Bureau of Indian Education Due Process Hearings Manual The purpose of this document is to review procedures by which the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Albuquerque Service Center (ASC) will appoint contract hearing officers and operate the administrative hearing mandated by the requirements of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or its implementing regulations.
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Bureau of Indian Education Mediation Manual This document was developed by the Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Education. It covers numerous topics including a description of the mediation process and role of the mediator as well as standards that guide the service. The document also includes a variety of forms useful to parents, school, attorneys and mediators.
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Negotiation Traps Although the human brain will always be something we marvel at, it is unfortunately not foolproof when it has to deal with complex situations. The embedded routines or mental short-cuts we use to arrive at most of the decisions we take, are by no means foolproof. Unless we are aware of these routines and understand them, we unknowingly fall prey to them.
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NICHCY Module 18 ~ Procedural Safeguards: Options for Dispute Resolution CADRE partner, NICHCY, the National Dissemination Center, has developed training curricula titled, Building the Legacy: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 2004. These resources were developed to provide information and training materials related to IDEA and its final Part B regulations. One of the themes, “Procedural Safeguards”, includes Module 18: Options for Dispute Resolution.
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Team Based Conflict Resolution in Special Education The IDEA '97 regulations specify that the mediation states must offer when a due process hearing has been requested are to be conducted by a single mediator. Team conciliation is offered not as a process that satisfies these requirements but rather as one of many options that may be useful, in addition to those that are legally required, when parents and educators disagree. Conciliation may be of particular value when those disagreements include issues of culture, gender or class bias.
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Understanding "Positions" and "Interests" Differentiating between "positions" and "interests" is an essential component of collaborative problem solving. This short video from CADRE introduces the differences between positions and interests and provides specific examples.
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