Elder Mediation Training

2.5-Day Training in Elder Mediation

This training focuses on Adult Guardianship and Family Caregiver Mediation. Learn the differences between other types of mediation and elder mediation. In this training, we will focus on the mediator's responsibility toward inclusion of the older person's voice in the mediation and techniques for working in multiparty family mediations. At the conclusion of the training, you will be prepared to organize and perform elder mediations. This training will not certify participants as a mediator, but is meant as an advanced training for those who have already taken basic mediation training, and an introduction to Elder Mediation for those who have not.

This training covers the following topics:

  • Differences between elder mediation and other types of mediation
  • Guardianship/conservatorship law and practice
  • Capacity and disability issues
  • Legal red flags
  • Elder abuse
  • Confidentiality issues
  • Multiparty mediation and family dynamics
  • Deciding who should be present at the mediation
  • Working with attorneys, court representatives, GAL's and institutional representatives
  • Role of community resources, support persons, advocates, and surrogates in mediation
  • Ethical standards for elder mediators
  • Mental and physical effects of aging, disabilities, and accommodation in mediation
  • Societal and participant bias, family and cultural attitudes, and their impact on the mediation process
  • Pre-mediation interviews and screening for appropriateness of mediation
  • Marketing an elder mediation practice
  • Demonstration, video and practice

Also note the Association for Conflict Resolution has added a new Elder Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution Section as an additional "extra benefit" for all elder mediators.

This training meets the requirements under ACR’s Elder Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution Section’s core objectives for elder mediation training and adult guardianship mediation training.

Elder Mediation Calendar

Mar 29 - 31, 2012
2.5-Day Training in Elder Mediation
Ann Arbor Mich.

Jun 10 - 12, 2012
2.5-Day Training in Elder Mediation
Chicago Ill

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