The practice of mediation : a video-integrated text /
Douglas N. Frenkel, James H. Stark.
- New York : Aspen Publishers, c2008.
- xxii, 509 p. ; 26 cm. + teacher's manual + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"So you want to study mediation?" : an introduction to the process of mediation and the skills of effective mediators -- Basics of negotiation theory and why negotiations fail -- The role of the mediator : differing approaches, fundamental norms -- Preparing to mediate -- Mediation as a structured process -- Opening the process, developing information -- Expanding information to aid the negotiations -- Identifying and framing mediation issues, organizing an agenda -- Generating movement through problem-solving and persuasion -- Conducting the bargaining, dealing with impasse -- Concluding the mediation -- The ethics of mediation -- Representing clients in mediation.