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Video of Managing Truth Decay in the Intersection of Logic and Emotion About the Webinar : Clients and parties spin when the law and their emotions collide. This is especially challenging given the erosion of civil discourse and the disengagement of individuals from civic institutions. The ability of participants to make good decisions declines and they often blame others for the situation. Learn practical tips, techniques, and tools from a lawyer and social psychologist, who both mediate. Learn how to counsel folks through the uncertainty, fear, and frustration they experience when they...
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 education...
Video de “Más allá de las disputas: Cómo movilizar y organizar “un pueblo” cuando se necesitan cambios importantes” (Moving Beyond Disputes: Mobilizing and Orchestrating a “Village” When Extensive Change is Required) Acerca del seminario web: Las disputas suelen ocurrir porque los profesionales y las familias tienen puntos de vista radicalmente opuestos sobre qué servicios y apoyos se necesitan para alcanzar los cuatro resultados de la ley IDEA: igualdad de oportunidades, vida independiente, participación completa y autosuficiencia económica. Cuando la resolución de una disputa da como...
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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
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
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...