→ The Mid-Year Contract Progress Report was due February 2, 2024. 
→ The Peer to Peer Program Data is due March 1, 2024. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to your START RCN Representative or Jana Benjamin.

The 23rd Annual START Conference will be held on April 22, 2024 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center in East Lansing, Michigan. 

Registration for the Conference is almost full! The Conference will reach capacity so we encourage you to register soon! 

We are thrilled to feature the following speakers: 

The EPLI FAPE in the LRE Bootcamp, scheduled for April 16, 2024 at the L.V. Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids, is intended to support Current EPLI Trainers of START Content, with increasing confidence and competence, in training the START FAPE in the LRE content in their local contexts. 

This Bootcamp will be a very rigorous, yet engaging session; prerequisite work is required to prepare participants for the day. In addition to strengthening the content knowledge of trainers, strategies for the instructional delivery of the FAPE in the LRE training module will be shared and practiced.

The application is due April 9, 2024. 

📅Date: March 7, 2024
⌚Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual
This training was previously scheduled as in-person training and has been moved to a virtual format.

Self-Management Registration

Join us at this engaging training to learn how to individualize a self-management system for a student with autism. Participants will gain knowledge on the steps needed for a student to learn and determine context appropriate behavior, monitor and record their own behaviors, and reward themselves for meeting a specified goal.  

📅Date: March 18, 2024
⌚Time: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual

T3 Registration

The Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education (MDE, OSE) has developed guidance to build awareness and assist districts in developing a deeper understanding of the obligations to and responsibilities for adult learners with disabilities in the State of Michigan. The presentation will cover provision of FAPE, entitlement to age 26, Child Find, and programs and services.

Guest Speakers from MDE, OSE:

 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