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

Other Titles in:
Couples, Marriage & Family Counselling | Marriage and Family Therapy | Social Work - Families

September 1995 | 488 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Description
Contents

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

For instructors

Please contact your Academic Consultant to check inspection copy availability for your course.

Select a Purchasing Option

Order from:

SAGE Knowledge is the premier social sciences platform for SAGE and CQ Press book, reference and video content.

The platform allows researchers to cross-search and seamlessly access a wide breadth of must-have SAGE book and reference content from one source.

Find out more