The National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education
"Encouraging the use of mediation and other collaborative strategies to resolve disagreements about special
education and early intervention programs."
CADRE Resources
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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IDEA 1997 requires that states offer mediation in conjunction with the filing of a due process hearing. All states meet this requirement by seeing that mediation is offered and paying for the costs. The purpose of this inquiry, conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), was to learn about the other times states offer mediation to resolve disputes.
Mediation Dispute Resolution Study Results.pdf
surveyresults.pdf
