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
AFC - Special Education Mediation Program: A Manual of Guidelines and Procedures (Prepared by the Safehorizon Mediation program)
- Download AFC-2 sp_ed_mediation_2010.pdf (10.11 MB)
FFF - Promoting Equity In Education Through Family Engagement (Fact Sheet)
FFF - Promoting Equity In Education Through Family Engagement (Video)
I-NYC-2 - Mediation_and_Impartial_Hearings2017
NY - RFP Mediation Services Provided in the New York State Early Intervention Program
NY - Special Education Mediation Brochure
NY - Special Education Mediation Guidelines & Procedures
NY - Special Education Mediation RFP Resources
- Download NY-20 Special-education-mediation RFP.pdf (459.74 KB)
- Download NY-21 SpEd Mediation RFP Submission Documents.pdf (275.07 KB)
- Download NY-22 SpEd Mediation RFP cost-proposal-part-i-1.pdf (72.25 KB)
- Download NY-23 SpEd Mediation RFP cost-proposal-part-ii-2.pdf (58.9 KB)
- Download NY-24 SpEd Mediation RFP Q&A.pdf (27.02 KB)
Perfect Together: Aligning and Leveraging State Education Agencies and Parent Centers in Shared Work
Perfect Together: Aligning and Leveraging State Education Agencies and Parent Centers in Shared Work
Video of Perfect Together: Aligning and Leveraging State Education Agencies and Parent Cent This webinar focuses on practical, implementable strategies leading to effective and sustained collaboration between Parent Centers and State Education Agencies. The presenters provide examples of practices across the Collaboration Continuum that have led to successful, authentic engagement. Characteristics of a partnership that has continued over time, survived changes in personnel, and endured across short and long-term initiatives, are described. Presenters: Helen W. Post is the Executive Director...
RCSN - Mediation and Impartial Hearing Tip Sheet
VA - Due Process Hearing System Questionnaire For LEA
VA - Due Process Hearing System Questionnaire For The Parent/Student
VA - Evaluation of Hearing Officer Form
VA - Managing the Timeline in Due Process Hearings
VA - Mediator Expectation Agreement
VA - Parent's Guide to Special Education Dispute Resolution App on iTunes and on Google Play
Description: This App renders the “Parents' Guide to Special Education Dispute Resolution” by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), for mobile devices. It covers “Mediation,” “Formal Complaint,” and “Due Process” and includes a section that defines relevant “Acronyms” and a “Glossary.” The application offers an easy to use question and answer format. Many answers include a direct link to the Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia. It is designed to help parents and educators better understand their rights and responsibilities during...