Negotiating violence in family law mediation

Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand mediation in divorce cases where intimate partner violence (IPV) is a concern. These cases may involve managing power imbalances, coercive control or risk for continued violence. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors use feminist and sociological theoretical approaches and grounded theory to analyze triangulated ethnographic data to explore how mediators construct and manage the issue of IPV in mediation. Findings The results indicate that mediators often share a common discourse about IPV that asserts that mediators are professionals with the skills to both identify IPV and to appropriately conduct mediations where IPV is present. However, to achieve successful mediations mediators sometimes choose to discount the seriousness of IPV in assessments. They also use a set of fluid strategies to handle potential power imbalances that allow them to represent themselves as unbiased, even while those strategies risk the equity of the mediation. Practical implications The authors share several strategies that could enhance the social justice of the process for all parties, including uniformity in assessing whether IPV is a concern and oversight of mediators’ practices and training. Social implications The results indicate mediators often share a common discourse about IPV that asserts mediators are professionals with the skills to identify IPV and to appropriately conduct mediations where IPV is present. To reach settlement mediators use a set of fluid mediation and accommodation strategies to handle potential power imbalances due to IPV that allow them to represent themselves as impartial, even while those strategies may risk equity in the mediation. Originality/value The unique data provide a behind-the-scenes look at mediation generated from participant observation of mediation training and actual mediations, along with interviews with 30 practicing mediators.

Slow Breathing Exercise with Multimodal Virtual Reality: A Feasibility Study

Many studies have shown that slow breathing training is beneficial for human health. However, several factors might discourage beginners from continuing their training. For example, a long training period is generally required for benefit realization, and there is no real-time feedback to trainees to adjust their breathing control strategy. To raise the user’s interest in breathing exercise training, a virtual reality system with multimodal biofeedback is proposed in this work. In our system, a realistic human model of the trainee is provided in virtual reality (VR). At the same time, abdominal movements are sensed, and the breathing rate can be visualized. Being aware of the breathing rate, the trainee can regulate his or her breathing to achieve a slower breathing rate. An additional source of tactile feedback is combined with visual feedback to provide a more immersive experience for the trainees. Finally, the user’s satisfaction with the proposed system is reported through questionnaires. Most of the users find it enjoyable to use such a system for mediation training.

Efektifitas Mediasi Terhadap Perkara Perceraian Di Pengadilan Agama Kelas 1a Watampone

Tujuan penelitian mengungkap efektivitas mediasi dalam perkara perceraian di Pengadilan Agama Kelas 1A Watampone. Berdasarkan hasil analisa efektivitas mediasi dalam perkara perceraian di Pengadilan Agama Kelas 1A Watampone, menunjukan bahwa mediasi belum efektif. Faktor-faktor penyebabnya adalah: Tingkat kepatuhan masyarakat yang menjalani proses mediasi sangat rendah. Fasilitas dan sarana mediasi di Pengadilan Agama Kelas 1A Watampone masih kurang memadai baik dari segi ruang mediasi maupun fasilitas penunjang didalamnya. Selain Ketua Pengadilan Agama Kelas 1A Watampone, hakim yang ditunjuk menjadi mediator seluruhnya belum mengikuti pelatihan mediasi yang diselenggrakan oleh Mahkamah Agung Republik Indonesia. Penempatan pelaksanaan mediasi di Pengadilan Agama tidak tepat atau tidak sesuai dengan apa yang telah digariskan oleh Allah swt., dalam QS al-Nisa>’/4: 35, tentang kedudukan dan kewenangan hakam (mediator) dalam menyelesaikan konflik yang terjadi dalam rumah tangga. The purpose of the study revealed the mediation method in divorce cases in the Class 1A Religious Court of Watampone. Based on the results of the analysis of mediation in divorce cases in Watampone Class 1A Religious Courts, it shows that mediation has not been effective. The contributing factors are: The level of community participation that supports the mediation process is very low. Mediation facilities and facilities in the Class 1A Religious Court of Watampone are still inadequate in terms of mediation space and supporting facilities therein. In addition to the Chairperson of Class 1A Religious Court Watampone, the judge appointed to be a mediator had fully received mediation training conducted by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia. Placement of mediation in the Religious Courts is not right or not in accordance with what has been outlined by God Almighty.

The Evelina Resolution Project: the story of a UK children's hospital's programme to resolve conflicts with families

When a consultant paediatrician at the Evelina London Children's Hospital made a phone call to a mediator one Friday afternoon in 2012 asking for help to manage an escalating conflict between a family and the health professionals treating their daughter, neither knew that their meeting would lead to the development of the first conflict resolution and mediation training programme in a National Health Service children's hospital. The Evelina Resolution Project has gained international recognition for training health professionals to recognise and manage conflicts between families and health professionals. In this presentation, the doctor and the mediator describe how one case led to a programme of change which is now being trialled in 4 specialist UK children's hospitals with the aim of supporting families and health professionals to have conversations without conflict.

SCHOOL MEDIATION AS A RESOURCE FOR DEVELOPING A TEENAGER'S COMMUNICATION SKILLS

The article focuses on the problem of the need to develop the communicative abilities of adolescents in highly conflicted educational environment. There is a tendency to increase cases of active intervention of parents in school conflicts in order to protect the interests of their children, which is not infrequently an obstacle to a child's experience of interpersonal interaction based on their own resources. The ability to overcome interpersonal contradictions, restore and maintain constructive communication in conflict situations is an important task of personal development at the stage of adolescence. Communication difficulties experienced subjectively by adolescents can lead to potentially conflicting patterns of behavior – avoiding contact or displaying authoritarianism in communication. Their overcoming is possible by expanding the communicative experience and behavioral repertoire of adolescents in conflict situations. The organization and activity of school mediation services for the purpose of mediation in conflicts is an opportunity for teenagers to gain experience in negotiations, develop communication skills, and form a culture of constructive communication. The author notes that mediation has a great communicative potential: through mastering the techniques of active listening, conducting partner conversations, and feedback, the mediator creates an atmosphere of correct, business-like, and rational discussion of controversial issues. Speech strategies of «mitigation», «control over the topic», «joint search for an alternative», various tactics of raising questions, allow the parties to the conflict to activate the state of reflection and turn to the analysis of their true interests in the conflict. The article presents the experience of organizing mediation training for teenagers on the basis of the municipal resource center «League of young mediators» in Yaroslavl, during which statistically significant positive results were obtained in the development of students ' communicative abilities

PROJEKTS ERASMUS + KA2 NR.2017-1LT01-KA201-035234 "MEDIĀCIJAS SISTĒMAS ATTĪSTĪBA IZGLĪTĪBAS SEKTORĀ"

Mediation is one of the important topics in today's pedagogical science. The topicality of the project is based on educational development requirements. The main aim of the project is development of nonviolent communication skills in schools by implementing mediation system. The objectives of the project are the following: enhancing school educators' professional development through development of mediation training programme and organization of trainings; fostering pupils' conflict resolution skills through development of training programme and organization of training activities; raising awareness of mediation as effective method for nonviolent communication within school communities. Results of the project - teacher mediator preparation program; teaching material for the preparation of teacher mediators; pupil mediator preparation program; recommendations for introducing mediation in school.