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Family Mediation
Contemporary Issues

First Edition
  • Howard H. Irving - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, (Canada), University of Toronto, Canada
  • Michael Benjamin - Private Practice, Santa Rosa, California, University of Connecticut Health Centre, USA


July 1995 | 488 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
As divorce rates rise, family mediation represents an alternative way of making settlements without involving an already overburdened judicial system. This book presents a discussion of the current North American trends in the burgeoning field of family mediation by featuring both a review of the literature and a model for family mediation practice.

The practice model presented here, Therapeutic Family Mediation, stresses an ecological perspective, and considers the feminist critique of the mediation process. The authors also address mediation's role in the important issues of joint custody, ethnicity, and child protection. Future directions in family mediation are examined in the final part.

 
General Introduction
 
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
 
Family Mediation Practice and the Knowledge Base
An Integrative Review of the Divorce Research Literature (Phases 1 through 3)

 
 
Family Mediation Practice and the Knowledge Base
An Integrative Review of the Divorce Research Literature (Phases 4 through 5)

 
 
PART TWO: CLINICAL PRACTICE
 
Therapeutic Family Mediation
Practice Principles and Ecosystemic Processes

 
 
Toward a Feminist-Informed Model of Therapeutic Family Mediation
 
PART THREE: CHILD CUSTODY
 
Shared Parenting
Critical Review of the Research Literature

 
 
Shared Parenting and Sole Custody
A Complex Comparative Analysis

 
 
PART FOUR: SPECIAL TOPICS
 
Family Mediation and Ethnicity
A Critical but Neglected Dimension of Practice

 
Allan E Barsky
Mediation in Child Protection Cases
 
Research in Family Mediation
An Integrative Review

 
 
PART FIVE: CLOSING THOUGHTS
 
Thematic Issues and the Future of Family Mediation

Howard H. Irving

Howard H. Irving, B.S. (Rhode Island), M.S.W. (Connecticut), Ph.D. (Toronto), is a Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, and is cross-appointed to the Faculty of Law. He is co-director of the combined Law and Social Work Degree Program. Dr. Irving is a founding member and a past-president of Family Mediation Canada. He was a Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Hong Kong University and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Professor Irving is the author of five texts on family mediation and related topics. His most recent book is Family Mediation: Contemporary Practice Issues, published in 1995. Professor Irving... More About Author

Michael Benjamin

Since September 2006, Michael L. Benjamin has served as the executive director of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). Prior to FCCLA, Michael served as executive director of The National Council on Family Relations in Minneapolis, MN. Before that he was executive director of the Institute for Mental Health Initiatives, a component of the School of Public Health, George Washington University in Washington, DC. Michael began his career as a high school teacher teaching German in Beaumont, Texas. He co-authored a chapter with his spouse Marva P. Benjamin, “The Role of Leadership in Addressing Issues of Race and... More About Author

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ISBN: 9780803971264
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