| Concurrent Session Materials |
| Professional Development Institute - Concurrent Session 1 |
| 1.1 |
Alternative Mediation Strategies for the Advanced Level Practitioner
with Mary Jo DeSio
 Handout | PowerPoint |
| 1.2 |
The Facilitated IEP/IFSP Journey, the Process Stages from Start to Finish
with Trisha Bergin-Lytton
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 1.3 |
Effective IEP/IFSP Facilitation: Reconnecting with the Purpose and Intent of the IEP/IFSP Process
with Greg Abell
PowerPoint |
| 1.4 |
What do You Bring to the Table? How to be an Effective Participant in IEP/IFSP Facilitation and Special Education Mediation
with Eva Soeka
PowerPoint |
| 1.5 |
What Do I Do When...? (Adding Tools To Your Conflict Resolution Toolkit)
with Jonda Hamilton
PowerPoint |
| 1.6 |
Augmenting Face-to-Face Communication: Using Technology to Build Relationships, Create IEP/IFSP's & Resolve Disputes
with Jim Melamed
Session Outline | Online: Integrating the Internet | Online: MeetingSpace |
| 1.7 |
Understanding IDEA '04 and Changes to the Procedural Safeguards Requirements
with Kimberly Mitchell, Lisa Pagano
Model Forms:
Introduction to the IDEA 2004 Model Forms
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Notice of Procedural Safeguards
Prior Written Notice
Procedural Safeguards:
Surrogates, Notice and Consent
Due Process Hearings
Mediation
State Complaint Procedures
Relevant Regulations:
Relevant Regulations
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| Professional Development Institute - Concurrent Session 2 |
| 2.1 |
Interest Based Mediation
with Sandra Burns, Michelle Sutton
Handout |
| 2.2 |
Preventing Conflict in the Education of Children with Special Needs
with Nicholas Martin
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 2.3 |
Balancing Diverse Teams Through the IEP Facilitation Process
with Stacey Blavatt, Vaughn Lauer
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 2.4 |
A Simple Format and Practical Considerations for Resolution Meetings
with Marianne Duncan , Catherine Nicoll
PowerPoint |
| 2.5 |
It's Time! The Rationale and Vision for a National Special Education ADR Research Agenda
with Robert McKelvain, John Reiman
Handout |
| 2.6 |
The Making of an IEP Meeting Facilitator
with Fran Fletcher
Handout | PowerPoint |
| Concurrent Session 3 |
| 3.1 |
Ethics in Mediation
with Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Handout | Handout #2 | Handout #3 |
| 3.2 |
The Wisconsin Model: Evaluation in a Stakeholders-Designed System
with Nissan Bar-Lev, Jane Burns, Jan Serak, Eva Soeka
PowerPoint |
| 3.3 |
A Tale of Two Districts: Case Studies of System-Wide Change
with Tracy Gershwin Mueller, George H.S. Singer
PowerPoint |
| 3.4 |
How the Facilitator Can Prepare the IEP/IFSP Team to be Resolution Oriented
with Trisha Bergin-Lytton
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 3.5 |
I-Plan Management Made Easy: Relationships and Meetings
with Patricia McGinnis
Handout |
| 3.6 |
Successful Resolution Meetings Under IDEA
with Nicholas Martin
PowerPoint |
| 3.7 |
Coming Together Across Differences
with Lucy Ely Pagan Menendez, Anita Engiles, Pamela Kraynak
PowerPoint |
| Concurrent Session 4 |
| 4.1 |
Making Sense of Dispute Resolution Options After IDEA 2004
with Lyn Beekman
Handout |
| 4.2 |
Computer-Based Tracking as a Prevention Tool: A Case Study
with Gerold Milledge, Jennifer Perrella
Handout |
| 4.3 |
Iowa's Special Education Mediators: Potted Plants Negotiating for a Place in the Sunlight, a Qualitative Examination of Personal Philosophy and Perceived Power
with Amber Benedict
PowerPoint |
| 4.4 |
Oregon PTI's IEP Partners Program
with Karen Ripplinger, Robin Wortman
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 4.5 |
Practical and Legal Lessons Learned from Early Resolution Meetings
with Judy Harvey, Kathleen Sullivan
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 4.6 |
Observing Mediator Performance - An Essential Tool for Building Quality into State Special Education Mediaton Systems
with Irvin Foster, John Reiman, Eva Soeka, Art Stewart, Rachel Wohl
Handout | Handout 2
Mediation Evaluation #1 | Mediation Evaluation #2
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| 4.7 |
The Protean Negotiator
with Peter Adler
Handout | Handout 2 |
| Concurrent Session 5 |
| 5.1 |
50 Ways to Leave Your Impasse: The Resolution Facilitation Process in Iowa
with Gregory Buntz, Leslee Sandberg, Dee Ann Wilson
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 5.2 |
Independent Child Advocate Program - Statistics, Strategies and Success Making a Difference for Children, Families and Districts
with Carlo Rossi
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 5.3 |
Looking in the Rear View Mirror …Three Years of APR/SPP Data
with Aimee Taylor, Richard Zeller
Handout - Part B |  Error Checker - Part B | Summary Data - Part B
Handout - Part C | Error Checker - Part C | Summary Data - Part C
Online: National SPP Resources
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| 5.5 |
Survivor ~ Special Ed Edition: The New Resolution Meeting - IDEA '04
with Jim Gerl
Handout |
| 5.6 |
LEA-Based Facilitated IEPs that Prevent Conflict: Knowing the IEP Meeting Essentials
with Patricia McGinnis
Handout | PowerPoint |
| 5.7 |
Resolution Sessions and Informal Resolution Activities: Strategies for Special Education Advocates
with Candace Cortiella
Handout | PowerPoint |
| Concurrent Session 6 |
| 6.1 |
Academic Improvement Through Truancy Mediation
with Dena Hook, Angela Reiff
Handout |
| 6.2 |
Forging Partnerships for Improving State System Performance
with Kathy Clayton, Darla Griffin, Marshall Peter, Richard Zeller
PowerPoint |
| 6.3 |
Alternative Dispute Resolution: A California Perspective
with Debra Babyak, Michael Warych
PowerPoint |
| 6.4 |
Mission (Not) Impossible: Reducing Due Process Through Early Dispute Resolution Activities
with Suzanne McDougall, Dixie Rider, Kerry Voss Smith
PowerPoint |
| 6.5 |
Resolution Meeting: A New Option to Resolve Disputes in Special Education
with Nissan Bar-Lev, Nelsinia Ramos, Jan Serak, Eva Soeka, Patricia Williams
PowerPoint |
| 6.6 |
Defining and Marketing IEP/IFSP Meeting Facilitation Services/Programs
with Kathy Wian
Handout |
| 6.7 |
A New Wind Across The Prairie - The South Dakota Navigator Program
with Nathan Anderson
PowerPoint |
