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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.
IN - Special Education Mediation Program Application
INCLUDEnyc - Special Education Mediation Guidelines and Procedures
Video of Webinar: Introducing the Part C Dispute Resolution Family Guides About the Webinar: This webinar provides parent centers and families with ideas on how to use these new, family-friendly guides on mediation, due process hearings, and written State complaints designed with the Part C families in mind. This webinar also describes the collaborative process that CADRE used to develop the guides. The new family-friendly guides on special education dispute resolution are now available for download from the CADRE website, in addition to the new Quick Guide to Special Education Dispute...
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 - Due Process Resolution Session Tracking Form
KS - Expedited Resolution Session Tracking Form
KS - Mediation Confidentiality Pledge (Pg3)
KS - Part C Infant-Toddler Services Request for Mediation
KS - Request for Mediation (Pg1)
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 - Part C DP & Mediation Request Combined Form
ME - Due Process Resolution Session Guidelines
ME Parent Federation - Procedural Safeguards: Understanding Mediation
Mediator Evaluation Form - BIE
Mediator Evaluation Form - BIE