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Please note: CADRE has released an updated series on Working Together. The series features 5 courses: An Introduction to the Working Together Series, IEP Meetings and Beyond, Listening and Responding, Managing and Responding to Emotions, and Focusing on Interests to Reach Agreement. The courses are being rolled out as they are completed. Supplemental resources and a facilitator guide will also be developed. Go to the new series! Working Together is a collection of CADRE resources designed to support effective collaboration between parents, schools, and early childhood programs. Watch an...
WV - Due Process Information Packet
WV - FIEP Procedures: A Guide for Families and Districts
WV - Mediation Process for Special Education
Download WV-1 MediationProcessBrochure2013.pdf (363.41 KB)
WV - Procedural Safeguards for Parents and Students with Exceptionalities
- Download WV-3 ProceduralSafeguards.pdf (191.85 KB)
WV - Request for Applicants: IDEA Due Process Hearing Officers
WV - Request for Applicants: IDEA Mediators
WV - Request for Applicants: Individualized Education Program (IEP) Facilitator
Posted December 2017 (Rev May 2018) The summary below features data for school years (July 1-June 30) 2004-05 through 2015-16. For each data element, the number of events reported by the state is also provided as the number of events per 10,000 students enrolled in special education. This "per 10K" rate provides a way to compare the relative frequency across states – a more “apples to apples” comparison. For more information on dispute resolution data or this summary, contact CADRE .
CADRE is working with states to coordinate and improve their dispute resolution programs using a systematic, data guided process of planning for change. This session outlines the steps in that change process, emphasizing the initial steps of problem analysis and identifying areas with the highest potential for improvement. Walter is designed as a review of all aspects of the State's dispute resolution system, identifying what is working well, where problems exist and which problems are most amenable to solutions that will produce a desirable outcome. Explicit throughout CADRE's approach is...
As summarized in the presenter’s book, Supporting the IEP Process – A Facilitator’s Guide (Brookes Publishing, 2010), participants will learn 19 specific options for assisting others to work through their difficulties on the road to both consensus and conflict prevention/resolution. Segments from a video of a facilitated IEP meeting will be shown as a springboard for discussion. Practical skill development through audience participation will be a major component.
This 90-minute session represents an evolution of 10 years of discussions with thousands of IEP participants in several states and is summarized in the presenter’s, Guide to Collaboration for IEP Teams (Brookes Publishing, 2005). It is based on the belief that IEP participants nationwide are expected to collaborate effectively and yet the vast majority have not been given the training necessary to achieve this important and very reasonable objective. As one participant commented, “I have been running IEP meetings for 13 years, and no one has ever taught me how.” In simple, practical, and very...
Fran Fletcher Session 4.1 - Presentation.ppt Presenters: Marie-Anne Aghazadian , Parent Information Center, Wilmington, DE Fran Fletcher , University of Delaware, Conflict Resolution Program, Newark, DE Elizabeth Siemanowski , POLYTECH School District, Woodside, DE Martha Toomey , Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) has been offering the option of using the services of an external IEP facilitator for five years. In this panel presentation you will hear the unique perspectives of those who are knowledgeable and experienced in the delivery...
The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) has been offering the option of using the services of an external IEP facilitator for five years. In this panel presentation you will hear the unique perspectives of those who are knowledgeable and experienced in the delivery of this service. Hear from: State level: DDOEs Director of Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Education regarding the development of the initiative, how the service evolved over time and its future goals; Program coordinator: who manages the day to day aspects of the service and serves as one of the facilitators; LEA...
We will work with participants to build advanced conflict management skills in handling impasse in special education disputes.
Broward is the 6th largest school district in the nation. In 2013, the Florida Department of Education began training groups of key staff members in Key2Ed's Facilitated IEP Process. Broward had Program Specialists and a District level administrator trained in Facilitated IEPs. It was at that professional development opportunity provided by the FL DOE that Broward began to develop a plan to train all site-based LEAs in the process. This was a two, school -year process to get all schools in Broward (335 schools) trained. In addition to the initial roll-out of FIEP, the District has developed a...
The South Dakota Navigator Program is a new and innovative effort in this rural/frontier state that includes a Native American population of approximately 8%. The focus is on providing assistance in communication facilitation and early dispute resolution to both parents and schools, regarding students ages birth to 21. It is funded by the state Office of Special Education Programs and managed by the state's only Parent Training and Information Center. The partnership of the South Dakota Parent Connection and SD-OSEP models the relationship that we want to nurture in individual situations. The...
Contra Costa SELPA's model of facilitation for Resolution Meetings has proven highly successful in the first year of implementation. Drawing on techniques from IEP facilitation and local mediation, our trained Resolution Meeting Managers lead participants through a simple process of reviewing issues, clarifying positions, analyzing differences and writing agreements. With or without attorneys present, this process has resulted in a 70% success rate in settling Due Process cases in a 16 district local consortium. Participants in this session will learn and have an opportunity to practice the 4...