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.
About the Webinar: This webinar will present the results of a systematic analysis of a representative sample of complaint procedure decisions and hearing officer decisions in five of the most active states. The comparison will be not only between these two systems for the total sample but also among the five state subsamples. The three dimensions of the comparison will be (a) the issue categories, (b) the outcomes, and, for the parent-favorable outcomes, (c) the remedies. About the Presenter: Perry A. Zirkel is university professor emeritus of education and law at Lehigh University, where he...
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)
AK - ILP Child and Family Rights (Part C)
AK - Notice of Procedural Safeguards - Parental Rights for Special Education
- Download AK-1 ProSafeJULY2014.pdf (812.44 KB)
AK - Parent Guide - Education and the Exceptional Child
- Download AK-5 2007_Parent Guide_English.pdf (442.35 KB)
AZ - Child and Family Rights in the Arizona EIP
AZ - Due Process Procedures
AZ - Special Education Pitfalls, Myths, and Urban Legends
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)
CADRE’s Exemplar Initiative: Identifying, Profiling and Showcasing Resources from High-Performing State Special Education and Early Intervention Dispute Resolution Systems State System Profiles Between Fall 2008 and Summer 2010, CADRE undertook a process to identify state special education and early intervention dispute resolution systems that are particularly effective and to characterize those systems and their components in ways that would be useful to other states that are considering improvement activities. Four state systems - Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - were identified...
CO - A Family Guidebook, Guide I: Referral and Eligibility for Colorado EI Services
CO - Parent & Child Rights - Procedural Safeguards Notice
This document was updated in 2019. This pamphlet describes, from an administrators perspective, the benefits of participating in mediation as a means to solve special education disputes between parents and educators. It dispels common concerns and also provides helpful tips to those considering mediation as a dispute resolution option. This document was originally published in September 2001, and was updated in 2019. Interested in IEP Facilitation? Check out CADRE's Considering IEP Facilitation: A School Administrator's Perspective .
CPAC - Steps to Protect a Child's Right to Special Education: Procedural Safeguards
CT - School Family Community Partnerships_PolicyGuidance_PositionStatement
DC - Families Have Rights - Procedural Safeguards 2010 (Part C)
- Download DC-2 Part C Family Rights.pdf (286.68 KB)