CADRE Resources

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.

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.

Collaborative Problem Solving and Dispute Resolution in Special Education: Training Manual Table of Contents From Collaborative Problem Solving and Dispute Resolution in Special Education. This manual is designed as an educational tool for understanding and resolving conflict. It offers state-of-the-art thinking in dispute resolution applied to special education situations. Written in an easy-to-understand, illustrated and jargon-free format, it is designed both for stand-alone reading and to be used as part of workshop groups.

Guidelines For Conflict Management in Special Education-A Manual From Portland (Oregon) Public Schools These conflict management guidelines are designed to help district staff and parents effectively address conflict in special education. The creation of this document was part of a Portland Public Schools Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) local capacity grant funded by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).

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.

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.

OSEP Memorandum 'Questions and Answers on Mediation' (11/30/00)   Also in PDF format.

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.

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.

Using Participant Feedback to Evaluate and Improve Quality in Mediation This resource guide presents an overview of mediation evaluation with a specific focus on how to make use of participant questionnaires in evaluating mediation programs. A CADRE Publication. This document was published in December 2002. For more information on IDEA 2004, please click here.