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.
AFC - Short Guide to Impartial Hearings
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)
AI - Preparing for Special Ed Mediation/Resolution
AL - Quick Tips - Understanding Mediation
AZ - Special Education Mediation System
In collaboration with CADRE, the IDEA Partnership has developed a Dialogue Guide on the important topic of dispute resolution. Using CADRE's work on early and innovative dispute resolution processes, the Partnership has developed both an Executive Summary of CADRE's document Beyond Mediation: Strategies For Appropriate Early Dispute Resolution In Special Education and a Dialogue Starter for Dispute Resolution. Dialogue Guides are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders (families, practitioners, professional associations, professors, policymakers, legislators) in...
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 - 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)
CT - Part C Mediation Brochure (Spanish)
CT - Principles of Mediation Brochure (Part C)
- Download CT-5 Part C Mediation Brochure.pdf (94.97 KB)
DC - Ombudsman Quarter 1 and 2 Report School Year 2017-18
DC - One Pagers - Mediation, DPHs, FRMs
DE - Special Education Mediation for Families and Schools - Spanish
- Download DE-7 SPARC-med_brochure-esp2019.pdf (470.78 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
DREDF - A Guide for California Parents: Special Education Due Process and the Resolution Meeting
- Download DREDF-1 dueprocess_2008.pdf (1.53 MB)
ECAC - Family Engagement Video Contest
FACT - Special Education Toolkit (2016)
This document was published in July 2002. More information on IDEA 2004.
Esta publicación ha sido desarrollada por el Consorcio para la Resolución Apropiada de Disputas en la Educación Especial (CADRE) para responder a las preguntas que tantos padres, profesores, administradores y otras muchas personas tienen acerca de la mediación.