Upcoming START Trainings and Training Series
2025-2026 Trainings
| Date | Title | Series | Location | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12/2026 | 25th Anniversary START Speaker Series | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 1/13/2026 | Peers Matter: Fostering Social Communication and Friendship for Students Who Use or Would Benefit from AAC | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 1/14/2026 | Using the CETA 4 - PBIS and the CETA | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 1/14/2026 | Behavior Escalation and Scripts Series - Winter Module 1 | Yes | Virtual | 1:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | ||
| 1/15/2026 | Coaching STARTs Here - Module 1 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 1/16/2026 | Early Childhood - Behavior Support in the Early Childhood Classroom | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 1/21/2026 | Behavior Escalation and Scripts Series - Winter Module 2 | Yes | Virtual | 1:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | ||
| 1/27/2026 | Comprehensive Communication Supports and Strategies Module 1 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 1/29/2026 | Increasing Academic Engagement - Breaks in Inclusive Classrooms: Creating Universal Break Spaces and Practices (Elementary) | No | Virtual | 8:00 a.m. | 8:30 a.m. | ||
| 1/29/2026 | Increasing Academic Engagement - Breaks in Inclusive Classrooms: Creating Universal Break Spaces and Practices (Elementary) | No | Virtual | 4:00 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | ||
| 1/29/2026 | FAPE in the LRE | No | Virtual | 12:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | ||
| 2/4/2026 | Using the CETA 5 - Instruction and Academic Engagement and the CETA | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 2/6/2026 | 25th Anniversary START Speaker Series | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 2/10/2026 | Comprehensive Communication Supports and Strategies Module 2 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 2/12/2026 | Increasing Academic Engagement - Classroom Transitions: Planning for Effective Transitions in the Classroom (K-12) | No | Virtual | 4:00 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | ||
| 2/12/2026 | Increasing Academic Engagement - Classroom Transitions: Planning for Effective Transitions in the Classroom (K-12) | No | Virtual | 8:00 a.m. | 8:30 a.m. | ||
| 2/12/2026 | Coaching STARTs Here - Module 2 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 2/20/2026 | Early Childhood - Preschool Life Skills (PLS) for All | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 2/25/2026 | Using the CETA 6 - Communication Systems & Supports, Social Interaction & P2P Supports, & the CETA | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 3/3/2026 | 25th Anniversary START Speaker Series | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 3/5/2026 | Increasing Academic Engagement - Visual Strategies: Considerations for Meaningful Visual Strategies (K-12) | No | Virtual | 8:00 a.m. | 8:30 a.m. | ||
| 3/5/2026 | Increasing Academic Engagement - Visual Strategies: Considerations for Meaningful Visual Strategies (K-12) | No | Virtual | 4:00 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | ||
| 3/5/2026 | Coaching STARTs Here - Module 3 | Yes | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | ||
| 3/6/2026 | Early Childhood - Teaching Toilet and Adaptive Skills in Early Childhood | No | Virtual | 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 3/6/2026 | Level Up Peer to Peer | No | In-person - Lansing | 9:00 a.m. | 3:30 p.m. | ||
Glossary of Terms
- Training: A professional development opportunity designed to improve the knowledge and/or skills of attendees in a particular topic or practice. A training is at least two hours. While participants may be encouraged to attend all parts of a training, they are not required to do so and will still have a meaningful experience if they do not attend all parts.
- Session: Individual segments within a training, each focusing on a specific topic or key concept.
- Training Series: A collection of multiple trainings or webinars that focuses on the same topic or theme. A training series can be offered as (1) a sequence of trainings or webinars that build upon each other or (2) independent trainings or webinars on the same theme. Participants are required to attend all modules in a training series.
- Module: An organized collection of content presented together as a cohesive training/learning unit, usually on a particular topic in an in-person or virtual format.
- Bootcamp: A collection of modules on a related topic or theme in a condensed, often consecutive timeframe.
- Webinar: A live professional development opportunity or discussion focused on a single topic or practice. Webinars are less than two hours.