B3 – Conflict, Culture and Clergy: A Phenomenological Approach Exploring Caribbean Church Leaders in Dispute– Davina Cummings (1.5 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Church is an organization where most people expect peaceful relations, but that is often not the case. The conflict approaches of a unique group will be explored: Caribbean church leaders. Fourteen leaders will share their in-depth perspectives of dispute processes and how they have addressed disputes.
B3 – Doing Justice with Court Interpreting in Mediation – Ana Braun, Jo Dell Coning (1.5 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B4 – Eldercaring Coordination: Adding Age Diversity into the Family Equation – Linda Fieldstone and the Honorable Michelle Morley (1.5 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This interactive workshop will focus on the difference between eldercaring coordination and other dispute resolution processes and the progress of the eight Florida circuit pilot programs. Attendees will learn how to bring a pilot site to their circuits and will have an opportunity to assist current pilot sites and eldercaring coordinators.
B4 – The Gray Divorce Revolution…Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me When I’m 64? – Richard Perlman (1.5 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B5 – It’s Only Money – How Insurance Companies Settle Claims – Sheryl Goski (1.5 CME Credits County and Circuit)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop offers an interactive discussion of how insurance claims are settled. From consideration of the players involved to geographic limitations and strategies developed by claimants, it is all on the table.
B5 – Keeping it Neutral – Preserving Neutrality and Preventing the Appearance of Partiality – Jason O’Steen, J.C. O’Steen (1.5 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B6 – Implicit Bias 101 – The Honorable Peter Estrada, The Honorable Claudia Isom (1.5 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B6 – The Language of Mediation and Conflict Resolution – Howard Marsee (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Language is an essential tool of conflict resolution. The mediator's management of spoken interaction can promote dispute resolution or drive a subconscious wedge between the parties. Through example and audience participation, this workshop explores the areas of cultural metaphor and discourse analysis - as they relate to conflict resolution. The workshop is designed to increase sensitivity to the subtleties and complexities of spoken interaction and their sometimes unintended effect on conflict resolution.
B7 – Roundtable for ADR Trainers/Educators: Facilitated Discussion of Issues, Trends, and Best Practice – Jeanne D. Maes, Robert Shearer (1.5 CME Credits Train the Trainer)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B7 – Train the Trainer – Blan L. Teagle (1.5 CME Credits Train the Trainer)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00How does teaching adults differ from teaching children? What are the fundamentals of adult learning and how can they be applied effectively in a mediation training venue? Using the work of educational theorist David Kolb, and his experiential learning model employing the Learning Styles inventory, these questions and more will be explored during this interactive Train the Trainer session on the art and science of empowering adult learners through discussion leadership and how that helps to provide education for judgment.
B8 – The Appellate Mediator’s Toolbox – Nicholas Shannin (1.5 CME Credits Appellate)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00