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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We hope you enjoy EMG's news announcing upcoming trainings, our blog, the redesign of our website and more. If you would like to forward this newsletter to friends or colleagues, .
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Upcoming Trainings
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Fundamentals of Elder Mediation
September 15-18, 2011, Sausalito, CA
This hands-on workshop addresses practical and ethical issues unique to elder mediation and equips mediators with specialized knowledge, skills and personal qualities to mediate disputes involving elders or issues related to them. Facilitated by Dana Curtis, a veteran mediator and trainer and leader in the field of elder mediation, the dynamic curriculum, small class size and instruction by leading experts in elder fields combine to create a first-rate, enjoyable training. And Sausalito in September is first-rate, too!
California MCLE or Board of Behavioral Sciences credit is available. To read what others participants ad to say about this course, click here. For details and to register, click here.
New Elder Mediation Reflective Practice Groups
September 21, October 19, November 16 and December 14, 2011
In this series of four sessions, participants meet for two hours once a month with their peers, either in person or by teleconference, to explore significant elder mediation issues raised in their practices. Facilitated by Dana Curtis, these groups encourage mediators to learn from one another and to examine the unique challenges of the developing field of elder mediation. Less experienced mediators benefit from experience of veterans; and more experienced mediators examine their well-worn patterns and practices with a fresh perspective. California MCLE or Board of Behavioral Sciences credits are available.
Teleconference group: 8:30 - 10 30 a.m. (Pacific Time). For details and to register, click here.
Sausalito in-person group: 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. For details and to register for the Sausalito in-person group, click here.
New Heal Thyself: A Retreat for Conflict Professionals
November 4, 2011, Sausalito, CA
Working in the midst of conflict is a rewarding and demanding task. Join Daniel Bowling, Dana Curtis and others for a day of restoration and renewal, as we explore the hazards of working in high-conflict disputes and approaches for managing ourselves as we face them. Discover how to care about the participants and for ourselves. This retreat is especially helpful for preventing and addressing mediator burnout. For details and to register, click here.
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Publications Update
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Guide to Elder Mediation
Ms. Curtis' Guide to Elder Mediation is in progress and will be published later this year by the American Bar Association. It will be the first major book to be published on the subject of elder mediation.
"Mediation and Geriatric Care Management"
Last month, publishers Jones & Bartlett released Cathy Jo Cress' Handbook of Geriatric Care Management (Third Edition 2011). Ms. Curtis contributed a new chapter on mediation to this text for geriatric care managers. Watch for our upcoming announcement of the launch of Jone's & Bartlett's monthly blog about resolving adult family conflicts and mediation, with Ms. Curtis as contributing author. To order Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, click here.
CA Arbitration & Mediation Practice Guide
Ms. Curtis is the 2010 Supplement Editor for California Arbitration & Mediation Practice Guide, by John Toker, published by Lawpress,which is now available. For information and to order, click here.
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Announcing Dear Dana Blog and Website Redesign
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Today we launch the first post to our twice-monthly blog, Dear Dana: Addressing Tough Questions about Elder Mediation and Adult Family Conflict, where Elder Mediation Group's principal Dana Curtis addresses questions from mediators, lawyers and parties about elder mediation and questions from her other readers about adult family conflict in general. To ask a question, click here. To receive future Dear Dana posts, subscribe to eNews and Updates.
We have also recently redesigned our website. Visit us at eldermediationgroup.com to find new information about elder mediation procedures and our services.
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Providing Conflict Coaching
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Dana Curtis combines her expertise as a mediator and teacher of mediation, negotiation and communication skills to help individual clients manage adult family conflicts constructively. To learn more about her Conflict Coaching services, click here. |
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Announcing Award
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The Mediation Society of San Francisco recently presented Ms. Curtis with its award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Mediation for her nearly twenty years of service as a mediator and mediation teacher. |
With best regards,
Elder Mediation Group
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Conflict Wisdom
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"If you want to be understood, you need to say everything three times in three different ways. Once for each ear . . . and once for the heart."
~ Paula Underwood Spencer
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Upcoming
Presentations
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Mediating with Self-Represented Litigants
August 24, 2011
Oakland, CA
Sponsored by
Alameda County Bar Association
ADR Section
A Matter of Trust: Mediating the Inheritance Dispute
September 13, 2011
San Francisco, CA
Sponsored by
Bar Association of
San Francisco
Mediation Committee
Resolving Sibling Conflict Before and After
Litigation Begins
September 22, 2011
Oakland, CA
Sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association ADR and Trust and Probate Sections
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About Dana Curtis
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Dana Curtis is a pioneer and leader in the Bay Area alternative dispute resolution field. She was among the first attorneys in the country to devote her career exclusively to mediation, beginning her full-time practice in 1991. The Los Angeles Daily Journal has recognized her as one of the 50 "Best Neutrals" in California.
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About EMG
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Elder Mediation Group
was founded by Dana Curtis in 2008 to provide mediation services and training in matters related to elders. Ms. Curtis' extensive experience in this field has taught her that mediation has the potential to help elders, their families and their caregivers make important decisions or resolve controversies in ways that create stronger relationships and a greater sense of well-being.
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Questions about Elder
Mediation or Elder Mediation Training?
Email us, visit
eldermediationgroup.com
or call 415.331.5158.
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