Macomb ISD
Summer Newsletter
Transition Council
Transition Council Updates
Professional Development for 2024-25, 8:30am - 3:30pm
Monday, October 14, 2024: AM Session---B-13 Implementation; PM Session---Personal Curriculums for Students with IEPs, with Special Guest Rashell Bowerman, MDE Educational Consultant. Please invite high school building principals, assistant principals, special education administrators, special education teachers for the Personal Curriculum portion of the day.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025: Internet Safety and Sexuality of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, with Special Guest Lynda Gellar
Monday, March 3, 2025: Transition & FAPE in the Least Restrictive Environment; Whiteboard Transition IEPs with Special Guest Kelly Rogers
Registration is required one week in advance. The online professional development catalog will be released by mid-August.
Inter-Agency Transition Council Meetings 2024-25
These meetings are open to Macomb County schools' transition coordinators and community agency representatives who provide-transition-related services.
Room 206, 12:30-2:30pm
Monday, September 16, 2024
Monday, October 8, 2024
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Monday, April 17, 2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025
High School Student Transition Conference
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2024, 08:00 AM
Macomb Intermediate School District, Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI, USA
Parent Seminars 2024-25
Monday, October 14, 2024: Turning Eighteen 101 at 6:30pm
Wednesday, January 15, 2025: Social Security and Employment at 6:30pm
Monday, February 3, 2025: combining with Parent Advisory Committee for Internet Safety and Sexuality of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disabilities with guest Lynda Gellar at 7:00 pm
Monday, March 3, 2025: combining with Parent Advisory Committee for topic TBD with guest Kelly Rogers at 7:00pm
Registration is required a week in advance. The online catalog will be available by mid-August.
Resources
Check https://www.gvsu.edu/autismcenter/start-trainings-49.htm for 2024-25 online transition trainings.
Read interesting blog articles from the U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services:
https://sites.ed.gov/osers/tag/successful-transitions-for-all/
Autism-at-a-Glace series with pdfs to share with high school staff, family members, and individuals on the autism spectrum on a variety of secondary topics.