B06 – Mediation Across Borders – Angeles Carioni (2.1 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop will demonstrate how participants can be more reflective and aware of their own culture’s biases and preferences and how those biases and preferences impact a mediation. The presenter will demonstrate a methodological approach to conciliate cultural dilemmas while offering different tips to mediate across cultures.
B06 – Proposals for Settlement – How This Fee Shifting Device Complicates Your Mediation – Christopher Hopkins (1.5 CME General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B06, Elements of Appellate Mediation by Beth Greenfield-Mandler (2.1 CME Credits Appellate)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This session will offer an approach to preparing for appellate mediation as well as analyzing typical appellate cases.
B06, Improving Mediation Through People Skills (09 Encore), Gregory D. Hoffman (2.1 CME credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B06, Medical Marijuana: Mediating in Uncharted Waters – Bill Wohlsifer (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop will provide an update on Florida and federal medical marijuana law and legislation and prepare the mediator to recognize societal, generational and cultural diversity of opposing perceptions relating to the medicinal treatment with cannabinoids found in marijuana, as its use transitions from a taboo to a personal wellness option. Attendees will discover why Florida will soon see a rise in medical marijuana-related cases being ordered to participate in mediation. This presentation will also caution mediators as to what can and cannot be said in light of permissible marijuana use under restrictive state law and absolute illegality under federal law.
B06, Practicing Family Mediation in Florida – Oscar Franco (2.1 CME Credits Family)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Participants will be engaged in an open and frank discussion regarding the perspectives,
different areas of practice, and challenges faced by a family mediator.
B07 – Eldercaring Coordination: Mediators, Meet the New Kid in Town! – Linda Fieldstone and Fran Tetunic (1.5 CME General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B07- Pre-Screening for Domestic Violence: How To Do It and Why It’s Important – Robin Caral Shaw (2.1 CME Credits Domestic Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This interactive workshop will focus on why pre-screening for domestic violence is important and provide some guidance on what the mediator's responsibility is in a situation when domestic violence is suspected.
B07, Exploring How Personality and Communication Affect Negotiation by Charles C. Ward (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop will analyze the impact that personality and communication have on the negotiation process using the concepts of perception, framing, cognitive biases in negotiation, and basic models of communication.
B07, Increasing Your Mediator CQ (Cultural Intelligence): A New Slant on Diversity Awareness, Jeanne Maes and Robert Shearer (2.1 CME credits in Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B07, Pros and Cons of Nonbinding Arbitration – Christopher Shulman (Non CME)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop will give both the novice and the intermediate an opportunity to learn, discuss,
and improve the process of court-ordered non-binding arbitration. Through a mix of lecture
and audience participation, the attendee will gain knowledge of the non-binding arbitration
process, compare it with other ADR processes, discuss the benefits and detriments of the
process to parties, counsel, and the courts, and make suggestions about how to improve the
process.
B07, Train the Trainer: The Challenges of Adult Education – Blan Teagle (1.5 CME Credits Train the Trainer)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00How does training adults differ from teaching children? What are the fundamentals of adult learning and how can they be applied effectively in a mediation training venue? Can these techniques assist a mediator during a mediation session? These questions and more will be explored during this Train the Trainer session which will also be of interest to mediators at a more advanced level.