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
APEC - Resolving Disputes in Special Education
ASK - Improving Communication: Tips for Parents and Educators
Breaking Barriers: Reaching the Hard to Reach - Webinar
DC - One Pagers - Mediation, DPHs, FRMs
DREDF - A Guide for California Parents: Special Education Due Process and the Resolution Meeting
- Download DREDF-1 dueprocess_2008.pdf (1.53 MB)
ECAC - Race and Ethnic Background in Special Education
In partnership with Learning for Equity: A Network for Solutions (LENS-NC), ECAC spoke with families and educators from across the state to discuss the impact of race and ethnic background on students with learning disabilities. This 15 minute video explores: conversations about equity in special education with family members and educators across the state systems-level data displaying disproportionate representation among students of color the challenges of defining "normal" or "appropriate" in a complex and diverse society
FFF - Promoting Equity In Education Through Family Engagement (Fact Sheet)
FFF - Promoting Equity In Education Through Family Engagement (Video)
IA - Resolution Facilitator Training PPT
IA - Tips for LEA/AEA When Conducting a Resolution Meeting
IA-157 Q & A Statewide AEA RF system8.10.pdf
IA-24 AEA ResolutionFacilitationBrochure10.08.pdf
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...
On August 14, 2013 CADRE hosted a free webinar with Karen Mapp, Director, Education Policy and Management Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Moving Forward: Building Effective Family-School Partnerships . Video of CADRE Webinar:Moving Forward-Building Family School Partnerships8.14.13 About the Webinar: This webinar provided an overview of what we now know about policies and practices needed to cultivate and sustain effective family-school partnerships that support student achievement and school improvement. About the Presenter: Karen L. Mapp, EdD, is a Senior Lecturer on...