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    Michigan Alliance for Families:

    Your free guide to special education.

    Michigan Alliance for Families provides information, support, and education for families who have children and young adults (birth to 26 years of age) who receive (or may be eligible to receive) special education services. This website can help you with finding information on special education issues as well as disability specific information.

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Special Education Resources

Answers about your child's special education program

Disability Information

Information about your child's disability

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Upcoming Events

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Need help navigating the special education system? Talk to a parent who's been there.

Connect directly with one of our local parent mentors to address your family's needs. Their perspective can not only help you navigate the system, but they can also help you be more involved in your child's education. All Michigan families are able to access an extensive collection of electronic or printed resources, informational support and referrals to local community resources. To get in touch with a Michigan Alliance for Families staff member,  Contact Us.

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Michigan Alliance for Families

2 days ago

Michigan Alliance for Families
Vocational rehabilitation services and training can assist young adults with disabilities get and keep a job. Available services include: reasonable accommodation recommendations, employee counseling, job analyses, job coaching, and skill analyses. Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) provides vocational rehabilitation services for eligible individuals with disabilities, consistent with their unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice, to prepare for and engage in employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Did you know you can get started with MRS by applying via their app? ... See MoreSee Less

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Let's walk through the new online application for Michigan Rehabilitation Services. MRS is Michigan's statewide agency for helping people with disabilities r...

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Michigan Alliance for Families

3 days ago

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IEP Development and Implementation: Supplementary Aids and Services is a new guidance document from Michigan Department of Education - Office of Special Education to assist individualized education program (IEP) Teams in developing and implementing IEPs. The document clarifies the shared understanding of what supplementary aids and services are and how they are used to support placement of a student with a disability in the least restrictive environment (LRE).Supplementary aids and services are a significant component of FAPE that affords astudent with a disability the ability to access and make progress in the generaleducation curriculum alongside nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate to the student. This document outlines the considerations to make annually with the intention of providing FAPE in the LRE and before moving a student from a general education setting to something more restrictive.View the guidance at www.michigan.gov/mde/-/media/Project/Websites/mde/specialeducation/iep/SupplementaryAidsServices.pdf ... See MoreSee Less

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3 days ago

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Parents with preschool age children are invited to join Kelsey Biswanger on December 11 for a 🆕webinar called From Puzzled to Prepared: Present Level for Preschool.Learn the importance of the PLAAFP section of the IEP, and about sharing your insights on your child's daily routines and developmental strengths or concerns to strengthen the IEP. 🔑Understand the purpose of the PLAAFP and its role in shaping the child’s IEP🔑Identify the differences between academic and functional performance🔑Learn how to provide meaningful family input to support a well-rounded PLAAFP🔑Follow how the PLAAFP interacts with the other components of the IEP🔗Register at tinyurl.com/3t86ebjrVisit our website calendar for full details, easy registration, and more learning opportunities www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/upcoming-events/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Funding Statement

Michigan Alliance for Families is a Michigan Department of Education IDEA Grant Funded Initiative. Michigan Alliance for Families is our state's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center. The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, H328M200015. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Anna Macedonia.

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