Divorce and Family Mediation

Jay Folberg is Professor and former Dean at the University of San Francisco School of Law. He served as president of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Academy of Family Mediators, as well as chair of the ADR Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Professor Folberg was honored by the California Judicial Council for his leadership in alternative dispute resolution and received the Academy of Family Mediators' Distinguished Mediator Award and the Mediation Society's Distinguished Contribution to Mediation Award. Ann L. Milne is in private practice in Madison, Wisconsin, as a family and divorce mediator. She served as Executive Director of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and is currently on the faculty of the Department of Professional Development and Applied Studies at the University of Wisconsin. Peter Salem is Executive Director of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and teaches mediation at Marquette University Law School. He formerly served as director and mediator at Mediation and Family Court Services in Rock County, Wisconsin. Mr. Salem has produced educational and training videotapes on mediation and divorce.

I. Introduction to Family and Divorce Mediation
1. The Evolution of Family and Divorce Mediation: An Overview, Ann L. Milne, Jay Folberg, and Peter Salem
II. Models of Practice
2. Facilitative Mediation, Bernard Mayer
3. Transformative Mediation: Changing the Quality of Family Conflict Interaction, Robert A. Baruch Bush and Sally Ganong Pope
4. Evaluative Mediation, Randolph Lowry
5. Therapeutic Mediation with High-Conflict Parents: Effective Models and Strategies, Marsha Kline Pruett and Janet R. Johnston
6. Hybrid Processes, Arnold Shienvold
III. Mediation Techniques and Interventions
7. The Plan to Separately Parent Children after Divorce, Marilyn S. McKnight and Stephen K. Erickson
8. Working with Children in Mediation, Donald T. Saposnek
9. Mediating Financial Issues: Theoretical Framework and Practical Applications, Chip Rose
10. Understanding and Responding to Power in Mediation, Michael Lang
11. Managing the Communication Process in Mediation, Nina R. Meierding
12. Strategies for Managing Impasses, Robert D. Benjamin
IV. Special Applications and Considerations
13. Mediation with Parents Who Did Not Marry Each Other, Joan K. Raisner
14. Mediation and Domestic Abuse, Ann L. Milne
15. Mediating with Blended Families, Lynn Carp Jacob
16. Mediating Separation of Same-Sex Couples, Allan Barsky
17. Mediating in the Shadow of an Affair, Emily M. Brown
V. Mediation in the Court Context
18. Court-Based Mandatory Mediation: Special Considerations, Isolina Ricci
19. Reconciling Self-Determination, Coercion, and Settlement in Court-Connected Mediation, Nancy A. Welsh
VI. Developing the Profession
20. Research on the Impact of Family Mediation, Connie J. A. Beck, Bruce D. Sales, and Robert E. Emery
21. Certifying Mediators, Peggy English and Linda C. Neilson
22. The Model Standards of Practice for Family and Divorce Mediation, Andrew Schepard
23. Establishing a Mediation Practice, Forrest S. Mosten
24. Divorce Mediation and the Internet, James C. Melamed