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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All of the documents will have the following updates in English or Spanish as appropriate:
The following documents are posted to this page in PDF & Word for review by Tina. The Word documents have had changes made in “track changes” for easier review.
The following documents have special instructions:
- Revision date of May or June 2007 (depending on when the changes were approved by Peggy or Tina)
- Updated Partners list and contact information on the inside front cover
- Direction Service, Inc.
- The Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers at PACER Center
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
- Mediate.com/Resourceful Internet Solutions, Inc.
- Updated CADRE Priorities on the back cover
- Promote improved problem-solving skills across stakeholder groups
- Identify effective, cost-beneficial dispute resolution practices and support their implementation
- Enhance collaboration between education/early intervention agencies and parent organizations
- Assist states to implement the dispute resolution provisions of IDEA ‘04
- Support integration of dispute resolution management and improved state system performance
- Compile State Performance Plan data and information on the characteristics of state systems
The following documents are posted to this page in PDF & Word for review by Tina. The Word documents have had changes made in “track changes” for easier review.
- The Involvement of Students in Their Special Education Mediations
- Las Familias y las Escuelas: Resolviendo las Disputas atraves de la Mediacion
- ¿Que es la Mediacion?
- Mediacion en Education Especial
- Considering Mediation for Special Education Disputes: A School Administrator’s Perspective
- Keys to Access
The following documents have special instructions:
- Families and Schools: Resolving Disputes Through Mediation. (The PDF would not allow me to make any changes. When I brought it over into Word it imported all of the information as pictures and would not allow any changes to be made. I have attached the PDF. Please note the following changes that will be made with your approval).
- Page 1, third bullet – The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
- Page 2, footer – change all references of IDEA ’97 to IDEA ‘04
- Page 15, NICHCY – National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
- Reuniones de IEP Facilitadas: Una Nueva Opcion
- The changes were already made to this document without “track changes”. I have highlighted changed text in yellow.
- Frequently Asked Questions on Mediation (FAQs)
- The PDF would not allow me to make any changes. When I brought it over into Word it imported all of the information as pictures and would not allow any changes to be made. I have attached the PDF. I have also typed up the sections that have changed in a word document and attached it.
- Preguntas Frecuentes Acerca de la Mediación
- The PDF would not allow me to make any changes. When I brought it over into Word it imported all of the information as pictures and would not allow any changes to be made. I have attached the PDF. I have also typed up the sections that have changed in a word document and attached it.
- The Role of Attorneys in Special Education Mediation
- This was a very large file. I have only attached the PDF. The only change is an addendum with the following text: This document was produced in July 2000. References to the law and regulations are now outdated. In addition the landscape of dispute resolution in special education has expanded dramatically. Much of the discussion related to the role of attorneys in special education mediation, however, remains useful. Readers are encouraged to contact individual states for information on c
- This was a very large file. I have only attached the PDF. The only change is an addendum with the following text: This document was produced in July 2000. References to the law and regulations are now outdated. In addition the landscape of dispute resolution in special education has expanded dramatically. Much of the discussion related to the role of attorneys in special education mediation, however, remains useful. Readers are encouraged to contact individual states for information on c
