The Legal Update course this year will include:

The course will also cover major changes in the law over the last 12 months of importance to AIM practitioners.

This course will attract 5 CPD points

• 19^th September 2012 - Birmingham
• 20th September 2012 – London
• 26^th September 2012 - York

Download flyer and booking form:

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High Conflict cases can challenge even the most experienced mediators.

This one day training will explore why high conflict mediation can be so testing.

The training is less about what clients bring into the room and focuses more on how mediators
respond. The content of the training helps mediators to reflect on their own beliefs, assumptions and reactions.

Date: Friday 18th May

Venue: Brighton

Cost: £125 (includes lunch)

For further information and a booking form, please contact Sophie Bradley on 01273 320511 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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This 2-day workshop will be an exploration of how Family Mediators and other professionals can support families to lead the way in planning their future.

Download the flyer below

For more information or to book, please visit the Institute of Family website at www.ift.org.uk or contact the training department on 020 7391 9150.

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Mediation is achieving much higher recognition in countries across the world, where it is increasingly used to resolve conflicts in many different fields. The focus is on family mediation and, as ever, the aim is to rediscover the essence of mediation and infuse it with fresh thinking drawn from international perspectives and our shared experience. Whatever conflicts we may be involved with, “Changing the World” brings new challenges and opportunities for us all.

This is the Mediation Centre's tenth year of running our annual “developing mediation day,” this year as part of their new specialist programme and as a contribution to World Conflict Resolution Day.

The centre is honoured to have not only Dr Mohamed Keshavjee to share with us thoughts about Gandhi, Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr and transformative mediation, but also experienced practitioners and experts from across Europe to take part in the International Round Table. In the afternoon there will be workshops and further opportunities for discussion.

The day is followed by our Fourth International Weekend of Mediation, Science and the Arts (19-21 October 2012 and fully booked).

Download the flyer, programme and booking form for World Conflict Resolution Day in Stafford on 18 October.

To book please go to our website www.themediationcentre.co.uk to complete the application form.

SOUTH EAST LONDON FAMILY MEDIATION BUREAU - FAMILY MEDIATION WORKSHOP

“STRUCTURED MEDIATION PRACTICE, AN OPTION FOR FAMILY MEDIATORS”

Introduction

Jim Coogler was an American Lawyer who before his death in 1975 trained the majority of Family Mediation Practitioners in North America.  Coogler’s own experience of family breakdown and the conciliatory approach of the respective attorneys in the divorce proceedings was a defining point in his own career path. His book “Structured Mediation in Divorce Settlement” is a classic of its kind in the field of conflict resolution.

This workshop has been designed to explore the significant components of the Coogler model of structured mediation.  More particularly how step by step a structure is erected which can help ensure that the people concerned are enabled to use their rational abilities to the fullest extent.

Moreover, almost since the Bureau’s inception in 1978 the Service has been concerned to adapt and develop the critical elements of the Coogler Model of Structured Mediation Practice, particularly in relation to the management of parental conflict.

Finally, family mediators are drawn from a variety of professional backgrounds.  This workshop will also feature the presentation of case material and illustrate how ‘structure’ can ensure that mediators can maximise their expertise and effectiveness in the management of interpersonal conflict.

Workshop Leaders     Fred Gibbons and Meredith Yates

Date and Time            10.30am – 4pm 30^th May 2012

Location                      Churchill Theatre Conference Hall, Bromley

Number                       20

Cost                             £40 – NFM members £20

Light refreshment provided

This event will attract 6 CPD points

All enquiries to The South East London Family Mediation Bureau 0208 315 7460

Closing date for application 11^th May 2012

UNDERTAKING EFFECTIVE MEDIATION INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT MEETINGS (MIAMS)

Further dates to be confirmed shortly.

Cost £95.00* NFM members/£230.00 non NFM

*Please note the NFM rate also applies to those who have recently completed NFM's Family Mediation Training programme.

A flyer and booking form are attached.

Please contact NFM National Office on 0300 4000 636 if you have any queries.

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