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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...

A Tale of Two Conversations

A Tale of Two Conversations is a two-part video, originally developed by the Pennysylvania Office for Dispute Resolution , showing actors playing a parent of a child with a disability and a school administrator. The meeting was requested by the parent and takes place in the administrator’s office. Take One shows the parent and administrator talking about the child’s special education program. They are talking, but not listening. Their communication is unproductive. Take Two shows each person using more effective communication skills. We recommend that you view the Understanding Positions...

AFC - Guide to Early Intervention

AFC - Guide to Impartial Hearings

AFC - Special Education Mediation Program: A Manual of Guidelines and Procedures (Prepared by the Safehorizon Mediation program)

AJE - List of Workshops and Trainings

AJE - Parents Rights Under IDEA

AK - ILP Child and Family Rights (Part C)

AK - Notice of Procedural Safeguards - Parental Rights for Special Education

AK - Parent Guide - Education and the Exceptional Child

AL - Policy for Accepting Electronic Submissions of Written State Complaints and Due Process Hearing Requests

AR - Request for Mediation & IEP Facilitation - Online Submission

AR - State Complaint Procedures

AZ - Spanish Child and Family Rights in the Arizona EIP

AZ - Child and Family Rights in the Arizona EIP

AZ - Due Process Procedures

AZ - Due Process Website (includes hearing decision database)

AZ - Special Education Pitfalls, Myths, and Urban Legends

AZ - State Complaint Procedures

AZ- Part C Procedural Safeguards Brochure - Spanish

BIE - Dispute Resolution in Special Education Through Mediation - Parent/School and Mediator's Manual (2009)

BIE - Introduction to Procedural Safeguards

BIE - Resolution Session and Due Process Hearing Procedures in Special Education - Due Process Hearing Officer Manual (2007)

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