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.
VFN - Resolving Disagreements between Parents and Schools
VFN - Understanding Parents' Rights in Early Intervention Part C
About the Webinar: Most agencies are made up of persons who are from dominant culture, mainstream communities. When many agencies and institutions engage other cultures, it can quickly become apparent that they are ill-equipped to effectively and successfully interact, communicate and work with non-dominant, non-mainstream communities. These interactions are complex, subtle and significant. They usually occur in settings and contexts arranged, organized and controlled by the agency or institution. It is a very different engagement when individuals from the agencies and institutions dare to go...
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...
Arizona Department of Education and Raising Special Kids 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 April of 2021, CADRE staff interviewed leaders from the Arizona Department of Education (Lori Bird) and Raising Special Kids (Chris Tiffany, Kathy Gray-Mangerson) 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...
WA - Dispute Resolution: The Citizen Complaint Process
WA - Tips for Districts When Responding to Citizen Complaints
Download WA-10 Tips handout for Districts.pdf (204.88 KB)
Video of CADRE Webinar: What’s New and Trending in Special Education Law and Why It Matters About the webinar: Tracking court decisions on various special education issues is not easy. For example, what’s been the impact on other courts, if any, of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F.? Are courts starting to allow parents, like school districts, to unilaterally change a student’s stay put to a "comparable” placement and, if so, what are the potential implications? When are electronic records “maintained” so as to be deemed “educational records” under the Family Educational Rights...
WI - An Introduction to Special Education
- Download WI-88.02 Intro to Special Education.pdf (765.86 KB)
WI - Contract with Division of Hearings and Appeals
WI - Differences between Mediation and IEP Facilitation Power Point
WI - Dispute Resolution Options Power Point
WI - Early Conflict Resolution Power Point
WI - Effective Participation in the Sped Mediation Process (Manual)
WI - Equity Decsion and Policy Tool (2019)
WI - IEP Facilitation Case Management procedure
WI - Mediation Confidentiality Regulations
WI - Parent Friendly and Productive Virtual IEP Meetings PPT
WI - Part C Conflict Resolution Process Brochure
WI - Spanish - Part C Mediation Process Brochure
- Download WI-132 Spanish Mediation Brochure.pdf (297.54 KB)