The Iowa Department of Education has directed AEAs to use state-allocated children’s mental health training funds to provide CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Training—at no cost—for schools during the 2025–26 school year. This means all CPI training facilitators, materials and sessions will be fully funded for districts.
Heartland AEA Trainings- Open to all schools in the Heartland AEA service area
- Fall sessions: September / October 2025
- Winter sessions: January / February 2026
Training Format (Blended Learning)
- Online modules (2 hrs): complete prior to class
- Classroom session (3 hrs): practice application and intervention skills
The blended approach ensures that participants not only understand crisis prevention and intervention strategies but also gain hands-on practice to confidently apply them.
Who Should Attend?
- Staff with the highest likelihood of needing to be involved in physical restraint and/or seclusion
- Educators who may directly intervene in crisis situations and would benefit from de-escalation and intervention skills
View Training Dates & Register: 2025–26 CPI Training Offerings
Heartland AEA’s Substitute Authorization makes it easy for anyone with a college degree or 60 credits to step into a rewarding role helping local schools and students thrive. Courses are quick, affordable and available online statewide.
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Educational leaders are invited to participate in Six Shifts for Success: Improving Special Education and Other Intervention Outcomes — A Leadership Course in Systems Thinking and Action. This in-person, two-day professional development opportunity will help district and school leaders strengthen student support systems using the evidence-based Six Shifts framework developed by Nathan Levenson (2020).
Who Should Attend
District and school leaders, administrators, special education directors, intervention coordinators, MTSS teams and teacher leaders.
Benefits for Participants
Attendees will leave with concrete tools to assess systems, identify challenges and implement changes that improve results for students with disabilities and those receiving interventions. The collaborative nature of this professional development fosters idea-sharing and problem-solving among leaders facing similar challenges.
Details
Sept. 29 and Oct. 30, 2025
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, IA
Registration
Registration Link
Cost: $150 participant fee; $200 for license renewal credit (1 credit)
Registration Deadline: Sept. 28, 2025
This is an evaluator approval licensure renewal option for administrators.
Contact
Angela Dvorak
advorak@heartlandaea.org
Misty Christensen
