• Immerse your students in career options with CareerLabs VR

    Want to immerse your 7th-12th grade students into careers, but not sure where to start? Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency has a solution for you:… Read More

  • Meet Our New PLAEA Team Members

    Please join us in extending a warm welcome to our newest members of the PLAEA family! Kate Besch - Assistive Technology, Significant… Read More

  • Youth Mental Health First Aid. Suicide Risk Assessment. CPI.

    Youth Mental Health First Aid. Suicide Risk Assessment. Trauma-Informed Verbal Intervention & Nonverbal Crisis Intervention (CPI Intervention). Check… Read More

  • Youth Mental Health First Aid Regional Training Schedule

  • 2022-23 Nonviolent Crisis Intervention/CPI Training Dates

  • 2022-23 Directory of Services

    The 2022-23 Prairie Lakes AEA Directory of Services features agency details, highlights our programs and services, and provides contact information for those… Read More

  • Engaging Students in the Investigative Practices Book Study

    In the first of this three-course series focused on the Science and Engineering Practices of the Iowa Core Science Standards (NGSS), participants will explore… Read More

  • MS/HS Science Educators: Intro to OpenSciEd Instructional Frameworks Course

    Introduction to OpenSciEd Instructional Frameworks Course Audience: Middle School/ High School Science Educators  This course is beneficial for… Read More

  • We are so grateful to have the support of Fort Dodge Noon Sertoma!

    Fort Dodge Noon Sertoma donated $2,200 to Prairie Lakes AEA in support of purchasing Diagnostic Auditory Brainstem Response Testing equipment. This equipment is used to… Read More

  • Offerman earns scholarship in Special Education Leadership 

    The Iowa Council of Administrators of Special Education (I-CASE) has awarded Haley Offerman  the Scholarship in Special Education Leadership. Of… Read More