Monday, 10-14-2024

8:30am-3:30pm

B-13 Transition Requirements and Best Practices (AM), Personal Curriculums for Students with IEPs (PM)

Participants will deepen their understanding of the nine items that make up IDEA Part B-13 compliance. They will examine the regulations and best practices to improve transition results for secondary and post-secondary students with disabilities. For the second half of the day, participants will learn the rules surrounding personal curriculums for students with Individualized Education Programs in Michigan. Educators will be skilled in promoting personal curriculums throughout the county for students who need adjustments to the Michigan Merit Curriculum expectations.

Monday, 2-4-2025

8:30am-3:30pm

Navigating Sexuality and Internet Safety for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities

Hosted with the Lakeside Regional Consulting Network, participants will learn how to support students with disabilities as they become young adults with a healthy interest in sex. Access to the Internet adds a safety component that must be considered when working with students who have autism and/or intellectual disabilities.

Monday, 3-3-2025

8:30am-3:30pm

Whiteboard IEPs and Transition Planning

A Whiteboard IEP is a facilitated Individualized Education Program process that provides an authentic focus on a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). The process includes the use of a whiteboard or chart paper as the key focus in the meeting and the IEP document as a note-taking tool. Students play a central role in the process and become the lead in transition planning for their own futures.

Zoom Transition Series

Mondays, 12:30-1:30

Learn about various agencies and services that support people with disabilities after completing high school/post-secondary programming. Join some or all Zoom meetings.

September 23, 2024: Education Development Plans and Career Resources

October 21, 2024: BEST Essential, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Disability Network of

Eastern Michigan

November 11, 2024: Macomb Academy, Rising Stars

December 9, 2024: New Horizons Rehabilitation Services, Services to Enhance Potential (STEP)

January 27, 2025: Gesher Human Resources (formerly Jewish Vocational Services)

February 17, 2025: Easterseals MORC, All-Ways Care Services, Inc.

March 17, 2025: The Arc

April 28, 2025: TBD

2024-25 Parent Seminars

Monday, October 14, 2024, 6:30 pm

Turning Eighteen: 101

Presented by Jennifer Vandermark of The Arc

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 6:30 pm

Social Security & Employment

Presented by Jennifer Vandermark of The Arc and Samantha Walters of Michigan Rehabilitation Services

Monday, February 3, 2025, 7:00 pm

Hosted with the Macomb Parent Advisory Committee

Navigating Sexuality and Internet Safety for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities

Presented by Lynda Gellar, Ph.D.

Parents/Guardians must register no later than 1 week in advance.

To register online:

events.misd.net

Select COURSE OFFERINGS

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Click SPECIAL NEEDS

Select TRANSITION from dropdown

Select course

If you need assistance with registering, please contact Jamie Wallace at 228-3527.

Seminars are held at Macomb Intermediate School District,

44001 Garfield Rd., Clinton Twp. 48038

If you represent a community agency that supports people with disabilities or serve as a transition coordinator or a secondary special education administrator for a school district in Macomb County, these meetings are for you. We plan professional development, parent seminars, and learn from one another how to improve our transition practices in the field of special education.

We meet from 12:30-2:30pm in room 206 at 44001 Garfield Rd., Clinton Township 48038 on the following dates:

September 16, 2024

October 8, 2024

January 15, 2025

April 17, 2025

May 29, 2025