Main Library
This library contains CADRE resources as well as State, Lead Agency and Parent Center resources. Please note that CADRE makes no endorsement of the State, Lead Agency and Parent Center resources included here, nor of any policies, procedures, processes, or documents specific to any item.
SC - Spanish Request for Facilitated IEP
SDPC - The Basics of an IEP & Procedural Safeguards
SPAN - IEP and IFSP Facilitation Booklet
TX - Facilitated IEP Meeting Quick Reference Guide
Download TX-1 FIEP Quick Reference Guide.pdf (196.26 KB)
TX - Facilitated Individualized Education Program (FIEP) On-Going Tracking Survey
- Download TX-2 Tracking_Survey.pdf (229.49 KB)
TX - Facilitated Individualized Education Program (FIEP) Participant Survey
- Download TX-3 Participant_Survey.pdf (208.51 KB)
UPC - Parents as Partners in the IEP Process - Parent Handbook
- Download UPC-3 IEP_Parent_Handbook.pdf (14.67 MB)
UT - Problem Solving Facilitation Process Intake Form
- Download UT-3 facilitationintakeform.pdf (532.59 KB)
VFN - Communication and Collaboration within the IEP Process
Fran Fletcher is an Assistant Policy Scientist in the Conflict Resolution Program of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration. She manages Delaware's Special Education Mediation program and assists in the design and delivery of training and provides consultative services for parents and school districts on the topic of special education. Clip 1: You've done a lot of really wonderful work in the area of IEP and IFSP facilitation. Are there strategies that you believe work particularly well in those meetings? Clip 2: As you think about a new special ed teacher who is...
Greg Abell is the Principal at Sound Options Group, LLC, which is responsible for the delivery of all special education mediation services for the State of Washington. He also consults nationally in the design and delivery of ADR systems. Prior to entering the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Greg spent fifteen years in public education, eleven of those years working in special education. Clip 1: Are there lessons that you've learned over the years? Video of CADRE Voices from the Field: Greg Abell (1/4) Clip 2: You've been doing a lot of work around leadership and leadership coaching...
Patricia McGinnis holds a degree in education from the University of Minnesota and has over twenty years of teaching experience. She has been the Coordinator of the Minnesota Department of Education's Special Education Mediation Service since 2001, assuring access to the federally required mediation process and Minnesota's facilitated IEP meetings. In addition, she is a statewide trainer of leaders in special education on communication, due process and facilitation of IEP meetings and presents to parents, advocates, the Minnesota's State Bar Association, county social workers, professors,...