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YELLOWscooter Mediation is an extraordinarily powerful tool. The range of conflicts it can address is nearly endless; partcularly since advanced orientations such as Narrative and Trandformative Mediation were developed in recent years. Topics once thought beyone Mediation's reach, such as political turmoil or divorce and separation, now have the potential for collaborative problem solving.

But... what if you're dealing with smaller Conflicts with strict time limits? Exploring the deep connections to emotional history that advanced techniques require isn't feasible on a tight time scale. Does that mean that these Conflicts can't reap the benefits of the Mediation process? The answer is a resounding NO. This training teaches a wide variety of theory and practice that make it possible to apply Mediation effectively, in a very short time, WITHOUT compromising any of its core values.

YELLOWboxing At work, at home, at church, and everywhere else, you have to deal with Conflict. More specifically, you have to deal with people in Conflict. The bad news is that not everybody can be a professional Mediator. The good news? You can still use the skills, tips, tricks, and techniques that Mediators have developed in your everyday life!

There are only a few common strategies that most people use to deal with Conflict. By and large these aren't formal frameworks; they're trial-and-error patchworks developed over the course of a lifetime. Attack of The Conflict Creatures sorts these Conflict strategies into eight common, distinct categories and makes them easy to remember. Once you have learned to identify these "Conflict Creatures" you can learn a clear, simple set of techniques that you can use to counter each one.

Keys Being Handed From Person To Person New York State is the most difficult place in the country to be a landlord, and that makes it often a challenging place to be a tenant. There is a bewildering array of laws, codes, precedent, assumptions, and processes that affect the way that these two groups interact with each other, and an avalanche of misinformation and confusion doesn't make it any better. In addition, let's acknowledge that what is in theory strictly a business arrangement involves constant contact and a person's home, making the landlord-tenant relationship unique.

This training aims to educate participants on New York State law regarding housing, ranging from roommates to security deposits to evictions. Both landlords and tenants have a variety of rights and responsibilities, and the clearer those are the better it is for everyone.

A Die With Smiley Faces Neutrals spend a huge amount of time dealing with emotion. Our parties' conflicts are driven by the energy of high emotions, and those powerful forces are constantly present in the room. There as many ways to manage those emotions as there are practitioners. One thing that can make a real difference to the quality of our practice, though, is increasing our parties' emotional granularity.

This training offers the opportunity to learn why and how emotional granularity can benefit our parties, explain how the underlying biological processes work, expand our emotional vocabulary overall, and ultimately find out how to "tune in" our parties' feelings.

Two Young Children Parenting Plan Mediation is fairly common throughout New York State, particularly at Community Dispute Resolution Centers. At some point in the discussion, though, finances inevitably come up. Can we afford the decisions that we're making? Who will pay what for each decision made? What will the courts have to say about all these decisions? These questions are pointing toward Child Support. Luckily, Mediators can be trained to answer all of these questions, and more!

This training is truly comprehensive, beginning with Child Support's origins, history, and development. The text of the Child Support Standards Act is examined, along with what the CSSA requires for a valid Agreement. Plenty of time is spent on the calculations required by the courts, with particular attention paid to a wide variety of family situations. That includes the reasons provided in law to Deviate from the Presumptively Correct Amount, and what those options mean for modern families. After all, since every family is unique, shouldn't their Child Support Agreement reflect that?