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Welcome! The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is an international membership organization for those who work with, or on behalf of, young children (0-8) with disabilities and other special needs, and their families. DEC Collaborate provides parents and professionals an online format to facilitate discussions and resource sharing through a library.

Let's get started.

1. Login (DEC Members) OR Create an account (New Non-Members).
2. Adjust your subscription settings.
3. Join a Community. DEC Members are automatically members of the DEC Community.
Anyone can join DEC Communities of Practice.
4. Start collaborating - post a message, browse current discussions to share your expertise, and search library entries.

Rules for Posting

What's okay to post?

Discussion posts with requests for resources, resource recommendations, free event recommendations, etc.
Job posts on the DEC Community (this is a DEC member benefit!). If you are not a DEC member, please visit the Career Center to post your job listing!
Research requests that have been approved by the DEC Research Committee. Submit your research request here for the committee to review!

Read the full rules for posting to DEC Collaborate here.

Latest Discussions

RE: Save-the-Date: DEC Early Intervention CoP with Focus on Special Instruction

By: Lorelei Pisha , 9 days ago

Posted in: DEC Community

Could agree more about Dana! You'll love meeting Teran, as well! Thrilled you are joining! Feel free to share this with your TN colleagues - CoP events are open and free to anyone interested in the topic - DEC membership is not required. -- Lorelei E. Pisha, Ed.D. Early Intervention Professional ...

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Support and Collaboration for complex students

By: Brianna Hofer , 11 days ago

Posted in: DEC Community

Hi, I have been an ECSE specialist for about 20 years. I have taught in three different states and worked with a variety of students. My primary experience and focus of my master's degree was in Autism. While I have worked with a wide variety of students over the years there have been some changes in ...
RE: Evidence Based Practices for Autism

By: Jennifer Stepken , 11 days ago

Posted in: DEC Community

I am a coordinator but my background is as an autism specialist. Over the last few decades, a number of evidence based interventions have been developed that effectively develop skills in joint attention, play skills, and regulation. This isn't a complete listing but these are the ones that are evidence ...