Dr. Peter R. Maida, LLC

Dr. Peter R. Maida

Peter R. Maida, Ph.D. J.D., has provided ADR Services to the public covering a period of more than 30 years throughout the United States and internationally.  His clients have been private, as well as state and federal government agencies. Currently he is the Executive Director of the Key Bridge Foundation in Washington, DC., a nonprofit firm providing mediation and ADR services to numerous clients, both public and private.  He has been on the Boards of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), where he is an Advanced Practitioner member, and the former Academy of Family Mediators (AFM).  He was the Editor of the Mediation Quarterly; a journal sponsored by AFM for seven years.  For two years, he served as Treasurer of ACR.  His experience includes trainings, workshops, and seminars conducted nationally and internationally.  He is the author of numerous publications.

ADR Services include:

            Family Mediation

Dr. Maida mediates family matters including parent-child, sibling, probate, and estate conflicts.    

          Separation and Divorce Mediation

Comprehensive separation and divorce mediation. Preliminary orientation session serves to inform spouses of the benefits of mediation.  They have an opportunity to have their questions answered before committing themselves to mediation.  Matters of property distribution, decision making with respect to children, other child-focused matters such as visitation and custody, and budgeting and support are addressed.  Convenient appointments can be arranged based on parties’ work schedules and parenting responsibilities.

          Custody Mediation

Help for parents experiencing difficulty as to how they will make decisions jointly with respect to their children, how their children will spend time with each of them, and how they will plan for spending time with the children.  Included in this child-focused mediation is deciding the appropriate custody arrangements in which the children’s needs are met.

          EEO Mediation

Mediation services are provided in matters of alleged discrimination based on gender, race, disability, age, and national origin.  Dr. Maida brings extensive experience and expertise to these disagreements between managers, supervisors and others in the workplace.   For the last fifteen years, he has managed a national program resolving complaints that have been filed under the Americans With Disabilities Act.           

          Workplace Mediation

These mediation services cover issues that arise in the workplace not specifically based on alleged discrimination.  Rather, these services help individuals who have personality differences, differences in interpretation of office policy, or, for example, differences of opinion about how a work task should be carried out.   These differences of opinion may have been initiated with an EEO complaint but really involve conflicts inherent in the personalities of the individuals or workplace dynamics. 

          Administration of Trans-acting In the Workplace

         (Trans-act) 

Human resource managers will find this test particularly useful in assessing workplace communication and how it relates to an organization’s mission.  Others, such as counselors, who wish to assess an individual’s Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for optimizing trans-action with others, can administer the test to individuals or groups.  Summary statistics and individual profiles aid in coaching and counseling in a number of settings whether workplace, a general social context, or the family context. Training is available on how to administer the test as well as how to  use it as a basis for coaching and counseling individuals or groups.  

Mediation and Negotiation Training

A full range of mediation and other ADR training is available to   interested individuals, agencies, and organizations.  Off-the-shelf training includes: Forty-Hour Basic Mediation; Forty-Hour Basic Mediation Training for the Workplace (including EEO). Advanced training and workshops include: Financial Issues in Divorce; Overcoming Impasses in Mediation; The Parental Alienation Syndrome; Financial Issues in Divorce; Interest-Based Negotiation, Mediating EEO Issues; Mediating Workplace Issues.  Also, if requested, Dr. Maida will work with interested parties to develop a training specific for the needs of their organization or group.

          Administration of the Conflict Dynamics Profile 

         (CDP)

Dr. Maida is certified to administer the Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP).  This is an instrument that assesses how individuals and groups in organizations manage their conflict.  After members of the workforce complete the CDP questionnaire, they will be provided with an explanation of the results and counseled as to the effective ways they can resolve conflict in the workplace.

Workplace Team Building and Organizational

Analysis

With the use of the Trans-act or CDP, employees and employers are counseled on their approaches to conflict management in the workplace.  Using this information, they can plan to increase the effectiveness of their efforts at accomplishing their organization’s mission.  This is accomplished through the use of focus groups and action plans for the future. 

          Mediation and ADR Consulting 

A full range of mediation and ADR counseling is available to program managers, roster managers, and others looking for assistance in making decisions about using mediation and ADR. These  services include general presentations and individual coaching.