WSP 181 — Mastering Mediation Methods: Attaining Win-Win Conflict Resolution Results
Summer
Saturday
9:00 am—5:00 pm
Date(s)
Jul 18
1 day
Drop By
Jul 11
0 Units
Fees
$260
Limit
40
Open
While many forms of dispute resolution focus on winning for your side, mediation seeks a win-win for both sides. Distinct from negotiation, mediation involves a neutral third party and a defined process. Whether you are a professional who assists parties in conflict or an individual or manager encountering conflict, understanding mediation and how it works can sharpen your conflict resolution skills.
This workshop covers mediation principles and processes, mediator roles, conflict styles, managing difficult conversations, constructively framing issues, and creative problem-solving. You will observe and participate in mock mediations (using familiar scenarios) in a highly interactive setting. We will survey major approaches to mediation but emphasize transformative mediation, which seeks both conflict resolution and the parties’ shift toward mutual recognition and empowerment—with the potential for the parties and their relationship to be transformed. The workshop will provide concrete tools that can be used to address major life decisions involving your work, marriage, family, or community.
This workshop covers mediation principles and processes, mediator roles, conflict styles, managing difficult conversations, constructively framing issues, and creative problem-solving. You will observe and participate in mock mediations (using familiar scenarios) in a highly interactive setting. We will survey major approaches to mediation but emphasize transformative mediation, which seeks both conflict resolution and the parties’ shift toward mutual recognition and empowerment—with the potential for the parties and their relationship to be transformed. The workshop will provide concrete tools that can be used to address major life decisions involving your work, marriage, family, or community.
Continuing Legal Education credit hours are available for this course (seven credit hours of MCLE). The course also meets the qualifications for seven hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (PCE 5184).
Due to its short format, this workshop may not be taken for a Letter Grade, and it is not eligible for standard Continuing Education Units (CEU).
Jeff Blum, Attorney; Mediator
Jeff Blum is a trained mediator, arbitrator, and litigator who also does private judging. He is on the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) panel for the Superior Court in San Mateo County where he has also served as a temporary judge. He mediates cases for the Palo Alto Mediation Program, and is a co-founder/co-chair of the Mediation Referral Panel and a co-chair of the Family Law Section for the Palo Alto Area Bar Association. He received a JD from Golden Gate University.Sandra Wang, Certified Financial Planner; Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
Sandra Wang has been featured in The New York Times, MSN Money, and Parents’ magazine, and on NPR’s The Takeaway. She received an International MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Spain as a Fulbright Scholar and an MA in psychology from John F. Kennedy University.Textbooks for this course:
No required textbooks