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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.
IA-110 RESPECT Training - Participant Manual
ID - Dispute Resolution Guidance - Mediation
ID - Mediation Confidentiality Pledge
IN - Special Education Mediation Program Application
INCLUDEnyc - Special Education Mediation Guidelines and Procedures
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...
KS - Agreement to Mediate (Pg2)
KS - Mediation Confidentiality Pledge (Pg3)
KS - Part C Infant-Toddler Services Request for Mediation
KS - Request for Mediation (Pg1)
Matrix - Advocating for your child with special needs
- Download Matrix-1 advocating.packet.6.11.pdf (197.81 KB)
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.