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.
About the Webinar: This webinar will focus on the IDEA due process procedures with attention to the complexities and inefficiencies inherent in the current system. The webinar will explore the following: How due process can be overly legalistic creating barriers for parents, especially those from marginalized communities How inequities in the system lead to disparities in the quality of outcomes How delays in hearings result in significant setbacks in the delivery of critical services How high costs and bureaucracy drain already depleted resources Recommendations will be offered for the next...
AL - Policy for Accepting Electronic Submissions of Written State Complaints and Due Process Hearing Requests
AL - Quick Tips - Understanding Due Process
AL - Quick Tips - Understanding Mediation
AL - RFP for Independent IDEA Mediators
AR - Request for Mediation & IEP Facilitation - Online Submission
AR - Special Education Mediation Project Video
AZ - Dispute Resolution Form - Part C - Spanish
AZ - Due Process Procedures
AZ - Due Process Website (includes hearing decision database)
AZ - Mediation Evaluation Survey
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)