2025-2026 Trainings and Training Series

Implementation Plan Updates - Information

Thank you for your efforts toward the Implementation Plan Updates!

We wanted to let you know that there were some delays in the development of the final submission of the Implementation Plan Updates. You will complete submission on the “Budget Overview” and “Submit Plan Updates” pages. This process is a final confirmation that you are ready for START to review the Implementation Plan Updates.

You will be able to officially complete the final submission of the Implementation Plan Updates beginning on December 1, 2025.

Getting Ready for Final Submission:

If your EPLI Trainer Initial Review and Updates for Priorities 1 through 4 are set to “Updates Submitted,” you are on track. The image below shows an updated Implementation Plan.
When the “Budget Overview” and “Submit Plan Updates” pages are ready, the RCN Plan Administrator will set the status on the Budget Overview page to “Ready to Submit.” Then, the RCN Plan Administrator will check the boxes on the Submit Plan Updates page and click the button to submit the Implementation Plan.

Please note: The “Submit BOY Focus Student Data” prompt is not clickable, and the status can’t be set to “Updates Submitted” yet. The developers are taking action to address this issue.

Thank you for your continued work! We are thankful for you!

Please contact Stephanie Pulido (pulidos@gvsu.edu) if you have questions or need support.

Upcoming Trainings and Training Series

→ We highly encourage the RCN to distribute information about START's 2025-2026 Trainings and Training Series to staff, community members, and families across your region.

START has developed flyers, images, and slides for the RCN to use and disseminate.

Trainings and Training Series Flyers, Images, and Slides

Peer to Peer Lunch & Learn

📅Date: December 2, 2025
⌚Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom

Bring your lunch and join us for a session on how Peer to Peer programs support inclusion, student success, and positive school culture. Designed as a foundation or refresher, this Lunch and Learn introduces key tools like the Peer to Peer Playbooks, the Friendship Formula, and “Participation vs. Helping” models. Participants will leave with ready-to-use resources and time for Q&A to plan next steps for launching or strengthening Peer to Peer in their own setting.

Learning Through Play in the Early Childhood Classroom

📅Date: December 5, 2025
⌚Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location: Zoom

Learn how to create more learning opportunities through play for young children with diverse needs. This session offers strategies like scripted play, video modeling, and peer training to support both individual students and whole-class activities. You'll also explore ways to build inclusive play environments that encourage social interaction and peer connection.

The Statewide Autism Resources and Training (START) Project is funded by the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education and is housed in the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Autism Education Center (AEC).

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

401 W. Fulton St.

388C DEV
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

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