MACM

Michigan Association of Court Mediators

2009 Advanced Mediation Training Conference PDF Print
Written by Administrator   
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
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September 16th to 18th, 2009
Thompsonville, Michigan

Conference Brochure (PDF)
  Registration Form (Microsoft Word)

This year’s conference will feature Barry Goldman, author of The Science of Negotiation.  He will share information about negotiation strategies, including recent research, and how those strategies effect decision making, even in mediation.  Our conference will also include a presentation by Rosalyn Bliss on childhood trauma, beginning with the trauma experience by children in low-conflict divorce situations and moving on to high conflict divorce and abuse situations.  Finally, Kent Weichmann will lead us in discussions concerning child support and parent coordination.  (Read full bios below). 

MACM will be submitting the conference program and seeking approval for continuing education credits in advanced mediation training with both NASW and NBCC.  The State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) has already approved the conference as Advanced Mediation Training.

This years conference will take place at the beautiful Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville, Michigan.  Attend the whole conference, including meals and double-occupancy lodging and MACM membership, for $295.  If you choose not to spend the night, the cost will be $195, including lunch Thursday and MACM membership.  These prices are the same as last year, in our attempt to enable as many mediators as possible to attend this educational opportunity. Crystal Mountain Resort will also be providing special rates for lodging, gold and spa services before and after the conference.



Cystal Mountain Special Rates - MACM member will need to make arrangements directly with Crystal Mountain in advance of the conference.  The special rates are: $99 for Fri or Sat hotel room at crystal, golf for $52 (M-Th) or $57 (F-Sun) on Betsie Valley course. $69 (M-Th) or $79 (F-Sun) on Mountain Ridge course.

Cystal Mountain offers one of the Midwest's finest conference centers - and the only northern Michigan meeting and conference center that is a five-time recipient of the coveted Paragon Award, an honor given out annually by Corporate Meetins and Incentives magazine to the best conference facilities in the nation.   

PRESENTER BIOS

barry.jpgBarry Goldman, MA, JD is a Michigan based arbitrator and mediator of workplace disputes.  He serves as on the adjunct faculties at Wayne State University Law School and the Scheinman Institute on Dispute Resolution at Cornell University.  He is the author of The Science of Negotiation.The theory and practice of negotiation has developed substantially in the past 30 years.  Now we can take advantage of advances in social psychology, behavioral economics, decision theory and cognitive science to become more effective, more knowledgeable mediators.  Mr. Goldman will share information about negotiation strategies, including recent research, and how those strategies effect decision making, even in mediation.

rosalynnhead.jpgRosalynn Bliss, LMSW, is the Director of KidsFirst, a program of St. Johns Home that provides emergency shelter care for abused and neglected children and youth in Kent County.  The presentation will provide information about the impact that trauma has on a child’s emotional, social, and physical development.   Participants will learn about common reactions that children have to trauma, how to recognize trauma reactions and how to effectively respond to children and adolescents who are experiencing trauma reactions.   In addition, resources and tools will be provided to participants who are interested in exploring this topic further.

Kent L. Weichmann, JD, an 18-year Friend of the Court Veteran, 10-years as the Washtenaw County Friend of the Court.  Mr. Weichmann now has a solo practice which includes mediation, arbitration and parenting facilitation.  He will present information regarding the 2009 Michigan Child Support Guidelines and implications for mediation(s), including parental time offset problems.  Finally, Mr. Weichmann will present information about parenting facilitation & coordination and its uses/forms.
 
Conference Schedule

Wednesday, September 16th:
Rosalynn Bliss, LMSW

Noon - 1pm:  Registration
1-5 pm:   “How Trauma Impacts Children and How You Can Help.”
5:30 pm:  Dinner
Evening:  Hospitality and Networking
Thursday, September 17th:
Barry Goldman, MA, JD

8:30 am–noon: The Science of Settlement.
Noon—1 pm:  Lunch
1– 4:30 pm:  The Science of Settlement. (continued)                                     
5:30 pm:  Dinner
Evening:  Hospitality and Networking
Friday, September 18th:
Kent L. Weichmann, JD

8:30 am– 11:30 am:  2009 Michigan Child Support Guidelines: Implications for Mediations, and  Parent Facilitation/Coordination: Overview, usefulness, authority & models of faciliation. 

Conference Schedule subject to change. 
        


Cystal Mountain Special Rates - MACM members can stay over or play golf at special rates, they need only to arrange it directly with crystal.  The special rates are: $99 for Fri or Sat hotel room at crystal, golf for $52 (M-Th) or $57 (F-Sun) on Betsie Valley course. $69 (M-Th) or $79 (F-Sun) on Mountain Ridge course.
 
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