The RCN Contract Activities Worksheet is available on the RCN Application and Contract Forms page. The form must be completed, and a copy submitted to your START RCN Representative or by email to the START office at autismed@gvsu.edu no later than October 25, 2024.

The online form for the K-12 Focus Student data is available RCN Application and Contract Forms page. Please submit the form by November 1, 2024.

A reminder to also complete baseline CETAs and to set the goals by December 1, 2024. 

Registration is open for the Fall RCN Leadership Day! The RCN Leadership Day is a bi-annual meeting of leadership representatives from the Regional Collaborative Networks (RCN).

The Fall RCN Leadership Day will be held on October 28, 2024 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing. Please contact your RCN leadership for registration information. 

START is thrilled to share that both the Elementary and Secondary Peer to Peer Program Playbooks have been updated and refreshed! 

The Playbooks are designed to assist school teams in creating or enhancing Peer to Peer programs by providing comprehensive guidance, essential resources, and ready-to-use materials for developing high-quality programs.

Each section of the Playbook contains narrative guidance and key information about developing your program, resources, examples, and templates for use in developing, implementing, and maintaining your Peer to Peer program.

Keep in mind, you don't have to read the Playbooks all at once! Consider tackling a section or two each week or month with your team. 

The application for the EPLI Essential Foundations Bootcamp is open. 

The Essential Foundations Bootcamp is an integration of the universal supports, behavioral practices, and instructional strategies from Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), Educational Supports and Strategies, and other START training modules and resources. 

The Bootcamp consists of four days of content and coaching and two days of Trainer Days, which are collaborative days intended to strengthen training and presentation skills, for a total of six days. 

→ We invite the RCN to distribute the START Training and Training Series Flyers to staff, community members, and families across your region. 

START also developed Training and Training Series Slides for use in presentations.

 The Statewide Autism Resources and Training (START) Project is funded by the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education to provide training and technical assistance to educators in Michigan that serve students with ASD.

START Project | autismed@gvsu.edu | (616) 331-6480