Dialogues and Essays This is a collection of informal essays and other material, expanding on the other volumes. Without These Three Skills You May Fail At Conflict Management By Dr. Rick Voyles Conflict management consists of three different skill sets ADR: An Attempt to Achieve Constitutional Goal of Complete Justice in India by Dr. Madabhushi Sridhar, Faculty, NALSAR A path towards justice and equity. You call that mediation?! An update and retrospective about what mediation is and why it is what it is. In a way, this is "What is Mediation? (Part Two)" -- updated for the times. Metaphor (Elgin Article) Mediation is a "_what?__" Using metaphor and how it fits in mediation. NEGOTIATION IN HEALTH CARE CASE STUDY By Margaret Colleen Davenport Easton Hospital and Tenet Settling Disputes Online: Just Another Tool, or are Negotiators, Mediators and Arbitrators Approaching Extinction? By Robert R. Marquardt, JD, post-graduate student in SMU's Dispute Resolution Program. The title says it all. Joint Physical Custody By Roz Zinner, LCSW-C, Divorce and Family Mediation Services More and more mediated settlements in family law cases result in joint physical custody. This artical explains why and how such agreements work and why and when they do not work. Child Support and Mediation By Norman Pickell Mediation has a place in child support conflicts and this essay explores how it fits into a statutory scheme. Mediation in Arizona By Gerald Connor, an Arizona Mediator, providing an update on how mediation is progressing in Arizona. Clear, concise and direct. The "Theory of Expectations" Frank Muller and Dick Coughlin's paper, used by permission. How expectations alter behavior in mediation sessions -- good preparation is more important than ever. December of 1999, 15 the Venezuelans by means of referendum, approved a new Constitution, which includes specific language regarding mediation and ADR An English Translation of a Spanish article, by the author. Links to multiple Spanish articles at the end of the essay. Teen Peers Shana Slater explains peer mediation in a school setting This is what many children and young adults think of when they hear the term "mediation." On Logic, Plato and Aristotle A discussion that begins with CONFLICTING WORLDVIEWS AMONG ENVIRONMENTALISTS by Stephen C. Garon This essay reflects one of the roots of my planned thesis . Patterns, Pathologies and Paradigms  -- Issues and Elements in Human Conflict, Beyond Needs Based Analysis. This is my core thesis for an overall analysis of human conflict. This goes beyond current literature.. Neurolinguistic Programing Tools A comment about the use of one exercise in mediation and/or facilitation and the risks involved. Persuasion is another comment that discusses uncomfortable truths. Breaking Impasse A listserve comment on how one mediator breaks impasse. The Child Support Guideline Problem -- by Roger F. Gay, MSc  and Gregory J. Palumbo, Ph.D. An interesting essay on foundation issues. More on the same topic. Models of Assimilation and Diversity In a large area of mediation (educational mediation) there is a strong discussion of assimilation, diversity and related issues. This provides an expansion of the current  logical model. Language Issues   An excellent essay by Ginger McCarthy, together with historical background information on the teaching of swear words and the elements of violence in an educational setting. The Resolution Cycle and Mediation   I am working on a serious essay on the resolution cycle (the emotional states that go with trauma, conflict and grief) and how the cycle relates to mediation. This is a short paper I was asked to submit for a publication two days before the deadline that points towards what I am working on. Defining Conflict   Most dispute resolution that reaches beyond simple court-annexed mediation involves some attempt at understanding and defining just what a "conflict" is.  This essay provides a very general beginning approach for a multi-axis method of measuring conflict. Graduate Degrees, Certificates and Programs Some questions and comments.  Are they worth it -- and which ones are worth the most? Distance Learning Programs -- Please send me more comments and suggestions.  (I am actively looking to update this section). If you are in law school, the best programs in the United States according to US News & World Report (1998) are: Pepperdine University (California) Harvard University (Massachusetts) University of Missouri-Columbia (Hamline's head of their ADR program was just hired by Columbia) Ohio State University (Ohio) Willamette University College of Law (Oregon) My Thoughts on what an undergraduate program should include. Includes links to existing undergraduate programs. Links to a comment board. Statistics The raw numbers that deal with mediation, success, etc.  Some important numbers to consider. I'm looking for a good update, since these numbers date to 1993. A Mediation Nightmare What should have been done here?  What can be done in this case now? The Lessons of Oslo Facilitation and Peacemaking Rules from a different perspective.  Rules and Process Cues. Minneapolis Conference on Conferencing. August 1998 Charlotte Gottschau's comments, reviews and thoughts on the Minneapolis conference.  Mediation Model  A slideshow presentation by Warren Robicheaux, Senior Labor Relations Specialist, Houston Veterans Affair Medical Center. Available for download.  My reflections on his experience are below. Delivering Institutional Mediation in a Health Care Environment Reflections on a Case Study (Hospital Mediation -- A case study report). See also Institutional Health Care Mediation (IHCM) See also the Department of Justice's Ten Key Elements to Implementing a successful ADR Program.   ..

Facilitator's Guide -- Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner, Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk, Duane Berger The definitive guide for facilitators. This book is the sort that you end up buying more than one copy of -- I did. Extemely easy to use and refer to. Order this book from Amazon.com for about twenty dollars new, under fifteen dollars used.. The Mediator's Handbook Tools and guidance for any mediator. By Jennifer E. Beer, Eileen Stief, Friends Conflict Resoltuion Programs. The complete handbook for any mediator.  Under twenty dollars new, under ten dollars used. Available at Amazon.com. Copyright 1998-2006 Stephen R. Marsh adrr.com [home] Mediation Essays Mediation Topics Mediation Centers Advanced Topics Bulletin Board ADR Links More ADR Links Newsletters E-Mail to Author Author's Home Page Search the Site This Website is by Stephen R. Marsh Contact Information at: http://adrr.com/smarsh/ .