Virginia Centers and Resources

Stop Banging Your Head Against the Wall: Options for Dispute Resolution in Special Education webinar

Presented live on October 12, 2022, this webinar presented by FFF’s Renee Myers, NCSP, offered an overview of informal and formal special education dispute resolution techniques.

  • Video, Stop Banging Your Head Against the Wall: Options for Dispute Resolution in Special Education webinar

    Recording of webinar

  • PDF, Stop Banging Your Head Against the Wall: Options for Dispute Resolution in Special Education webinar

    Slides from Webinar presentation


State Complaint Toolkit from PEATC

This Toolkit from the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC, the Virginia statewide parent training and information center) reviews policy and procedures for filing a State complaint regarding an alleged violation of special education rules.

  • Toolkit, State Complaint Toolkit from PEATC

    State Complaint Toolkit


Virginia’s Parent Guide to Special Education Dispute Resolution
September 01, 2008

This guide is designed to assist parents in understanding Virginia’s dispute resolution systems of mediation, complaints, and due process hearings. It offers guidance in selecting an appropriate course of action and describes how to request and prepare for mediation, how to file and proceed with a complaint, and how to file and prepare for a due process hearing.

  • Guide, Virginia’s Parent Guide to Special Education Dispute Resolution