DEC Talks: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, Inclusive Early Childhood

In this episode of DEC Talks, we share selected reflections from the 2025 Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Award Winners, drawn from the DEC Awards Ceremony. These excerpts highlight moments where award recipients spoke directly about their motivation, purpose, and the values that guide their work in inclusion in early childhood, early intervention, and early childhood special education. Featuri...

In this episode of DEC Talks, Dr. Peggy Kemp and Dr. LaShorage Shaffer lead a conversation with Dr. Angel Fettig and Dr. Hailey Love, the new co-editors of the Journal of Early Intervention (JEI). Together, they discuss the journal’s refreshed vision, its alignment with DEC’s Racial Equity Point of View, and how JEI is advancing equity, innovation, and accessibility in early childhood and early in...

We're kicking off our first episode of DEC Talks, the Division for Early Childhood podcast, starting at the heart of how we work together as an organization - our group norms. These five norms, adopted from Open Source Leadership Strategies, guide every DEC initiative, helping us center inclusion, equity, and accountability. You'll hear from Dr. LaShorage Shaffer, DEC's Executive Board president,...