Crosscultural Developmental Education Services

Who We Are

CCDES is a small company headed up by Dr. Catherine Collier. Catherine has developed a team of dedicated professionals who are available to assist schools, teachers and parents to partner with each other to help OUR students. CCDES has been in business since 1987 and has worked with school districts around the United States and Canada.

What We Believe

We believe that each child needs and deserves a quality education and that teachers need and deserve the training necessary to make that happen and that parents are an essential piece to the education puzzle. We understand that the task of teaching has become more challenging with budget cuts and new federal guidelines. There seem to be more and more questions and fewer and fewer resources available to provide REAL answers.

How We Can Help

We can help provide those REAL answers. Our company delivers ESL professional development workshops such as "How to Separate Difference from Disability" and many others. We can assist your school district with ESL programs and IEP technical assistance to help navigate the rough waters created by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and English Language Learners (ELL). Our focus is on ESL, LEP and Special Education issues as well as an emphasis on Parent Education and Empowerment. We have developed crosscultural screening tools and assessments that are used by school districts around the United States and Canada.

It is our hope that this website will be used as a crosscultural resource for ESL, Special Education and classroom teachers as well as administrators and parents. Take some time to look around - there are articles and downloads available completely free of charge - and many other resources.

It is our desire to make every school a warm and welcoming place to educate every child and we believe that we can help you make that happen.