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.
DREDF - Special Education: Basics and Beyond
ECAC - Working It Out: Alternative Dispute Resolution
This document was published in July 2002. More information on IDEA 2004.
FFF - Becoming a Stronger Advocate for Children in Your Care
FND - Connecting Across All Differences
GA - ASPIRE Parent Training Modules
IA - Mediator's Guide to Special Education Preappeal Conferences June 2010
IA - Meeting Notes for Stakeholder Training
IA - Recommendation Notes for Improvement
IA - RESPECT Training - Participant Manual
IA - RESPECT Training PowerPoint - Part 2
Download IA-109.2 RESPECT PowerPoint Part 2.pdf (657.91 KB)
IA - RESPECT Training PowerPoint - Part 3
- Download IA-109.3 RESPECT PowerPoint Part 3.pdf (670.48 KB)
IA - School Leader Update - announcement of RESPECT & Creating Solutions Training
- Download IA-125 School Leadership Dec 04.pdf (70.83 KB)
IA - Special Education Mediator Standards
IA-110 RESPECT Training - Participant Manual
INSOURCE - Online Learning General Training Resources
There are a number of reasons for making mediation more accessible and responsive to families from culturally, economically and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This document is intended to provide educators with guidance that may help them understand why some families may not participate in mediation, and strategies for increasing the participation of families from diverse backgrounds. Most importantly, Keys to Access offers practical recommendations that school personnel, early intervention service providers, mediation providers, and families can use to develop the knowledge, positive...
This article suggests that the adoption of a maximizing mediation approach by the mediator is permissible and advised. There are no barriers to mediators moving beyond the world of barely sufficient processes and barely sufficient results to stimulate maximized processes and maximized results.