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.
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 - Introduction to Procedural Safeguards
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)
BIE - School Agreement to Mediate
Posted December 2017 (Rev May 2018) The summary below features data for school years (July 1-June 30) 2004-05 through 2015-16. For each data element, the number of events reported by the state is also provided as the number of events per 10,000 students enrolled in special education. This "per 10K" rate provides a way to compare the relative frequency across states – a more “apples to apples” comparison. For more information on dispute resolution data or this summary, contact CADRE.
Opciones y Recursos Informales y Formales para la Resolución de Desacuerdos en la Enseñanza Especial en Rhode Island (Spanish)
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...
Rhode Island Informal and Formal Special Education Options and Resources for Dispute Resolution (English)
- Download RI SpEd Options & Resources.pdf (866.92 KB)
RI - Procedural Safeguards Notice Portuguese
RI - A System of Continuous Improvement
RI - Complaint Procedures - Portuguese
RI - Complaint Procedures - Spanish
RI - Due Process Hearing Procedures - Resolution Session Excerpt
RI - Impartial Due Process Hearing Procedures
RI - Model Form to Assist in Filing A Special Education State Complaint
- Download RI-2 State Complaint Model Form.pdf (97.67 KB)
RI - Model Form to Assist in Requesting A Due Process Hearing
RI - Options and Resources - RI Informal and Formal Sped Options and Resources for DR
- Download RI-17 DR Options and Resources.pdf (870.96 KB)