Project Optimal was conceived and developed by Robert Farran, Director, Southwest Special Education Local Area Plan from 1989 to 2012, and the late Annette Dahlman, Ph.D., Director of Research & Evaluation, SW SELPA. Project Optimal is a result of their commitment to children with developmental disabilities and their families. 

Under the Project Optimal brand, Wiseburn Unified School District is the program sponsor responsible for delivery of the added authorization programs that California teachers are required to add to their credential if they were working with students who have a disability.

As the technology partner to Wiseburn Unified School District, Innovative Learning manages and maintains both the Project Optimal website and Learning Management System.

The Project Optimal Added Authorization Programs were created to provide affordable, accessible, and credible educational programs for California Education Specialist credential holders needing to add expertise in the areas of special education that were not part of their original credential authorization.

Project Optimal is dedicated to ensuring optimal behavioral educational opportunities for all children and their families through collaboration and capacity building.  

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