The Mid-Year Contract Progress Report is due by January 31, 2025. If you have any questions, please reach out to your START RCN Representative or Jana Benjamin.

The 24th Annual START Conference will be held on April 28, 2025 at the Lansing Center (333 E Michigan Ave, Lansing, MI 48933).

We are excited to feature Keynote Sessions from Caroline Gaddy, MFA, MA, CCC-SLP and Ashley Larisey, MS, CCC-SLP/L and afternoon breakout sessions! We hope you will join us.

Registration for the Conference will open on January 22, 2025. 

Registration Information:

We are thrilled to share that Semester 3 of the Secondary Peer to Peer Curriculum is now available! This curriculum provides access to quality, engaging, and age-appropriate content for Peer to Peer high school courses.

We invite you to explore Semester 3 in the Curriculum today!

The Elementary and Secondary Peer to Peer Program Playbooks are available to the RCN at no cost. START will collect orders for both Playbooks through May 2025. Orders will ship out on a monthly basis

Order Elementary and Secondary Peer to Peer Program Playbooks here. Please contact Avis Merry if you have any questions.

→ 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