A04 – Bypassing Impasse: Practical Strategies – Robin Caral Shaw and Amy Wolsky (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Programs on avoiding impasse often cover familiar tools but fail to incorporate the entire mediation framework. This presentation will address the importance of respecting ethical limits and cultural diversity, and discuss the importance of mediator skill. This interactive program relies on scenarios and audience participation to provide strategies for taking the full scope of mediation into account, and allowing the mediator to empower the participants to resolve their issues and avoid impasse.
A04 – Circuit Court Mediation-Effective Mediation Techniques and Ethical Pitfalls – Gary Rosner (1.5 CME Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
A04 – Leadership Skills for Mediators: The Thomas-Killman Conflict Resolution Model – Tee Persad (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
A04, Corporate Monitoring as a Dispute Resolution Option in Complex Commercial Cases by Melanie Ann Hines and William Shepherd (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This presentation proposes the inclusion of corporate monitors in settlement agreements negotiated by mediators or recommended by arbitrators, in complex commercial disputes where injunctive relief of complex financial arrangements are contemplated. The presenters will discuss the history of corporate monitoring and will address the issues of selection, compensation, and supervision of corporate monitors. Sample corporate monitor agreements from specific criminal cases will be provided and discussed.
A04, County Mediation Topics – Carol Williams (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Do you remember the training when you became a County Mediator? The workshop will use
the R.O.P.E. method in helping us recall the practices of a County Mediator. This training will be
interactive with group activity.
A04, Maximizing Mediation Ethically: Tips for Mediators, Jerome Tabas and Keith Grossman (2.1 CME credits in Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
A04, Prepare for Battle: How to Avoid the Minefield of Ethical Challenges Faced by Parenting Coordinators – Robert Merlin and Rene Tew (Non CME)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Parenting Coordinators face the ultimate challenge when working with high conflict cases and parents determined to push their personal agendas. This workshop will provide the tools needed to protect the PC and reduce ethical dilemmas before they enter the minefield. Face real life challenges through discussion and scenarios and learn how to apply the Family Law Rules of Procedure pertaining to parenting coordination to your cases. Have fun addressing ethical Issues through an interactive process regarding roles and boundaries, adhering to the court order of appointment, fees and retainers, new forms, working within a team, and applying parenting coordination when domestic violence, mental health and substance abuse are present.
A05 – Domestic Violence: It’s Not Just A Family Thing – Andrew Wentzell (2.1 CME Credits Domestic Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Domestic violence is an interpersonal dysfunction that can be present in a wide variety of situations - beyond the simple family abuse dynamic. All mediators should know what domestic violence is, how to spot it in a mediation, and what to do if it is present. This presentation will assist mediators in developing these skills through use of a multi-media presentation designed around group interaction.
A05 – Mind the Gap: Ethical and Complete Family Agreements – Veronica Jackson, Kate Marshman (1.5 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
A05 – What to Expect When You’re Expecting (to mediate) – Alexandria Romano and Rodney Romano (1.5 CME General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
A05, County Cases Trial Bound – Andrew L. Cameron, Marti Rose (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop spotlights county cases post mediation from pretrial conference through adjudication. The Honorable Andrew L. Cameron, County Judge, Orange County, Ninth Judicial Circuit, leads various skits demonstrating the roles and responsibilities of a county judge adjudicating cases. Lively interaction at the end of the simulations will offer insights into the judicial decision making process.
A05, Disability Awareness Accommodating A Person with Disabilities in Mediation, Important Things You Probably Forgot to Consider by Eric Dunlap and Ginger Malcom (2.1 CME credits in Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This presentation will feature information about methods for interacting with mediation participants with disabilities, and addressing details that are often overlooked. For example: how to obtain signatures from a person who cannot use his/her arms or who cannot see where to sign the document; how to ensure that a person understands the documents or communications occurring at mediation if their vision or hearing is impaired, etc. Attendees may be given an opportunity to experience some of the challenges with which a person with disabilities may be faced during a mediation session.