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.
CDIC - Individualized Education Plans (IEP) ARD Meetings and Changes in the IEP
Download CDIC-1 IEP_Spanish 2009.pdf (45.08 KB)
Engaging in Conflict Constructively: Tools and Skills
PEATC Advocacy Symposium 2021 presentation by Timothy Hedeen, Ph.D.
PA-PEAL - Special Education Resources for Families (Rack Card)
PA-PEAL - Special Education Resources for Families (Rack Card)
PEAK - Dispute Resolution 101
PEAK - Utilizing Conflict to Build Trust in the IEP Process (two-part webinar)
PEAL - Brief Glossary of Special Education Terms
PEAL - Communication Tips for Building Strong Partnerships
PEAL - Communication Tips for Building Strong Partnerships - Spanish
PEAL - Resolving Disagreements-Spanish
PEAL - Six Steps to Responding to Conflict Constructively
Video of PEATC - Webinar: Coaching Families Through Conflict
PEATC - Special Education Complaint Toolkit
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...
SDPC - The Basics of an IEP & Procedural Safeguards
UPC - District Parent Consultants
UPC - Parents as Partners in the IEP Process - Parent Handbook
- Download UPC-3 IEP_Parent_Handbook.pdf (14.67 MB)
UT-8 ParentCenter-District Parent Consultants 1-2013.pdf
Colorado Department of Education and PEAK This Voices from the Field interview series features select OSEP federally-funded parent centers and state education agencies who have well-established and high-functioning collaborative relationships. In October of 2021, CADRE staff interviewed leaders from the Colorado Department of Education (Mary Ann Fleury, Ph.D.) and PEAK (Michele Williers and Ann Wilson) to learn more about what makes their partnership so effective. This hour-long interview provides viewers with tips and takeaways that may help others improve their own relationships and...