Conferences and Trainings

• CDE Calendar of Events
  The CDE calendar provides links to meetings, workshops, conferences, etc., and lists deadlines and other key dates provided by CDE staff.
• Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP)
  The Exceptional Student Services Unit (ESSU) and Early Childhood Initiatives' Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP) Conferences are family-centered events designed to offer support, information, and education to parents and professionals. PEP promotes partnerships that are essential in supporting and including children with disabilities and their families in schools and the community.
• Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP) Academy
  PEP Academy brings together Parents Encouraging Parents Facilitators, special education administrators, family leaders and CSEAC members, to increase the understanding and knowledge of the family perspective of parenting, and educating and supporting a child with a disability.
• PEAK Parent Center Calendar (Exiting CDE Website)
  Browse this statewide online calendar of events for families and educators of children and youth with disabilities.

Registration Monetary Assistance

• Conference Registration Assistance for Families 2012-2013 (PDF)
  There are limited funds for a family in Colorado with a child (3-21 years of age) who is eligible for special education services to attend a conference.