2. K-12 Intensive Training K-12 Intensive Training:
Orientation and Foundations in Autism Spectrum Disorder

3. Welcome and Introductions
Site leaders
START rep and presenters

4. Topics for Module 1
Orientation to the START Project Intensive Training
Foundations in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Defining Behaviors and Collecting Data
Effective Team Process and Meeting Mechanics

5. Wow, that’s a good idea
If you hear any good ideas you want to take back and try right away, put them on the Wow form. It is like a Personal Action Plan.

6. Michigan Students with ASD Eligibility

7. Latest CDC Report
If 1 in 59 children have an autism spectrum disorder…
The average elementary building (378) will have 6-7 children with ASD
The average middle school building (551) will have 9-10 students
The average high school (714) will have about students
National Center for Education Statistics (MI data)

8. Hours of School Services
Preschool through High School
17,280 hours

9. Thinking Different about Educating Students with ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Training and Technical Assistance
Statewide Coordination

10. What do we want to impact?
Students
Classrooms
Buildings
Districts
Counties
In sum…systems that are supporting students to have better outcomes

11. Multi-Tiered Model of Support

12. Understanding a Multi-Tiered Model of Support

13. Clearing a Path

14. Understanding a Multi-Tiered Model of Support

15. Label Behaviors
NOTICE GREEN GOES IS FOR “ALL”

16. Systems Change Big change only happens when we change whole systems
We may have to change how we function, how we think, what we learned or how we implement

17. Systems Change
We did what we did when we knew what we knew. Once we know different, we are accountable to do better.
We may have to change how we function, how we think, what we learned or how we implement

18. Systems Change
School systems need common principles for supporting students with ASD and a systematic structure and approach for doing so…
Positive behavior interventions and supports
Integration of students and peer support
Team approach for planning, development, and implementation
Training and coaching to support implementation
Networking and sharing across the district
Key goals/ingredients of project for each of our sites.

19. Change is a Process

20. Getting Critical Mass
Getting enough people moving in the right direction in order to move the whole system
This is what the START
Project is all about !

21. Critical Mass
All swim down toward the end

22. Getting to Know Each Other
Take a piece of paper and find 2 people you don’t know and ask them these questions:
Name and where they are from
What is their role in the school
What is under your control that could have a big impact on the students in your programs?
Go back to your table and talk with your team about what was shared about biggest impact.

23. Mindful

24. I’m In
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS KEEPING YOU FROM BEING HERE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT? ONCE YOU HAVE SHARED, DECLARE, “I’M IN!” CLEAR YOUR MIND. ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE HERE.

25. START Primary Components

26. Team-based Intensive Training
START Early Childhood Intensive Training
START K-12 Intensive Training
START Building Your Future Training
Most of the professional development provided by START occurs through team-based intensive training. This is multiple days of training with the same group of people and is offered at 3 levels: Early childhood, K-12, and secondary transition. This approach increases the implementation of effective practices.

27. START Intensive Training
Intensive yearlong training with multidisciplinary school based teams in the areas of teaming and problem solving, effective educational programming for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and systems change.

28. Training Focus Not the “START Model,” but…
Evidence-based practice organized into the START Training Curriculum

29. START Training Curriculum
Module 1
Orientation, Foundations in ASD & the Teaming Process
Module 2
Looking at ASD Differently
Module 3
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
Module 4
Educational Strategies and Supports
Module 5
Peer to Peer Support
Module 6
IEP Development & Implementation
Module 7
Transition / Planning for Next Year
Admin Module
Administrators only
Year Two Modules
Systems Change through Coaching (yr 2)
Educational Evaluations
Asperger Module
Self-management

30. START Intensive Training Process
Goal of the training is to learn to apply
knowledge and skills as a team
Target students allow for application of learning
Generalize information to other students (Classroom, Building, and District level)

31. Coaching in every building serving students with ASD in Michigan
START Coaching Goal
START Coaching Goal
Coaching in every building serving students with ASD in Michigan

32. Rationale for Coaching
Move away from Crisis Mode
Build Capacity
Improve Implementation with Fidelity

33. START Primary Components

34. Regional Collaborative Network

35. RCN Goals Professional Development with Impact
Coaching for Implementation of Evidence-based Practices
Secondary Transition
Peer to Peer Support
Family and Community Engagement

36. START Primary Components

37. 18th Annual START Conference
Monday, April 29th, 2019
Kellogg Center in East Lansing
Save the Date
Keynote Presenters:
Michelle Garcia-Winner
Jed Baker

38. START Project Website

39. START Connecting Sign up!
blast with articles, resources, and events

40. Other Ways to Connect with START
Facebook
Statewide Autism Resources and Training (START)
Hashtag: #STARTProject

41. START Primary Components