Module 18 is all about IDEA's mechanisms for resolving disputes between families and schools. It looks at:
- informal processes,
- state complaints,
- mediation,
- due process complaints and due process hearings,
- the resolution process,
- expedited due process hearings in disciplinary situations, and
- other hearings.
Module 18 is available in English only (except for the handouts for participants, which are also available in Spanish). The module includes:
- a slideshow presentation;
- a Trainer's Guide; and
- handouts for participants.
Please help yourself below, and download the components you need to learn on your own and/or to train others regarding IDEA's numerous mechanisms that give parents and schools a means to resolve disagreements.
Component #1: The Slideshow
English only
Tell all about dispute resolution options with these 20 slides, including benefits and procedures, the SEA's obligations, and important time limits.
www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Documents/
Training_Curriculum/18slideshow.zip
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Component #2: Trainer's Guide
English only
The Module 18 Trainer's Guide illustrates how each slide operates and provides detailed discussion of the content on each slide. (If you have a slower Internet connection and want to download the PDF version, try our "for slower connections" page with the Trainer's Guide for Module 18 broken into two parts.)
Component #3: Handouts for Participants | Folletos para Participantes
The handouts for Module 18 are are included in a packet of handouts designed to cover the entire umbrella topic of Theme E (Procedural Safeguards). If you've downloaded the handouts for Theme E, you have what you need for Module 18. If you haven't downloaded any handouts for Theme E yet, here they are, in 2 different formats and 2 different languages.
English Handouts for Participants
Folletos para Tema E en Español
Note about the Spanish Translations:
In preparing the handouts in Spanish, NICHCY has chosen to use a certain vocabulary set for the terminology most frequently used in IDEA. IDEA itself is extremely and purposefully consistent about its terminology, and we felt it critical to do the same in Spanish. However, we fully recognize that there are many ways to say the same thing, and Spanish is rich with alternatives from country to country, region to region. So we've also prepared a glossary of the terminology used in IDEA, how we've rendered that terminology in Spanish, and other ways of rendering it that families may also hear. Share this with participants as you see fit or use it to guide your own translations. The glossary of terminology is available in two formats, PDF and Word:
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There! Module 18 is all yours! Please remember that these materials are designed to be a thorough and authoritative source of info on dispute resolution under IDEA 2004. That's why they are so detailed. As a trainer, you are free to adapt the info we've offered to serve the purposes and needs of your audiences and the amount of time you have to spend with them.