Main Library
This library contains CADRE resources as well as State, Lead Agency and Parent Center resources. Please note that CADRE makes no endorsement of the State, Lead Agency and Parent Center resources included here, nor of any policies, procedures, processes, or documents specific to any item.
MA - Early Intervention and You
MA - Early Intervention Dispute Resolution
MA - Reference Manual: A Resource for Parents and School Representatives Who Appear Before the BSEA
MA - So You Will Be Going To A Special Education Hearing Without A Lawyer
Download MA-1 prose_guide 2012.pdf (98.96 KB)
Posted December 2017 (Rev May 2018) The summary below features data for school years (July 1-June 30) 2004-05 through 2015-16. For each data element, the number of events reported by the state is also provided as the number of events per 10,000 students enrolled in special education. This "per 10K" rate provides a way to compare the relative frequency across states – a more “apples to apples” comparison. For more information on dispute resolution data or this summary, contact CADRE .
This address provided a brief review of CADRE's past and the current context in which special education dispute resolution operates. It described four key areas of focus for CADRE and our community of practice for the future: How can we support early positive engagement between families and schools? How can we fully capitalize on the extraordinary opportunities that technology affords us? How can we do a better job of ensuring that families who are culturally and linguistically outside the dominant culture find opportunities and supports that let them positively engage in the special...
Posted December 2017 (Rev May 2018) The summary below features data for school years (July 1-June 30) 2004-05 through 2015-16. For each data element, the number of events reported by the state is also provided as the number of events per 10,000 students enrolled in special education. This "per 10K" rate provides a way to compare the relative frequency across states – a more “apples to apples” comparison. For more information on dispute resolution data or this summary, contact CADRE .
Matrix - Advocating for your child with special needs
- Download Matrix-1 advocating.packet.6.11.pdf (197.81 KB)
This article suggests that the adoption of a maximizing mediation approach by the mediator is permissible and advised. There are no barriers to mediators moving beyond the world of barely sufficient processes and barely sufficient results to stimulate maximized processes and maximized results.
MD - A Family Guide to Early Intervention Services in Maryland
MD - Facilitated IEP Team Meetings in Maryland - Introduction & FAQs for Parents & Public Agency/School Personnel
- Download MD-6 IEP FAQs Rev4.2017.pdf (190.56 KB)
MD - Family Support and Dispute Resolution Branch Website
MD - IDEA Dispute Resolution Processes Comparison Chart
MD - Parental Rights: A Companion Guide to the Maryland Procedural Safeguards Notice (Part C)
MD - Parental Rights: Maryland Procedural Safeguards Notice (Part C)
MD - Part C DP & Mediation Request Combined Form
MD-6 IEP Facilitation_Introduction_FAQsOCT11
ME - Due Process Resolution Session Guidelines
ME Parent Federation - Procedural Safeguards: Understanding Mediation
Video of 2017 09 12 11 29 Mediating in the Context of Broken Trust 2 About the Webinar: Mediators often find themselves facilitating challenging and complex conversations in a context of broken trust. It has been asked if it is possible to negotiate with someone where there is a breakdown in, or absence of trust. Trust is a complex notion. In this webinar we will explore this topic and identify a structure for assessing and understanding different types of trust. We will identify key attributes of trusting relationships. We will identify strategies for “negotiating” trust and reaching...
Mediator Evaluation Form - BIE
Mediator Evaluation Form - BIE