Download or read book Children s Voices Family Disputes and Child Inclusive Mediation written by Anne Barlow and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ePDF and ePUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have eroded children’s ability to exercise their article 12 UNCRC rights to information, consultation and representation when parents separate. However, children’s voices may be heard through child-inclusive mediation (CIM). Considered from a children’s rights perspective, this book provides a critical socio-legal account of CIM practice. It draws on in-depth interviews with relationship professionals, mediators, parents and children, to consider the experiences, risks and benefits of CIM. It investigates obstacles to greater uptake of CIM and its role in improving children’s wellbeing and agency. Exploring the culture and practice changes necessary for a more routine application of CIM, the book demonstrates how reconceptualising CIM through a children’s rights framework could help to address barriers and improve outcomes for children.
Download or read book The Voice of a Child in Family Law Disputes written by Patrick Parkinson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When relationships break down, disputes commonly arise over the parenting arrangements for children, whose living arrangements have to be reorganized at a time of great conflict and turmoil. Most such disputes are resolved without a judicial determination through private agreement, negotiation between lawyers, mediation, or a combination of these methods. This book examines whether and how children should be involved in the process of resolving family law disputes. Although there is widespread acceptance in the Western world that the views of children should be taken into account, and that the weight given to those views should depend on their age and maturity, there is much less agreement about how children's voices should be heard. There are many benefits to giving children a voice in decisions that affect their lives, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child identifies this as a right for children. However, there are difficulties and dangers in seeking to hear from children, not least because they may be subject to pressure from each parent to express views that support his or her case. Courts dealing with family law issues are constantly faced with a dilemma. Is it better to keep children out of the conflict, or to give them a say, so that the arrangements are as workable for them as possible? This book integrates examinations of these issues with empirical data from interviews which explore the views and experiences of children, parents, counsellors, mediators, lawyers, and judges involved in such disputes in Australia. Drawing on this research, the authors suggest ways in which children can better be heard without placing them at the centre of their parents' conflicts. They argue that the focus should not just be on how children are heard in legal proceedings, but on how they can be better heard in those families who resolve their conflicts without going to court.
Download or read book Hello I m a Voice Let Me Talk written by Jill Goldson and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Dispute Resolution written by Peter Salem and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 50 years family justice systems in the United States and elsewhere have evolved from a predominant adversarial approach focused on litigation to the significant integration of more collaborative, settlement-oriented approaches, especially mediation. In Family Dispute Resolution: Process and Practice some of the field's leading practitioners, researchers, teachers, and policymakers provide an overview of the modern family dispute resolution processes designed to help separating and divorcing parents make decisions about the future of their families. Chapters in this book address the growth of divorce mediation and other specialized processes including parenting coordination, arbitration, child-inclusive mediation, and online dispute resolution. They describe how to work with families experiencing issues including domestic violence, high conflict, substance misuse, and the lack of legal representation. Case management initiatives and special issues, including social science research and conflicting standards of practice, are also explored. Family Dispute Resolution provides a wide-ranging look at contemporary family dispute resolution processes and is essential reading for everyone interested in learning more about working with separating and divorcing families, including professionals, and law and graduate students.
Download or read book The Voice of a Child in Family Law Disputes written by Patrick Parkinson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it better to keep children out of family law conflicts about parenting, or to give them a say? This book integrates the issues with empirical data on the views and experiences of children and other participants in such disputes, suggesting ways that children can better be heard without placing them at the centre of conflicts.
Download or read book Children s Voices in Family Mediation written by Lisa K. Molan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nordic Mediation Research written by Anna Nylund and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents twelve unique studies on mediation from researchers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, respectively. Each study highlights important aspects of mediation, including the role of children in family mediation, the evolution and ambivalent application of restorative justice in the Nordic countries, the confusion of roles in court-connected mediation, and the challenges in dispute systems. Over the past 20-30 years, mediation has gained in popularity in many countries around the world and is often heralded as a suitable and cost-effective mode of conflict resolution. However, as the studies in this volumes show, mediation also has a number of potential drawbacks. Parties’ self-determination may be jeopardized, affected third parties are involved in an inadequate way, and the legal regulations may be flawed. The publication can inspire research, help professionals and policymakers in the field and be used as a textbook.
