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
AL - Quick Tips - Understanding Due Process
APEC - Resolving Disputes in Special Education
ASK - Improving Communication: Tips for Parents and Educators
AZ - Due Process Procedures
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)
CA - How Are Early State Disputes Resolved?
- Download CA-19 ResolvingEarlyStartDisputes09.pdf (222.03 KB)
CA - Understanding Sped Due Process Hearings Provided by the OAH
CT - School Family Community Partnerships_PolicyGuidance_PositionStatement
DREDF - A Guide for California Parents: Special Education Due Process and the Resolution Meeting
- Download DREDF-1 dueprocess_2008.pdf (1.53 MB)
This document is a sample of a Due Process Hearing Extension Order. It serves as a tool that states may choose to use to document extensions, length of extensions, and new dates for a hearing and decision that meets the timelines required by IDEA.
FFF - Promoting Equity In Education Through Family Engagement (Fact Sheet)
FFF - Promoting Equity In Education Through Family Engagement (Video)
FL - A Parent's Guide to Understanding Due Process Hearings for Early Steps
I-NYC-2 - Mediation_and_Impartial_Hearings2017
IA - Timelines involving Due Process Complaint
ID - Vendor Service Agreement - Lead Hearing Officer
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...