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CADRE's Facilitated IEP Meetings: An Emerging Practice

This guide reviews the value and use of IEP meeting facilitation as a practice to prevent or minimize potential for conflicts. It presents information about the role of the external facilitator, the benefits of facilitated IEP meetings, and how families can prepare for facilitated IEP meetings. It closes with a "Frequently Asked Questions" section.

This guide was produced as a joint publication of both the Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Education (CADRE) and The Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers (The ALLIANCE) project. This publication provides an introduction to IEP facilitation for parents and other family members to help orient them to this emerging practice. To help special education planning teams reach agreements, several State Education Agencies (SEAs) provide the option of facilitated Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings. The use of externally facilitated IEP meetings is growing nationally. When relationships between parents and schools are strained, facilitated meetings may be beneficial. This guide: 1) provides an introduction to IEP facilitation for parents and other family members to help orient them to this emerging practice, and 2) discusses the use of external IEP facilitators, who are not directly affiliated with the team or who may be independent of both the team and the school district.

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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 / Tuesday, 04 August 2009

Daphne Worsham

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