D9 – Train The Trainer: Teaching County Court Mediation – Susan Dubow (1.5 CME Credits Train the Trainer)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Train The Trainer: Teaching County Court Mediation. This workshop will discuss " tried and true" techniques and strategies for effectively teaching County Court Mediation. Although geared toward County Court, many of the ideas, suggestions and strategies will be appropriate for all mediation trainers. This will be an interactive session, whereby trainers can share and learn from each other as well as from the presenter.
E2 – Equal Voices: Stories and Practical Considerations in Supporting Cultural Competence in Mediation Rebecca Storrow, Harold Coleman, Stanley Zamor (1.5 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This training will lead participants to consider incorporating the four characteristics of cultural competence in a meaningful and practical way in mediation. According to Diversity Training University International (DTUI) there are four cognitive components of cultural competence: awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills. This workshop uses examples from experienced multicultural and international mediators and cultural competence assessments to help participants examine their own lenses which, in turn, influence mediation style.
E3 – Improving Communication Practices in Mediation: A Study in Age, Gender, and Ethnicity – Kristen Foltz (1.5 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This lively and engaging workshop will address the nature of human communication in the mediation process. An in-depth look into the role of age, gender, culture, and ethnicity will be provided with discussion on the impact of of these factors on an individual's own unique communication style.
E4 – Mediation and Domestic Violence – Robin Hassler Thompson (1.5 CME Credits Interpersonal Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
E5 – The Power of a Study Circle in Creating Civil Discourse and Dialogue on College Campuses, PART 2 Deri Ronis (1.5 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This groundbreaking seminar has been used at schools and college campuses to create community around many sensitive issues effecting students on all campuses, including online bullying, sexting, and abusive language resulting in suicides and low self esteem. In this session, you will learn the skills to be a trainer and facilitator of the Study Circle model.
E6 – What’s the Appeal of Appellate Mediation?– Susan Dubow and Robin Caral Shaw (1.5 CME Credits Appellate)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This session will discuss how the mediator, with the assistance of the FL Rules of Appellate Procedure, engages with the parties and actively raises questions to create doubt and identify the costs and risks of taking the appeal through the court system. The mediator's familiarity with the pleadings and relevant case law, and ability to engage in post-trial reality-testing creates both a livelier and more focused discussion than trial level mediation. This is highly-interactive mediation and it’s very appealing indeed!
PL1 –Opening Plenary & Keynote – Justice Peggy A. Quince and The Honorable Scott Bernstein (2.1 CME Credits General Including 1.0 Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The Florida courts are leading the way in striving toward fairness in court operations. The Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity was established to assist the courts in identifying and eliminating any bias based on race, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, financial status, or any characteristic that is without legal relevance. Our keynote speaker, The Honorable Scott Bernstein, Circuit Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, serves as chair of the committee and will be speaking on the topic of Implicit Bias.
PL2 – Afternoon Keynote – Robin Hassler Thompson (2.1 CME Credits Interpersonal Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
PL3 – Ethics Plenary – George Knox and Susan Marvin (1.5 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00George Knox, a master educator, is back! In this year’s ethic plenary, Mr. Knox will offer his insights on self-determination and mediator impartially. Acting Chief of ADR Susan Marvin joins the plenary mid-way to engage her co-presenter with real world disciplinary examples. Thought provoking, engaging, interactive.