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."

Dr. Timothy Hedeen is an Associate Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University. He provides mediation services through court and private programs, delivers trainings in the areas of conflict resolution and communication, facilitates group and public policy decision making and planning, and conducts research and evaluation on dispute resolution and justice policy.

He serves on the editorial boards of Conflict Resolution Quarterly and Family Court Review, as associate liaison to the Section Council of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, and is a past chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Community Mediation. He is the research director of a national study of the collateral consequences of criminal convictions for the ABA's Criminal Justice Section.

Services Offered

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Social Science, Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Special Education and Conflict Resolution Experience

Training in special education mediation, New York State Department of Health; extensive experience in community mediation and civil mediation; professional trainer of mediators for a variety of mediation resources, including campus and other educational resources; attended and received training at national and international conflict resolution conferences.

Practicing in

Georgia