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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.
INSOURCE - Preparing for Your Student's Special Education Case Conference
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...
KS - Agreement to Mediate (Pg2)
KS - Mediation Confidentiality Pledge (Pg3)
KS - Part C Infant-Toddler Services Request for Mediation
KS - Request for Mediation (Pg1)
LAUSD - Informal Dispute Resolution Brochure
LAUSD - Request for Informal Dispute Resolution
Matrix - How can I communicate better with my child's IEP Team?
Matrix - I don't thnk my child's IEP is working as well as it should, what do I do?
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.
MD - Facilitated IEP Team Meetings in Maryland - Introduction & FAQs for Parents & Public Agency/School Personnel
- Download MD-6 IEP FAQs Rev4.2017.pdf (190.56 KB)
MD - Part C DP & Mediation Request Combined Form
MD-6 IEP Facilitation_Introduction_FAQsOCT11
ME Parent Federation - Procedural Safeguards: Understanding Mediation
Mediator Evaluation Form - BIE
Mediator Evaluation Form - BIE
MI - Facilitation and Mediation Brochure
This resource is available in English, Spanish, and Arabic.