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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Special Education Resources

Answers about your child's special education program

Disability Information

Information about your child's disability

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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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Registration for our January course (three Saturday mornings) opens 1/1. Registration for the April course (three Wednesdays at 5PM) opens 3/15. Limited spaces available.
RESOURCES

- Important resources from Michigan Department of Education: Family Matters Fact Sheets, Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education, and Michigan.gov Special Education.

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Michigan Alliance for Families

6 hours ago

Parents need to understand the important words that impact their child's special education services. Follow this page as we help decode this alphabet soup.Talk to your IEP team if your child's behavior is interfering with their learning or the learning of others or when the team cannot explain to you why these behaviors occur. IDEA requires the IEP team to support your student with Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Start by gathering data through a Functional Behavioral Assessment. That information will be used to develop a BIP Behavioral Intervention Plan to address the behavior. Reach out to your team and request an FBA and BIP when you have behavior concerns. Learn more about BIP and other special education matters on our website www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/bip/ ...

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9 hours ago

🕛 November 4 @ 12PM Discipline Protections for Students with Disabilities Register at tinyurl.com/mvatjsk4 ...

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21 hours ago

It may be difficult to know what causes certain behaviors to occur with children at home, school, or in the community. Some behaviors cause concerns for a child's learning, safety, or well-being, but are filling a sensory need the child is feeling at the time. A Functional Behavioral Assessment is a process to collect and study data to better understand what may be prompting the behavior which occurs and to understand the function of the behavior. Parents can request an FBA when their child's behaviors interfere with learning or when there is a placement change due to disciplinary reasons.Parents need to understand the important words that impact their child's special education services. Follow this page as we help decode this alphabet soup.Learn more about FBA and other special education matters on our website www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/fba/ ...

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1 day ago

IEP EligibilityNovember 5 @ 5:30PMRegister at tinyurl.com/4thcrx48The special education process begins by determining if your child is eligible for an IEP.In this webinar we will explore:❔the difference between medical diagnosis and IEP eligibility❔importance of "educational impact"❔criteria for the 13 eligibility categories❔evaluation and eligibility resources💻See the full calendar of upcoming webinars at www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/upcoming-events/ ...

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It's election day. Polls across Michigan will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, with the exception of the four western counties of the Upper Peninsula; Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson, and Menominee counties are on Central Time.Experience a voting problem? You can call 866-OUR-VOTE ...

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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.