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8 - Mediator Teamwork

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2019

Angela Cora Garcia
Affiliation:
Bentley University, Massachusetts
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Mediation programs may choose to use teams of mediators rather than single mediators for a variety of reasons. Co-mediators can assist each other in facilitating the interaction and can balance each other’s skills and knowledge (Bishop et al. 2015; Rosengard 2016). Teams of mediators can also model cooperative behavior for the disputants as they conduct the session (Boulle et al. 2008). While in the Midwest small claims program the mediators work alone, in the West Coast mediation program and the Midwest divorce and family mediations, the mediators routinely work in two-person teams. This chapter will explore a range of ways mediators can accomplish teamwork and present a united front vis-à-vis the disputants to best accomplish the goals of mediation.

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How Mediation Works
Resolving Conflict Through Talk
, pp. 197 - 223
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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