Collaborative Decision-Making with Parents and Building Responsive Part C Early Intervention Dispute Resolution Systems

This session will focus on effective communication and compliant DR:

• Families as core of early intervention
• Effective collaboration with families in identifying needs and implementing services 
• Effective strategies for informal dispute resolution
• Part C requirements for formal dispute resolution processes (mediation, state complaint, due process hearings)
• States with few, if any, requests for formal dispute resolution -Working with stakeholders to explore what this means; Strategies for building compliant and effective dispute resolution systems; Identification and preparation of mediators and hearing officers  
• Strategies for using formal and informal dispute input to support system improvement