Upcoming START Trainings and Training Series
2025-2026 Trainings
| Date | Title | Series | Location | Start Time | End Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 3/6/2026 | Level Up Peer to Peer | No | In-person - Lansing | 9:00 a.m. | 3:30 p.m. |
| 5/13/2026 | Peer to Peer Lunch and Learn | No | Virtual | 11:30 a.m. | 1:00 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.