This Week in Mediation #799

• Changing the Way I Handle Verbal Attacks
  Pattie Porter
• Transforming the Healer-I
  Ron Kraybill
• Trucking Company Will Pay $22,500 and Make Policy Changes to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
  Emma Hartman
• Choose the Road Less Traveled in Conflict
  Meredith Richardson
• The Good and Bad of Anger in Negotiation!
  Phyllis Pollack

• Ayodhya hearing: Mediation details leaked on Twitter, claims lawyer of Muslim parties
  Supreme Court is hearing the Ayodhya land dispute case on day-to-day basis and on the 37th day of hearing the Muslim parties argued that details of the mediation process were leaked online. 
• Ayodhya: Mosque side turns down mediation feeler
  Days after Ramlalla Virajman, one of the three main parties to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, told the Supreme Court that they would not participate in the mediation process, the side arguing for the mosque has also turned down an invitation by the Supreme Court-appointed mediators.
• After last spring's mediation efforts, Penn volleyball says its focus is on the future
  Players were tight-lipped about the past season's controversy.
• The problem with Luther’s roommate mediation
  I want to preface this piece by making it clear that there are no villains in this situation; simply people who had conflicting lifestyles, and that I take issue with the system which exacerbated the problem its processes were designed to resolve.
• Mediators as evaluators — Weighing risks in resolutions
  Mediators must always remain independent in resolving disputes between widely disparate views and interests. However, mediators evaluate cases to some degree when facilitating settlement discussions between parties.
• Child-dragging case goes to mediation
  Mediation is the next step in the case of the former teacher accused of dragging an autistic boy through school hallways in October 2019.
• Mediation underway for MLA Nadine Wilson, lawyer says
  Mediation is underway for a Saskatchewan Party MLA charged with assault involving a private family matter.
• Amid Standoff Over Funding Formula, High School Mulls Mediation
  With growing discord over the regional high school funding formula, district school committee members agreed Monday that mediation may be the only option in a process that has become increasingly complicated and controversial.
• Deschutes County (OR) Court Mediation Program Marks 25 Years
  The court’s mediation program, established in 1994, resolves in excess of 65% of small claims cases and 90% of landlord-tenant cases that participate in mediation.

• Mediation Program Director - TN
• Victim-Offender Mediation Coordinator - TN
• Ombuds Manager - Angola
• Associate Ombuds - WA
• Director of Arbitration and ADR for North America - NY
• Executive Director - MI
• Mediator - MO
• Mediator - FL
• Mediator - Locations vary
• Mediator - UT
• Associate Mediation Counsel - San Francisco
• Case Manager / General Manager - NV

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• October 10 - New York NY - Effective Mediation Advocacy: Skills and Strategies for Litigators
• October 11 - Carrboro NC - Conflict Resolution Skills Training
• October 11 - Ft. Lauderdale FL - 8hr Advanced Mediation Training
• October 11 - Houston TX - Domestic Violence for Advance Family Training required by TX legislation 
• October 14-17 - Richmond VA - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop
• October 14-18 - Austin Area TX - 40 Basic Mediation Training
• October 14-17 - Dallas TX - Basic Mediation 4-Day Course
• October 16-20 - Springfield MO - Civil and Family (Domestic) Mediation Training
• October 18-19 - Houston TX - Parenting Coordination and Facilitation Training
• October 19-November 3 - Somerset NJ - NJAPM 40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training, Fall 2019
• October 21-23 - Baltimore MD - International Ombudsman Association - Foundations Course
• October 21-23 - Bolívar, Provincia de Cartagena Colombia - Conflict Resolution Grounded on Organizational Ombudsman Practice
• October 21-25 - Baltimore MD - 40-Hour Mediation & Conflict Transformation Skills Training: Sources of Conflict & A Systems Approach
• October 22-24 - Newton MA - Elder Decisions® Elder Mediation Training (Adult Family Mediation Training)
• October 22 - Fairfax VA - Powerful Coaching
• October 23-27 - Ft. Lauderdale FL - Florida Supreme Court Civil Mediation Certification Training 40 hours (5 days)
• October 24-25 - Baltimore MD - Mediation Theory and Skills for the Organizational Ombudsman
• October 24-25 - Chicago IL - Collaborative Divorce Training
• October 27-29 - Saratoga Springs NY - NYSDRA Conference 2019: Breakthrough! The Age of Presumptive ADR
• October 28 - November 6 - Framingham MA - 35-Hour Mediation Training
• October 31-November 2 - Pittsburgh PA - AFCC Fall Conference
• October 31 - November 9 - Memphis TN - Family Mediation Training (46.0 Hours of CLE)
• November 1-2 - Portland OR - 33rd Oregon Mediation Association Conference
• November 1-2 - Los Angeles CA - Southern California Mediation Association
• November 1-2 - Jeju Island South Korea - 9th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum (APMF) Conference
• November 4-6 - Austin Area - 30 Hour Advanced Mediation Training
• November 5-7 - Atlanta GA - Mediation in Special Education
• November 7-December 19 - ONLINE - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop (Virtual)
• November 7 - December 19 - ONLINE - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop (Virtual)
• November 7-8 - Harford CT - Two-Day Basic Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training
• November 7-9 - Boston MA - APFM - ADFP - MCFM Annual Conference "Next Generation of Innovation"
  
• November 12-15 - Ottawa ON Canada - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop
• November 12-14 - Dallas TX - Family Mediation (30 Hours)
• November 12-15 - Fairfax VA - Mediation Skills and Process (basic mediation training)
• November 14 - ONLINE - IOA Live Webinar: In the Room Where it Happens: Inside Ombuds Practices
• November 14-15 - Berkeley CA - Negotiating Effective Environmental Agreements
• November 14-15 - Corte Madera CA - Advanced Mediation Training with Steven Rosenburg
• November 14-16 - Nashville TN - 5th Annual Fall Professional Skills Program
• November 15-16 - San Diego CA - Advanced Family Mediation Training with Woody Mosten
• November 14-15 - Corte Madera CA - Advanced Mediation Training
• November 14-16 - Nashville TN - 5th Annual Fall Professional Skills Program
• November 14-15 - Berkeley CA - Negotiating Effective Environmental Agreements

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