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.
AI - Preparing for Special Ed Mediation/Resolution
AL - Quick Tips - Understanding Mediation
AZ - Special Education Mediation System
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)
DE - Frequently Asked Questions - SPARC Virtual Mediation
- Download DE-10 SPARC Virtual Mediation FAQ.pdf (218.82 KB)
DE - Special Education Mediation for Families and Schools
This document was published in July 2002. More information on IDEA 2004.
FL - Mediation Fact Sheet - Parents and Schools Working Together
- Download FL-23 mediation-fact-sheet.pdf (26.9 KB)
I-NYC-2 - Mediation_and_Impartial_Hearings2017
IA - Mediator's Guide to Special Education Preappeal Conferences June 2010
ID - Dispute Resolution Guidance - Mediation
There are a number of reasons for making mediation more accessible and responsive to families from culturally, economically and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This document is intended to provide educators with guidance that may help them understand why some families may not participate in mediation, and strategies for increasing the participation of families from diverse backgrounds. Most importantly, Keys to Access offers practical recommendations that school personnel, early intervention service providers, mediation providers, and families can use to develop the knowledge, positive...
This article suggests that the adoption of a maximizing mediation approach by the mediator is permissible and advised. There are no barriers to mediators moving beyond the world of barely sufficient processes and barely sufficient results to stimulate maximized processes and maximized results.
ME Parent Federation - Procedural Safeguards: Understanding Mediation
MI-2 MI SEMS Facilitation & Mediation Brochure 2019
NC - Special Education Mediation Questions and Answers
- Download NC-18 2007qa-mediation.pdf (54.71 KB)