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Elder Care Mediation Training at The Center for Legal Solutions
Instructors: Rick Voyles & David McGuffey
12 CE Hours for Mediators
12 CLE Hours for Attorneys (3 Prof., 3 Ethics)
Learn to resolve conflict through mediation from the most qualified trainers in Georgia. We offer core courses as well training on specialized topics and advanced skills.
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Our Elder Care Mediation Training Program is an intensive two-day workshop designed for individuals interested in mediating elder care matters, as well as for those who want to better understand elder care mediation as care providers or party representatives. Register for the Elder Care Mediation Training Program.
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Program Hightlights:
- Overview of Elder Care Mediation - What it is (and isn't)
- Roleplay on Responsibilities as Family Members Age
- Managing Conflict Comfort Zones during EC Mediation (looking at soft side and hard side considerations)
- Having Difficult Conversations (such as taking away driving privileges)
- Bridging Differences
- Conflict Communication during Caucus
- Negotiating an Elder Care Plan
- Issues and Resouces
- Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Elder Care Assessment Guide (designed to prioritize mediation and legal issues).
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Elder care mediation is generally used as a means of resolving family or caregiver disputes while preserving the autonomy of the older party. Adult guardianship mediation programs utilize mediation to provide an alternative means of addressing elder care issues without taking away the elder individual's rights to make all or most of the decisions about their life. Elder care mediation may also be used to help frail older persons and their family caregivers resolve problems and disputes which arise when families face the emotional, physical, and financial demands of providing long term care to an older family member.
Those interested in mediating elder care matters should take General Civil Mediation Training prior to enrolling in this course. See Jennifer Matte's Report on Opportunities with Elder / Family Caregiver Mediation.
If you are interested in mediating in court-annexed programs, please see the state and local requirements to register as a mediator which are compiled on this web site. See below. If you simply want a better understanding of elder care mediation, you are welcome to take this course without having previously taken General Civil Mediation Training.
The Elder Care Mediation Training Program is lead by Rick Voyles. Dr. Voyles is a subject matter expert in the areas of Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution. He is a registered Neutral with the State of Georgia's Office of Dispute Resolution, and he has traveled the world, training people in conflict management and mediation skills. Dr. Voyles does extensive work in the areas of prejudice reduction, cross-cultural communication and conflict management. Dr. Voyles will be assisted by David McGuffey, an attorney who specializes in elder law.
This course may be used to satify GODR Continuing Education Requirements.
Please note that the fact that a training program has been approved by the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution does not imply that any particular court-annexed or court referred program must or will accept as neutrals those who have completed that program.
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