2-Day Advanced Mediation Workshop - The Power of Mediation in Family Conflict (2 & 3 Apr '12)
2-Day Advanced Mediation Workshop
-The Power of Mediation in Family Conflict
This 2-day workshop is part 2 of the EMCC Mediation Training. It is open only to participants who have completed the Part 1: Basic Mediation Workshop. This workshop builds upon the skills covered in the basic course and also provides participants with a deeper understanding of interpersonal conflicts, especially in handling relational and family disputes. More advanced skills will also be introduced.
Course Outline
Review of Mediation Basics
The Role of the Mediator
Stages of Mediation
Types of Conflict
The Family Context
Understanding the Family as a System
Mediation in Divorce
Effects of Divorce on Children
Managing a Divorce though mediation
Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes
The Conflict Management Spectrum
Review of the 7 elements of Interest-Based Negotiation
Interest-based negotiation in the Family Context
Further techniques in Mediation
Reframing
Caucusing
Dealing with Bias
Key Terms to include in written agreements
Dealing with Impasses
Multi-party Mediation
Methodology
This workshop comprises interactive sessions, role plays and mediation practice sessions which are observed by the trainer / coach. Participants are guided through review and feedback sessions which give them the learning tools for more self-learning and reinforcement even after the workshop.
Outcome
Participants will leave the first stage workshop with a general understanding and appreciation of the fundamental tools and skills needed for effective mediation. Participants would also have experienced a few mediation simulations under close supervision, and received feedback on their effectiveness from the instructor and coach and also from fellow participants.
Who Should Attend
Supervisors, Department Heads, HR Personnel, Attorneys, Educators, School Personnel, Social Workers, Counsellors, Case managers, and other professionals in the helping industry and those dealing with relational / interpersonal conflict issues of their clients.
About the Trainer
A/P LIM LEI THENG LLM (Harv) LLB (Hons) (NUS), is an Associate Trainer and Mediator with EMCC. She has been teaching and practising mediation and negotiation since 1994. She has taught negotiation and mediation at the NUS Public Policy Programme, and the LKY School of Public Policy, as well as in other undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Lei Theng has also taught similar programmes overseas, such as for the Fulbright Economics Programme in Ho Chi Minh City. She is also a Principal Mediator at the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC), and also conducts public and specialised workshops for the SMC, and training sessions for the Community Mediation Centres. Lei Theng is a mediator with the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents. She is currently working full time as Deputy Director of the Legal Skills Programme at NUS Law Faculty.
About the Coach
CHIA SWEE TIN, JP, is Principal mediator with EMCC, a Master Mediator with the Community Mediation Centres and a Justice of the Peace. She has extensive experience mediating matrimonial disputes in the Family Court, community disputes with the Community Mediation Centres and is a mediator with the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents. Swee Tin is an advanced practitioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (US) and she had received several training in mediation, including “Advanced Negotiation” from Harvard Business School. She mediates regularly at the Family Courts and the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents and provides training both in mediation and counselling for commercial and civic organisations.
Administrative Details
Workshop: 2 Day Basic Mediation Workshop – Transforming Conflict Into Opportunity
Dates: 2 & 3 April 2012 (Mon & Tues)
Time: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Fees: $700.00 (Regular)/ $670.00 (*Early Bird) / $630.00 (Group discount ≥ 3)
After Pre-Approved #VCF funding for VWOs
Fees: $280.00 (Regular) / $268.00 (*Early Bird)/ $252.00@pax (Group discount ≥ 3)
*Early Bird: for registration before 2 March 2012.
#VCF Funding: VWOs/NCSS members may make online application for funding at the NCSS website.
Closing Date: 19 March 2012 or upon maximum capacity, whichever is earlier.
Venue: EMCC (Eagles Mediation and Counselling Centre, 177 River Valley Road, #05-19 Liang Court, Singapore 179030
Enquiries & Registration
Please email belinda@emcc.org.sg or call her at tel: 66319 406 for enquiries.
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