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Schools & Youth Articles
1st Key-Leadership: The Youth Shall Lead Us
Humbling as it may be for adults to admit, the sages who can unlock the Golden Age of mediation may actually be the youth.
2nd Key-Data: Develop a Negotiation Index
Folklore was the class at university that fundamentally altered how I view the world.
Hopes for Future of Mediation
Margaret Shaw talks about what she hopes to see in the future for mediation: that mediation in schools will make a difference; certification regulations will form slowly, so as not to lose the flexibility of the field; that there will be an increased emphasis on collaboration in society.
3rd Key - Education: Teach Mediation as a Core Subject Aligned to Real World Needs
Mediation is rarely taught as a core subject in business schools, law schools and other professional curricula, despite the fact that an increasing number of jurisdictions now provide for some form of court sponsored mediation.
3rd Key-Education: Ensure the Future Through Mentoring and Practice Programs for New Mediators
Practicing mediators with advanced knowledge, skills and experience need to support the next generations of mediators to ensure a positive and vibrant future of mediation.
3rd Key-Education: Train Mediators to be Culture-wise, not Culture-blind
Perplexed by the slow uptake of mediation in many places, is it time to wonder whether the mediation field has taken sufficient account of the centrality of culture?
Constructive Conflict and Strategic Disruption: A Statement from Conflict Engagement Practitioners
Over the last week, a group of conflict engagement practitioners have created a statement of intent regarding racism. The idea started with Susanne Terry who, with Bernie Mayer and input from a number of other interested persons, created, "Constructive Conflict and Strategic Disruption: A Statement from Conflict Engagement Practitioners."
Mumbai Set to Host India’s First Masters Course in Mediation
Mediation in India has taken giant strides over the last few years. The new course offerings are a testament to these advances.
Managing Conflict at Home During COVID-19
This links to a free course for practitioners, or to show to their clients as a resource, for resolving home conflict during the quarantine.
Getting Started in Mediation
Mediation is a young, exciting, and expanding field of practice.
Surviving the Pandemic - Advice from 74 Family Experts
In this outstanding collection of essays, there are tips for managing disagreements, guidelines for handling children’s needs, information about finances, and even a recipe for Quarantine Cookies.
“Next Week, You Will Teach Your Courses Online”: A Reassuring Introduction to Pandemic Pedagogy
Many ADR teachers around the world have responded to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic by closing down campus operations and moving all teaching activity online. This essay aims to provide a helpful and demystifying first read for faculty who have just received online transition orders.
Foundation for Comprehensive Dispute Resolution
Is there then something that can be said to be a ‘Right Education?’
What About Your Furry Friends?
So what happens when an older adult experiences a health crisis that takes them away for a time, or becomes unable to live independently?
10 Mediation Steps For Resolving Conflicts In Student Classroom
Schools need to manage conflicts effectively, maintaining a positive environment for students, and enabling the involved sides to learn from their conflict.
Views on Future of Mediation
Randy Lowry speaks of the developments in the mediation field he foresees: more educational programs in schools, more institutions, more agencies practicing mediation, growth of programs, program expansion at Pepperdine, contribution to medical field.
Changing Lawyers' Understanding of Resolving Disputes
Leonard Riskin saw certain unahappiness in law schools that he linked to the adversarial process of settling disputes. Instead of a win-lose scenario, he attempted to help lawyers see and use mediation as a way to open their minds to a more positive process that would satisfy parties' underlying interests and needs.
Don’t Rely on Peer Mediation to Resolve Bullying in Schools
One way schools can equip students with the skills to address conflict is through peer mediation.
Being a Guide
This weekend, I saw the movie, Harriet, a riveting film about Harriet Tubman. I learned about how to guide people through conflict.
A Teacher’s First Mediation Experience Over One Semester
This story unveils my initial exposure to the mediation process through the intakes done weekly for students experiencing conflict in a college setting. Over the course of a semester it becomes evident to me that learning to do intakes properly is important to successful mediation.
7 Benefits of Mediation Programs in Higher Education Institutions
There are many forms of mediation and environments in which they occur, but a place that proves extremely beneficial for mediation takes place in an educational setting.
Attraction to Client Self-Determination
Chip Rose discusses his inspiration for starting out in mediation; the process allowed people to have control of their lives.
Mediating Desegregation Dispute
Bill Lincoln describes a case he mediated where various ethnic groups called for his leadership in mediating disputes surrounding desegregation in schools.
Czech Transformative Mediators Empower Parents and Kids
Transformative mediation is thriving in Brno, Czech Republic.
Educating the Next Generation in Resolving Social Media Disputes
Educating the next generation about conflict resolution skills--early in life--is essential on many levels.