What's Happening at START?
- Position Statement on Spelling to Communicate (S2C), Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), Facilitated Communication (FC), and Related Practices
- Introducing START Informed
- Strengthening Practices Observation Tool (SPOT)
- Updated: Prevent Teach Reinforce Respond (PTRR)
- New Learning Bite! Peer Friendship Formula
- Welcome Back! What’s New at START for 2026–2027
- EPLI Advanced Training: Peer to Peer Application is Open!
- September - March LINKS Boxes
- 2026-2027 Training and Training Series Registrations are Open!
- New Learning Bite! Label the Need, Not the Person: Understanding Spiky Profiles in Autism
The Statewide Autism Resources and Training (START) Project works with schools, community partners, and families to support students with autism to become active, engaged members of their schools and local communities, and successfully move into adulthood as independent individuals with many choices and opportunities. START is housed in the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Autism Education Center (AEC) and has been funded by the Michigan Department of Education Office of Special Education since 2001.
Page last modified October 23, 2026