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Using DRDP Data to Engage Families


You've completed the Desired Results Developmental Profiles (DRDP), and now it's time to plan and engage with families. In this update, we share resources and strategies for sharing assessment information with families.


Resources for Families

Overview of the DRDP for Families describes how the DRDP works for children, including those with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), and how it benefits families, children, providers, and programs.


All About Young Children highlights skills that help children learn, including how they learn language, how they learn about feelings and relationships, how they learn about numbers, and how they become skillful at moving their bodies. (Available in eight different languages.)


California Making Access Possible (MAP) to Inclusion and Belonging supports children with disabilities and other special needs ages birth to 21 in childcare, after-school, and community settings. 


How Independent Play Benefits Your Child from the First 5 explains children's independent play and its importance. See how independent play can help a child’s development and learn some tips to get started.


Sesame Workshop provides teacher workshops, information for parents, activities for children on various topics, and offers activities and tips for the challenges and joys of supporting children.

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Resources for Teachers and Service Providers

Engaging Families/Parent Survey Webinar discusses the importance of building family partnerships and the role of parent surveys in improving California state-funded early childhood programs. 


Family Engagement and Ongoing Child Assessment addresses the partnership between parents and program staff, taking into consideration the responsibilities and perspectives of both in sharing child assessment information. This partnership supports children's learning and suggests strategies for bringing those perspectives together.


The Role of Family Observations explores research findings that suggest parents’ observations are reliable and valid and should be considered an essential component of any comprehensive assessment process.

Where Can I Find Training?

January/February Webinars


All webinars qualify for professional growth hours through the California Early Care and Education Workforce Registry. Check out upcoming sessions:


DRDP Online Webinars

  • How to Input Ratings
  • Upload Templates
  • Managing Child Enrollment


DRDP Webinars

  • Engaging Families/Parent Survey
  • Environment Rating Scales (ERS) and more!

Training Opportunities

Find scheduled Desired Results webinars on DRDP Online, observation, and more. To schedule a Desired Results training for your agency, please complete the Training Request Form!


To support early childhood teachers, meet the ever-changing needs of early childhood in the education field, and earn professional development hours, California Early Childhood Online (CECO) provides modules based on state-of-the-art information and best practices in one centralized location!

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