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.
AFC - Advocacy Skills - A Guide to Help You Advocate for Your Child's Educational Rights
- Download AFC-1 advocacy_skillsApril2011.pdf (362.35 KB)
AFC - Short Guide to Impartial Hearings
AI - Preparing for Special Ed Mediation/Resolution
AL - Quick Tips - Understanding Mediation
APEC - Resolving Disputes in Special Education
ASK - Improving Communication: Tips for Parents and Educators
AZ - Resolution Session Training PowerPoint
AZ - Special Education Mediation System
In collaboration with CADRE, the IDEA Partnership has developed a Dialogue Guide on the important topic of dispute resolution. Using CADRE's work on early and innovative dispute resolution processes, the Partnership has developed both an Executive Summary of CADRE's document Beyond Mediation: Strategies For Appropriate Early Dispute Resolution In Special Education and a Dialogue Starter for Dispute Resolution. Dialogue Guides are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders (families, practitioners, professional associations, professors, policymakers, legislators) in...
BIE - Dispute Resolution in Special Education Through Mediation - Parent/School and Mediator's Manual (2009)
- Download BIE-8 Med Manual Rev. 2009.pdf (225.06 KB)
BIE - Resolution Session and Due Process Hearing Procedures in Special Education - Due Process Hearing Officer Manual (2007)
- Download BIE-9 DPHO manual.pdf (1013.16 KB)
CT - Part C Mediation Brochure (Spanish)
CT - Principles of Mediation Brochure (Part C)
- Download CT-5 Part C Mediation Brochure.pdf (94.97 KB)
DC - One Pagers - Mediation, DPHs, FRMs
DE - Special Education Mediation for Families and Schools - Spanish
- Download DE-7 SPARC-med_brochure-esp2019.pdf (470.78 KB)
DE - Frequently Asked Questions - SPARC Virtual Mediation
- Download DE-10 SPARC Virtual Mediation FAQ.pdf (218.82 KB)
DE - Special Education Mediation for Families and Schools
DREDF - A Guide for California Parents: Special Education Due Process and the Resolution Meeting
- Download DREDF-1 dueprocess_2008.pdf (1.53 MB)
Introduction The introduction to this sourcebook stresses the need for schools, communities, and families to work together to educate children to be productive and caring 21 st century citizens. American families are described as more diverse than ever before, spanning cultures, languages, levels of education, and socioeconomic and demographic differences. Family involvement is defined in an expansive way to include and recognize the value of a broad spectrum of activities that involve family members and/or guardians helping children to learn, both at home and at school. Barriers that limit...
Engaging Parents in Productive Partnerships is an easy-to-read presentation of suggestions on how educators and service providers can effectively collaborate with parents including specific recommendations for IEP meetings. Tell us what you think of the document, please click here to take a short survey. (link is external) To order copies of this publication, please fill out this order form.