BASIC FAMILY MEDIATION & NEGOTIATION
BASIC TRAINING: March 23, 24, 30, 31 & April 1, 2009
(ADVANCED TRAINING: May 12, 13 & 14 2009)
(Basic Course is designed to meet requirements for OAFM and ADRIO Certification)
INSTRUCTORS: Hilary Linton, Dr. Barbara Fidler, Tom Bastedo*
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With guests: Phil Epstein, Sharon Cohen, Jeffery Wilson, Leslie Macleod & Helen Goudge.
An intensive five-days of mediation and negotiation theory and practice, using lectures, group
discussion, role plays, video demonstrations, expert panels, readings and one-on-one coaching.
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Nature and theory of post-separation conflict
The impact of parental conflict and separation on children
Basic negotiation strategies and tactics
Models of mediation: evaluative, facilitative, problem-solving
Characteristics of effective mediators
Stages of mediation
Mediation process: beginning to end
Impact of domestic violence and emotional abuse in mediation
Definition of “power” and how it affects negotiation and mediation
High conflict characteristics and personalities
The child’s “voice” in mediation and negotiation
Strategies and skills for successful mediators
Effective parenting plans: strategies for moderate + high conflict families
Ethical and legal challenges
Important legal cases
Business and practical aspects
“Mediation” in mediation-arbitration
Location: Riverdale Mediation, 2000-393 University Ave, Toronto, ON
Dates:
March 23, 24, 30, 31 and April 1, 2009
Cost:
$2,000 plus GST ($2,100.00)
Hilary Linton, LL.M. (ADR), Acc.FM, lawyer, arbitrator, accredited family mediator and
recipient of the first James G. Macleod Professorship in Family Law at the University of
Western Ontario Law School, is an experienced family mediator and teacher. She
established Riverdale Mediation in 2001 after 14 years as a litigator. She mediates and
arbitrates family law disputes including parenting plans, child and spousal support,
property division, mobility cases, and marriage contracts, as well as a wide range of nonfamily law cases. Ms. Linton has taught mediation and negotiation to at Osgoode Hall
Law School and UWO Faculty of Law, including teaching Family Law Dispute Resolution
in January 2009.
(*Co-instructors in the LLM in Family Law Program, Osgoode Hall Law School)
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Dr. Barbara Jo Fidler, Ph.D., C.Psych., Acc.FM, a registered psychologist and accredited
mediator, is a founding member of Family Solutions. She provides mediation, arbitration,
parenting coordination, consultation, expert court testimony and custody/access assessment
critiques, as well as marital, individual and family therapy, including reunification therapy. Dr.
Fidler provides training and supervision for parenting plan assessments (custody/access),
parenting coordination, mediation, and parent-child contact problems, including alienation.
Her expertise in the development of parenting coordination services resulted in her
appointment to the AFCC Task Force developing guidelines and standards of practice. Dr.
Fidler has published and present often in the areas of custody/access assessments, high
conflict families, child alienation, and parenting coordination. She is co-author of two books,
published by Thomson Carswell: Child Custody Assessments: A Resource Guide for Legal
and Mental Health Professionals (2008) and Challenging Issues in Child Custody Disputes: A
Guide For Legal and Mental Health Professionals (2008).
Tom Bastedo, Q.C. Ph.D., Cert.F. Arb.: Tom Bastedo, a certified specialist in family
law and certified family arbitrator, has taught at the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall
Law School and Atkinson College, on a full time and part-time basis, and lectured
extensively on the subjects of mediation, mediation/arbitration and arbitration in Ontario
family law both nationally and internationally. He carries on an active family law
practice and was the first Chair of the Family Law Specialty Certification Committee for
the Province of Ontario. In 2004 he received the Kroll Linquist Avey Award For
Excellence in Family Law given by the Ontario Bar Association. He has written
numerous articles in the field of family law and in the legal and practical aspects of
mediation and arbitration in this province.
LIMITED SPACE: REGISTER BY FEBRUARY 20, 2009 TO ENSURE YOUR
REGISTRATION.
Cheques: Riverdale Mediation, 393 University Avenue, Suite 2000, Toronto, Ont. M5G 1E6.
For VISA: contact Barbara Fidler at drbarbarafidler@sympatico.ca
Name:________________________________________Profession_______________________
Mailing address:________________________________________________________________
Telephone:___________________________Email:____________________________________
Prior mediation/negotiation training
Mediation Experience
Have you taken a 14 hour Domestic Violence Screening course?
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Are you interested in the Advanced Family Mediation Course in May? _________________
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