Interested in hosting Heartland AEA professional development exclusively for your district staff? We’d love to explore the possibilities with you. Heartland AEA offers a wide range of professional learning options, including paraeducator training, substitute authorization, and 6 Shifts in Special Education—all designed to meet district needs and schedules. To learn more or start a conversation, contact Susie Meade, Heartland AEA Chief Academic Officer.
As shared in July 2025, Heartland AEA has transitioned our CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training model to be more cost-efficient. We are now operating under a service-area-based training model. This means we will offer CPI training across the Heartland AEA service area at multiple times throughout the year. These trainings are open to any districts/schools within the Heartland AEA service area. We will offer a series of pre-service sessions in August 2026, followed by offerings in September/October 2026 and January/February 2027.
Based on what we know at this point, we will continue to align with the Iowa Department of Education directive that Iowa’s AEAs utilize state-allocated, children’s mental health school-based training and support funds to offer CPI training, free of charge, to school districts. Therefore, for the 2026-2027 school year, Heartland CPI training facilitators and materials will continue to be provided at no cost.
Please refer to all the training details in the CPI Communication for 2026-2027.
If you have any questions, please contact Jadie Boens, Director of School and Student Support
Services.
As you make plans for the rest of this year and next year, remember your Heartland AEA Professional Service Providers are just a request away! You can utilize this District Request for Services form. Once we receive it, we will contact you to confirm and develop an action plan.
