Video recording: Abuse is like a virus that spreads in overt, covert, and even unintentional ways, breeding dysfunction within families, relationships, and the next generation of society. Whether the abuse happens to a child, adult, or senior, it’s time to stop the spread. This can only happen when as professionals we begin to recognize the various types of abuse. We can be the change that positively impacts the next generation by identifying, confronting and inspiring healing from abuse.
This session will be repeated during Workshop Series D.
Video recording: This workshop is designed for attorneys and mediators who have difficult clients and can utilize the mediation process to achieve a positive outcome. It answers two core questions: “Why is this person being difficult?” and “What can I do in mediation that will be effective?” The presentation will explore neurobiology concepts from polyvagal theory, present strategies and techniques to handle
challenging behaviors, share skills for effective communication, and discuss practical tips to facilitate a successful mediation process.
Video recording: Discover tried and proven strategies for working through and past the emotional and rational barriers to resolution in mediated settlement negotiations. This workshop
will explore a “triaged” approach to managing impasse, identify effective emotional interventions, and overview a variety of analytical techniques for negotiating settlement options and framing proposals.
Video recording: After providing a brief update in Zoom mediation, this workshop will discuss expectations of lawyers at mediation and what challenges are faced by the virtual platform as well as the benefits. Next, helpful hints on preparation as well as effective techniques to consider will be discussed. The workshop will provide business tips as well as demonstrating what can be gained from using mediation as a proper tool. Finally, the session will conclude with a review of the Rules of Professional Conduct and confidentiality.
This session will be repeated during Workshop Series D.
Video recording: This workshop focuses on the intersection of co-parenting and addiction recovery, offering tools and strategies to help individuals navigate the challenges of raising children while in recovery, or with a coparent in recovery. Participants will learn how to navigate and facilitate complex situations through healthy boundaries and effective communication. The workshop will also address the unique emotional and psychological dynamics that can arise from addiction recovery, providing support and guidance on how to heal relationships with co-parents and create a stable, nurturing environment for children.
Video recording: In today’s practice, you need to have a wide-reaching presence. Let’s talk about how to improve your mediation practice, from creating an interactive website, using social media effectively, and networking both in person and virtually.
Video recording: This workshop will focus on mediating parties known to the mediator. It will highlight disclosing to party's relationship history and the ability to remain neutral. Mediators will learn how to assess themselves for appropriateness and examine their ability to remain neutral or recuse themselves.
This session is a repeat from Session B2.
Video recording: Keeping your words neutral and positive takes careful thought and practice. Mediators will track ethical rules and learn valuable phrases and practices to neutrally reflect party positions in mediation. Plus, this workshop will discuss how a positive tone can be a win-win for all parties in your mediation.
Video recording: High-conflict family dynamics are difficult to navigate with mounting aggression, accusations of abuse, opposing parenting methods, irreconcilable differences, and polarizing disputes.
The idea that some type of intervention for the family unit may resolve some, if not most, of the issues, seems too good to be true. What are these interventions, and which one is best?
Video recording: How do we bring people together to promote consensus in an increasingly virtual environment? This presentation will discuss and explore what techniques are most effectively used to promote consensus on legal issues and how we experience the psychological aspects of conflict resolution in a remote environment. Knowing this, conflict resolution professionals can utilize highly effective legal consensus professional strategies to help the parties in decision making.
Video recording: This workshop provides participants a trauma-informed framework to understand the challenges our nervous systems experience when navigating conflict as well as tools for shaping psychologically-safe conflict navigation/mediation processes. Among other sources, this class draws upon the work of Amy Edmondson as a foundation for the concept of psychological safety, and the work of Stephen W. Porges and Deb Dana as a foundation for the concept of neuroception and polyvagal theory.
Video recording: This session will discuss mediating disputes between business partners and owners. Like many complex commercial disputes, these mediations can often be contentious and lengthy, but they can often be resolved through creative out-of-the box solutions.