Literature Articles

This searchable database contains bibliographic information for literature (research-based and policy/practice) relating to dispute resolution in special education.

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Are the Outcomes of Hearing (and Review) Officer Decisions Different for Pro Se and Represented Parents?

This article reviews thirty-five years of administrative decisions, seeking to understand any differences between families who were represented by attorneys at the hearing and families who were not. Significant differences were found, and the author notes that this correlation does not confirm...
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Assessing the Quality of Parent-Teacher Relationships for Students with ADHD

[Abstract] Family involvement in education, including the quality of family–school communication, has been demonstrated repeatedly to have a substantial effect on child development and success in school; however, measures of this construct are limited. The purpose this study was to examine the...
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Assuring the Family's Role on the Early Intervention Team

This paper, produced and distributed by the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), is a synthesis of practices and ideas for explaining procedural safeguards to families, which assure that families are fully informed in ways that support their role in the early intervention...
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Avoiding Procedural Errors in Individualized Education Program Development

This article reviews five common procedural errors in IEP development: - Not Including Students' Parents in the IEP Process - Predetermining a Student's IEP Services or Placement - Determining Placement Before Programming - Not Fielding an Appropriate IEP Team - Failing to Implement the IEP as...
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Avoiding special education due process hearings: Lessons from the field.

School personnel often find that parents are dissatisfied with their child's special education program. What individualized education program (IEP) teams do to prevent and handle parents' discontent helps determine if dissatisfaction will turn into a protracted, acrimonious legal battle or an...
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Avoiding special education litigation in rural school districts.

The major purpose of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its legislative predecessor: has shifted in the past 25 years from simply providing access to educational services to an emphasis on providing meaningful, measurable, and accountable programs to students with...
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Balancing acts: Dispute resolution in the U.S. and English special education law.

Compares special ed. law in US and England. States that the lack of legal representation for low-income parents during dispute resolution affects the fairness of the process, and that parents that don’t have legal advice during mediation are more likely to pursue a due process hearing. Those that...
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Bargaining and distribution in special education.

In this article the author focuses on the importance of parental involvement in the IEP process and argues that parents with poor bargaining skills are at a significant disadvantage when negotiating services for their children.
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