About the Book
Author Peg Nichols is a former small claims mediation program
coordinator and Kansas Supreme Court approved mediator/trainer.
She was editor of a mediation association newsletter, and
frequently speaks about mediation.
Her Mediation Survivor's HandBook is a beginner's guide to
mediation. Parties who choose mediation to seek resolution of a
dispute, or have been ordered to mediation by a court, can use
Mediation Survivor's HandBook to guide them through the basics.
Separate chapters cover civil, divorce/family, victimoffender,
peer, and probate mediation. The final chapter is a set of
guide-lines parties can carry with them into the mediation
session.
Facilitators and mediators borrow so readily from each other's
bag of strategies it is sometimes difficult to determine the
differences between the two processes. Reviewer Mike Smith of
Atlantic Book Review writes, "If you're getting ready for
mediation, do yourself a huge favor and pick up a copy of this
handbook."
Brief explanations will help interested readers understand the
difference between the facilitative, evaluative and transformative
styles of mediation. A short chapter explains some of the initial
steps individuals can take if they wish to prepare themselves for
offering mediation services to the public or to the courts.
