START Project
autismed@gvsu.edu

Phone: 616-331-6480
Fax: 616-331-6486

401 W. Fulton St.
388C DEV
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

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 Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The rapid increase in the number of students with ASD entering public schools in Michigan has created a critical need for more and better trained educational staff and the START Project has served a key role in meeting this need.

The focus of the START Project has become systems level change implemented by school staff and administrators willing to commit to using effective practices in the areas of educational programming for students with ASD, professional development, parent-professional collaboration, and cross-county collaboration.