IEPs

• Illuminate IEP Walkthrough (03.21) - A slideshow training that takes Illuminate users through each step of the IEP development process. 

• MDE - Guidance for Extended School Year Services in Michigan (10.18) - Information & assistance for ESY considerations & services. 

• MDE - Standards for Extended School Year Services (03.17) - IEP Team resources and questions to answer when determining ESY services. 

• MDE - IEP Team ESY Considerations (4.23) - Concise overview for IEP teams to make deliberate ESY decisions. 

• MDE - Writing Meaningful & Measurable Goals Training Slideshow (11.21) - Rules, examples, and elements when developing PLAAFPs & Goals. 

• MDE - Measurable Annual Goals & Short-Term Objectives (08.19) - A succinct but descriptive overview of the criteria for IEP goals and objectives.

• MDE - Measurable Annual Goals & Short-Term Objectives: Substantive Compliance (3.19) - A supplement to the resource above. 

• Infinity Goal Banks (7.24) - Use these bank of standards to link your goals within Illuminate.

  • Common Core Standards - Set of academic standards for what every student is expected to learn in each grade level, from kindergarten through high school. 

  • Essential Elements - The purpose of the Essential Elements is to build a bridge from the content in the Common Core State Standards to Academic Expectations for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.

  • LINKS curriculum

  • Non-Curricular Curriculum

  • STAR Autism Standards

  • Expanded Core Curriculum Standards for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

  • Social Emotional Learning Competencies

• Infinity Supplemental Aids & Services (08.25) - A full menu of the Illuminate aids & services options. 

• MDE - Supplementary Aids & Services Guidance (11.20) - Information related to considerations, implementation, and documentation of SASs. 

• Documenting Consultation on an IEP - Step-by-step guide for how to document consultation services into an IEP in Illuminate

• Berrien RESA - Procedure for Student Aide (02.16) - Guidelines for determining needs, supervision, & fading of student aides. 

• Conversion Charts: Minutes per Month to Hour per Week (9.21) - A tool for service time conversion (e.g., 45 min/mo = 0.19 hours/week)

• Conversion Charts: Minutes to Hours - Easily convert programming or service minutes to hours (e.g., 35 min = .58 hours)

• MDE - ESSA and the 1% Cap (8.17) - Considering MI-Access (alternative assessment) rather than M-STEP? Use MDE's guidance prior to making this determination. 

• MDE - Should My Student Take The Alternate Assessment (11.23)  - Helpful 2-page flowchart. 

• MDE - Alternate Assessment Interactive Decision Making Tool - Answer key questions and this tool will guide teams in making alternate assessment decisions. 

• MDE - Notice Guidance (5.17) - Outlines what is notice, when notice is required, necessary information in written notice, etc. 

• Berrien RESA - District Prior Written Notice Presentation (10.24) - A general overview of notice w/ required components, purpose, & examples.

• Prior Written Notice Checklist (10.24) - 1-page overview of when notice is required. This resource is formatted as a guide for teams as they complete a notice.  

• Prior Written Notice IEP Examples (4.25) - Examples for Notice when developing an IEP. 

• Amendment Form - Printable (04.21) - An amendment in document form that can be completed electronically or after printing. 

• Amendment Form - Fill In (04.21) - The amendment in document form that is formatted for filling in your information.  

• IEP Invitation in Spanish - Fill In (11.22) - A Spanish version of the IEP Invitation in document form that is formatted for filling in your information.

• MDE - Family Matters Fact Sheet - A parent resource that introduces the IEP process and includes links to additional information. 

• Berrien RESA - Procedural Safeguards (07.25) - Should be provided to parents/guardians as part of the IEP process.

• Notice for Procedural Safeguards/Resources (07.24) - Provides parents/guardians with procedural safeguards link as well as links to helpful resources.

• Parent Handbook (2024) - Provides parents/guardians with an overview of the special education process

• Permission for Excusal of IEP Meeting (07.08) - A template with space for letter heading to document consent to excuse IEP team members. 

• IEP Meeting Facilitation - A training and resources for facilitators to effectively run special eduction meetings such as IEPs, REEDs, MDRs, and more. 

Data Collection / Progress Monitoring

• I've Got Your Data Right Here (11.21) - A training with links to resources to collect data in practical ways, both digitally and with paper/pencil. 

• Equipment Justification Form (07.23) - Use this form for any equipment used by a student.  It must be updated and signed at least annually.

  • Adding the Equipment Justification Form in the IEP (04.23) - Screenshots with guidance for Supplemental Aids/Services & Transportation sections.

• Guidelines for Nonpublic Students (09.23) - Outlines the Child Find obligation and nonpublic service provisions for students parentally placed K-12 students with disabilities in nonpublic schools

• Nonpublic Evaluation Process Flowchart - Identifies the decision-making process and entities involved in a nonpublic evaluation

• DOL & DOR Nonpublic Responsibility Checklist (9.22) - Outlines the responsibilities of the DOR and DOL relative to nonpublic the provision of services

• Guidelines for Nonpublic School Administrators: Special Education Evaluations (08.21.24) - Outlines the special education process for nonpublic administrators

• Part C to Part B Transition Guidance Document (03.24)- Outlines the process for transitioning children from Early On services to school-aged services

• Part C to Part B Transitions for Summer Birthdays (03.24) - Flowchart that shows transition options that best support a child turning three during the summer