Welcome to Universal Supports! Explore tools, resources, professional development, and services designed or curated by the High-Quality IEPs Project. These supports build on the IEP Journey for Educators, Families and Students. All supports are available at no cost to all districts, charter schools, COEs, and SELPAs across California.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for: Meaningful Participation - complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click on the links above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials to train LEA staff on meaningful participation in the IEP process. Learn strategies to engage all IEP team members—including educators, parents, and students—in collaborative decision-making, ensuring the IEP reflects student needs, strengths, and goals for success.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for: A Place to Begin - complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click on the links above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials to train LEA staff on covering Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for equitable access to instruction, the IDEA definition of an IEP, procedural safeguards, and key legal requirements to ensure all students receive appropriate supports and services.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for Key Component #1: Assessment - complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click on the links above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials to help staff master the special education assessment process. It covers using the RIOT protocol and assessment checklist, reviewing results, determining eligibility, and addressing areas of disagreement effectively.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for Key Component #2: Present Levels - complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials designed to guide teams in gathering comprehensive meaningful data on student's strengths, preferences, needs, and areas of interest. Learn how to document disability impact, special factors and present performance to create a strong foundation for individualized, asset-based IEPs.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for Key Component #3: Area(s) of Need - complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials designed to help teams in using assessment data, present levels of performance, and input from the IEP team to determine needs related to the student's disability.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for Key Component #4: Goals—complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials designed to help staff write clear, measurable IEP goals that drive student success.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for Key Component #5: Supports and Services - complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials designed to help teams learn how to identify and document accommodations, modifications, assessment participation, and special education and related services. The training helps staff ensure that supports enable students to access grade-level content, engage in extracurricular activities, and interact with peers while making progress toward their goals.
Support your LEA teams with this downloadable training package for: Developing high-quality Individual Transition Plans (ITPs)- complete with an Agenda, Google Slides presentation, and Processing Guide. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series and focuses on building a strong foundation for student-centered transition planning.
Support your LEA teams with this downloadable training package for developing high-quality Individual Transition Plans (ITPs)—complete with an Agenda, Google Slides presentation, and Processing Guide. This is Part 2 of a 2-part series and focuses on connecting postsecondary goals to aligned transition activities, services, and course of study, with an emphasis on implementation, progress monitoring, and compliance to support meaningful student outcomes.
Support your LEA teams with our downloadable training package for: After the IEP - complete with an agenda, Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Click on the links above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials to train LEA staff on the importance of reflection, gathering feedback and systematically monitoring implementation of the IEP.
Support your LEA teams with this downloadable training package created to build the foundational knowledge and skills of administrative designees. It includes an agenda, customizable Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Part 1 of this 2-part series focuses on understanding the administrative designee role, ensuring legal compliance, committing resources on behalf of the LEA, and leading collaborative, student-centered IEP team processes.
Support your LEA teams with this downloadable training package designed to strengthen and apply the role of the administrative designee in practice. It includes an agenda, customizable Google Slides presentation, and processing guide. Part 2 of this 2-part series focuses on deepening leadership of the IEP process through decision-making, problem-solving, and ensuring alignment, implementation, and accountability to support meaningful student outcomes.
General education teachers play a vital role in every stage of the IEP process by sharing their insights and expertise. Click above to access ready-to-use and customizable materials designed to help train general education teachers on their responsibilities within the IEP process.
CALTAN provides evidence-based resources to California School Districts as they improve upon the systems that support positive outcomes for students in California receiving Special Education services. On this website you will find evidence-based special education resources to address seven key focus areas, Technical Assistance providers, and information about California’s Compliance and Improvement Monitoring (CIM).
With this tool, County Offices of Education, districts, charter schools, Special Education Local Plan Areas, and other educational partners in California, can find information about state-funded initiatives, resources, and contact information for System of Support partners, to employ best practices, facilitate improvement plans, and improve student outcomes.
