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• Resolution Meetings: A Guide for Parents
  With the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), Congress recognized the need to provide additional opportunities for early dispute resolution. The resolution process was added as another way schools and parents can work out their differences whenever a parent has filed a due process complaint.
  
  
• Making Friends in School
  Middle schooler's friends shape many of their values and actions-–including what they think about alcohol.
  
  
• My Future, My Decision
  This site provides information about the value of a high school diploma.
  
  
• Web Site on Child and Teen Mental Health Now in Spanish
  Hispanic families are provided with online sources regarding children's psychiatric and learning disorders.
  
  
• Who Do U Want 2 B?
  Information on California high school and community college courses, career options, and financial assistance are on this site.
  
  
• The Fun Works
  This site provides middle school students with information about the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers.
  
  
• NMSA Research Summary: Young Adolescents' Developmental Characteristics
  This site provides information regarding the unique developmental characteristics of early adolescence and their relationship to the educational program and to the structure of the middle school.
  
  
• Tucson Unified School District Comprehensive Competency Based Guidance Program
  This Web site provides numerous elementary curriculum lesson plans.