Steps to Success: Communicating with Your Child's School

From NICHCY
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
and CADRE
The Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education

February 24, 2014

CADRE is an organization that "encourages the use of mediation and other collaborative strategies to resolve disagreements about special education and early intervention programs." They have just updated their guide to effective communications with public schools.

This brochure, available in many languages (see below) offers specific communication skills that may be helpful to parents as they develop and maintain partnerships with their child's school. It was developed in collaboration with the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY), and originally published in May, 2004.

More information on IDEA 2004.

Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
English
Haitian Creole
Hmong
Korean
Marshallese
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Somali
Spanish
Vietnamese

This document is also available in the Parent Dispute Resolution Resource Showcase. If you need assistance accesssing these documents please contact cadre@directionservice.org.

 Steps to Success.pdf

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IDEA Dispute Resolution Parent Guides

Following OSEP’s release of a Q&A on IDEA Part B Dispute Resolution in July, 2013, CADRE was asked to create a set of companion resources for parents and families. In response, CADRE developed these four parent guides with the support of parent leaders from across the country:

IDEA Special Education Written State Complaints

IDEA Special Education Mediation

IDEA Special Education Due Process Complaints/Hearing Requests

IDEA Special Education Resolution Meetings