your Vote is Your Voice! It's time to elect new members to the DEC Executive Board!
Help us make this year the year that EVERY MEMBER VOTES! As DEC members, voting is your right and responsibility. Now, more than ever, we need strong leadership at DEC.
