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Post-Secondary Transition

December 2024/January 2025

Post-Secondary Transition December 2024/January 2025

Macomb ISD Inter-Agency Transition Council Meetings

If you represent a community agency that supports people with disabilities, 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 post-secondary 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 remaining dates:

January 15, 2025

April 17, 2025

May 29, 2025



Registration is not required. Email dmakar@misd.net if you have questions.

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

Monday, 2-4-2025

8:30am-3:30pm

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. Audience: secondary special education teachers, teacher consultants, school social workers, speech and language pathologists, school psychologists, transition coordinators, law enforcement.

Registration required.

Presenter: Lynda Gellar.

Whiteboard IEPs and Transition Planning

Monday, 3-3-2025

8:30am-3:30pm

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.

Registration required.

Presenter: Kelly Rogers.

Zoom Transition Series

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

Registration required.


Remaining Sessions:

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

Event Information

Social Security & Employment

Would you like to learn more about how to navigate social security and employment for your adult son or daughter with a disability? Join Jennifer Vandermark of The Arc and Samantha Walters of Michigan Rehabilitation Services for practical, easy to follow information on this issue. Registration is required.

When?

Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025, 06:30 PM

Where?

44001 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI, USA

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Navigating Social Maturity and Internet Safety for Students with ASD and ID

Hosted with the Parent Advisory Committee, learn from

Lynda Geller, Ph.D., who served on the faculties of Georgetown University, Stony Brook University and NYU Medical Schools for 25 years, where she created and developed clinical centers providing an extensive array of services for children and adults with autism spectrum conditions. Registration is required.

When?

Monday, Feb 3, 2025, 07:00 PM

Where?

44001 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI, USA

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Virtual 1st Annual Macomb Post-Secondary Transition Family Night

***NEW****

Macomb ISD Inter-Agency Transition Council is making tentative plans to offer a post-secondary transition information night to parents, guardians, and students ages 14 and up. This will be held on Zoom. Speakers would be representatives from agencies such as Macomb County Community Health, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, The Arc, Disability Network of Eastern Michigan, Rising Stars Academy, Macomb Academy, Lutz, Macomb STEP, and many more. More information to come.

When?

Monday, Apr 28, 2025, 06:00 PM

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The Arc Ask the Advocate Series: Navigating Medicaid Supports

Topics covered include applying for Medicaid and other benefits through the Department of Health and Human Services, what Medicaid covers, and how to access those services. Check the website for registration information here.

When?

Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025, 06:00 PM

Where?

44050 North Gratiot Avenue, Clinton Township, MI, USA

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Featured Resource: Disability Network of Eastern Michigan (DNEM)

DNEM is a Center for Independent Living (CIL). CILs are community-based, cross-disability, non-profit organizations that are designed and operated for people with disabilities by people with disabilities. Advocacy, community living Supports, life skills, recreation and wellness, veteran services, and youth services are some of what they offer. Spend time exploring their website or connecting with a representative from DNEM.

Youth Build: Options for Ages 16-24 and No Diploma

YouthBuild is a community-based pre-apprenticeship program that provides job training and educational services for opportunity youth ages 16-24 who left school without a secondary diploma.



Participants learn vocational skills in construction and other in-demand industries such as healthcare, information technology, and hospitality. Participants also provide community service through the required construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing for low-income or homeless families in their own neighborhoods. Participants split their time between the vocational training work site and the classroom, where they earn their high school diploma or equivalency, learn to be community leaders, and prepare for postsecondary training opportunities, including college, apprenticeships, and employment. Supportive services address barriers throughout participation and the 12-month follow-up period, and may include transportation assistance, childcare, healthcare referrals, and the provision of work attire and personal protective equipment.

GEDs and Adult Education

The MIchigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity is a resource to help you find a program near you that offers free or low-cost adult education services. On the website, select a city or zip code near you to discover your options or call 517-335-5858.

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