Download or read book Therapeutic Family Mediation written by Howard H. Irving and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-06-12 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a practical hands-on manual or text for students and professors of social work, Therapeutic Family Mediation will also prove highly useful to mental health practitioners, legal professionals and mediators, couples going through divorce, and community workers specializing in family services.Key Features:Guides the reader through the authors' five-step model: Intake/Assessment, Pre-Mediation, Negotiation, Termination, and Follow-UpOutlines the use of parenting plans and financial plansExplores patterns of conflict and monetary issuesExplains the process of drafting contractsProvides the tools necessary for assisting high-conflict couples and culturally diverse couples
Download or read book Conflict Resolution Children and the Courts written by Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (U. S.) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workshop 2 - Power imbalance in child protection mediation: Challenges and opportunities 11 Workshop 3 - Training guardians ad litem 17 Workshop 5 - Representing the unreasonable client 31 Workshop 6 - Child focused mediation: Are we really putting children first? 45 Workshop 7 - Building a model Family Court 51 Workshop 8 - Restoring relationships between alienated children and their parents 81 Workshop 9 - Representing children in high conflict families: An interdisciplinary perspective 91 Workshop 10 - Mediating stepfamily issues 107 Workshop 11 - Judicial dispute resolution: Is it mediation? 115 Workshop 13 - Assessing sexual and physical abuse 129 Workshop 14 - Writing for the Family Court Review 143 Workshop 16 - Empirical advances in child custody evaluations 155 Workshop 18 - Early intervention using an interdisplinary special masters team 165 Workshop 19 - The impact of romantic relationships in post-divorce families 171 Workshop 22 - Screening for domestic abuse and other impairments to mediation 183 Workshop 23 - Parental acces and visitation programs: A national perspective 199 Workshop 24 - The impact of religious issues in custody disputes 205 Workshop 25 - On-the-spot mediation in family court 217 Workshop 26 - Mediation and the best interests of the child: Waving the kid flag 243 Workshop 28 - The child's voice in relocation disputes 253 Workshop 30 - Evaluating psychological and chemical dependency reports 263 Workshop 32 - Resolving kinship disputes: New applications for family group conferencing 267 Workshop 33 - Working with children: Techniques and tips for effective interviewing 283 Workshop 34 - Negotiation and communication skills for lawyers 291 Workshop 35 - How to's in family law cases involving domestic violence 309 Workshop 36 - Supervised visitation: Facilities and therapeutic models 327 Workshop 37 - Family ties and knots: Working with high conflict families 357 Workshop 38 - Cooperative lawyering and collaborative law 373.
Download or read book Don t Alienate the Kids Raising Resilient Children While Avoiding High Conflict Divorce written by Bill Eddy and published by Unhooked Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the child alienation problem from the perspective of a lawyer/therapist/mediator who trains professionals on managing high-conflict disputes.
Download or read book Mediation in Family Disputes written by Marian Roberts and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the authoritative textbook on family mediation. As well as mediators, this work will be indispensable for practitioners and scholars across a wide range of fields, including social work and law. It draws on a wide cross-disciplinary theoretical literature and on the author's extensive and continuing practice experience. It encompasses developments in policy, research and practice in the UK and beyond. Roberts presents mediation as an aid to joint decision-making in the context of a range of family disputes, notably those involving children. Mediation is seen as a process of intervention distinct from legal, social work and therapeutic practice, drawing on a distinctive body of knowledge across disciplinary fields including anthropology, psychology and negotiation theory. Incorporating empirical evidence, the book emphasizes the value of mediation in mitigating the harmful effects of family breakdown and conflict. First published in 1988 as a pioneering work, this third edition has been fully updated to incorporate legal and policy developments in the UK and in Europe, new sociological and philosophical perspectives on respect, justice and conflict, and international research and practice innovations.
Download or read book Children Come First written by Howard H. Irving and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three decades Dr. Howard H. Irving has championed the use of divorce mediation outside the adversarial court system to save couples and their children from the bitter legacy of legal wrangling and winner-takes-all custody battles. Now, calling on his vast experience mediating more than 2,000 cases, Irving has written Children Come First directly for couples contemplating or undergoing divorce. In this book the author takes a tripartite approach that points out: the dangers of the adversarial approach to divorce, the benefits of divorce mediation, and how parents can put their children first during and after their divorce. Children Come First is written in a reader-friendly style with case studies, charts, and diagrams, as well as illustrations from the author's renowned practice. Ultimately, this book takes parents through the process of building a shared parenting plan that places their children's interests uppermost while still addressing the parents' unique situations and needs.
Download or read book Divorce and Family Mediation written by Jay Folberg and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2004-05-12 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the success of their groundbreaking 1988 Divorce Mediation, Folberg et al. now present the latest state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource on family and divorce mediation. Paving the way for the field to establish its own distinct discipline and academic tradition, this authoritative volume offers chapters contributed by leading mediation researchers, trainers, and practitioners. Detailed are the theory behind mediation practice, the contemporary social and political context, and practical issues involved in mediating divorce and custody disputes with contemporary families. Authors also address intriguing questions about professional standards and where the field should go from here. A groundbreaking resource, this volume is indispensable for all mental health and legal professionals working with families in transition.
Download or read book Meeting with Children a Child Centred Approach written by Lorri Yasenik and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Training Manual for the Meeting with Children Approach
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Download or read book Family Justice Review written by Family Justice Review and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legal framework of family justice in England and Wales is strong. Its principles are right, in particular the starting point that the welfare of children must be paramount. Every year 500,000 parents and children are involved in the system. But the system is under great strain: cases take far too long (the average case took 53 weeks in 2010); too many private law disputes end up in court; the system lacks coherence; there is growing mistrust leading to layers of checking and scrutiny; little mutual learning or feedback; a worrying lack of IT and management information. The Review's recommendations aim: to bring greater coherence through organisational change and better management; making the system more able to cope with current and future pressures; to reduce duplication of scrutiny to the appropriate level; and to divert more issues away from the courts. The chapters of the review cover: the current system; the proposed Family Justice Service; public law; private law; financial implications and implementation; and there are eighteen annexes. The proposals are now out for consultation, with the final report due in autumn 2011.
Download or read book Because It s for the Kids written by Jennifer McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 2005* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being separated parents can be very hard work. This booklet offers support, ideas and wisdom to help you work it out; beacuse it's for the kids.
