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This document does not offer formal policy guidance from the Office of Special Education Programs at the United States Department of Education.

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Ideas that Work, U.S. Office of Special Education Programs

Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution (CADRE)

Beyond Mediation: Strategies For Appropriate Early Dispute Resolution In Special Education

Edward Feinberg, Ph.D., Jonathan Beyer, J.D., Philip Moses, M.A., Forward by Judy Schrag, Ed.D.

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This briefing paper describes some of the causes of special education conflict and then explores the range of conflict management approaches being pioneered by state education agencies and school districts. The focus of this paper and the underlying research is on innovative work that is being done related to disagreements regarding those children and youth (3 years and older) served under Part B of IDEA. A CADRE Publication. This document was published in October 2002. For more information on IDEA 2004, please click here.

Beyond Mediation.pdf