Center for Appropriate
Dispute Resolution in Special Education
CADRE, the National Center on Dispute Resolution, encourages the use of mediation and other collaborative strategies to resolve disagreements about special education and early intervention programs.
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View a four and a half minute video overview of CADRE (in Adobe Flash format).
Updated Annual Performance Report and State Performance Plan Dispute Resolution resources available here! Click here for information that includes IDEA Part B and Part C APR/SPP submission resources, Annual Performance Report summaries, and State and National Dispute Resolution Data. Materials from CADRE's "On the Road to Agreement ~ IDEA '04 & More: The Fourth National Symposium on Dispute Resolution in Special Education" CADRE convened the "Fourth National Symposium on Dispute Resolution in Special Education" in December 2006. Participants from 47 States attended the event. Click here to review individual session materials. Materials from CADRE's "National Symposium on IEP Facilitation" CADRE convened the first "National Symposium on IEP Facilitation" in October 2005. Participants from 42 States, interested in creating effective agreements that benefit educational and early intervention programs for infants, children and youth with disabilities, attended the event. Click here to review individual session materials. |
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Tips, Tools & Resources for LEAs and Early Intervention Providers to Improve Agreement Rates in Resolution Sessions This resource was developed to provide local education agency personnel and early intervention providers with ideas and strategies on how to improve their resolution meeting agreement rate.
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Ten Tips for SEAs and LEAs to Improve Their Mediation Agreement Rate This 'tip sheet' was developed to provide coordinators of mediation programs with ideas and strategies on how to improve their mediation agreement rate.
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TOP TIPS for State Dispute Resolution System Managers Following an extensive review, CADRE identified four States with exemplary dispute resolution systems. In September 2009, CADRE brought together Dee Ann Wilson of Iowa, Jo Anne Pool Blades of Oklahoma, Kerry Smith of Pennsylvania, and Jack Marker of Wisconsin. A discussion during the September meeting resulted in a list of "Top Tips" for other State dispute resolution system managers.
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New booklet! Preparing for Special Education Mediation and Resolution Sessions: A Guide for Families and Advocates. Aimed at helping families and advocates take advantage of the dispute resolution options in IDEA.
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Part B and Part C SPP/APR 2009 Indicator Analyses These documents contain analyses of each of the SPP/APR indicators (FY 2007-08), including the analyses conducted by CADRE for the dispute resolution indicators Part B: 16-19 and Part C: 10-13.
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Questions and Answers On Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures For Parents and Children With Disabilities ~ June 2009 This is the most recent OSEP Q & A document on Procedural Safeguards.
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State ADR/Mediation Resource Directory This resource contains a listing of offices and organizations that offer expertise in mediation and other
forms of alternate dispute resolution.
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Resolution Meetings- State Supports and Practices This brief analysis provides detail on the experience of eight states with Resolution Meetings. A joint effort of Project Forum at NASDSE and CADRE.
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Steps to Success: Communicating with Your Child's School Offers specific communication skills that may be helpful to parents as they develop and maintain partnerships with their child's school. A CADRE publication. This document was published in May 2004. For more information on IDEA 2004, please click here.
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Los Pasos hacia el Éxito: Cómo Comunicarse con la Escuela de su Hijo Si Ud tiene un hijo que recibe servicios de educación especial, es más que probable que esté involucrado en la escuela de su hijo y colaborando con sus profesores – esto incluye la planificación, la revisión y evaluación del programa educativo de su hijo.
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