Table Of ContentGeneral IntroductionPART ONE: BACKGROUNDFamily 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 PRACTICETherapeutic Family Mediation Practice Principles and Ecosystemic ProcessesToward a Feminist-Informed Model of Therapeutic Family MediationPART THREE: CHILD CUSTODYShared Parenting Critical Review of the Research LiteratureShared Parenting and Sole Custody A Complex Comparative AnalysisPART FOUR: SPECIAL TOPICSFamily Mediation and Ethnicity A Critical but Neglected Dimension of PracticeMediation in Child Protection Cases - Allan E BarskyResearch in Family Mediation An Integrative ReviewPART FIVE: CLOSING THOUGHTSThematic Issues and the Future of Family Mediation
SynopsisAs 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., 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 mediations role in the important issues of joint custody, ethnicity, and child protection. Future directions in family mediation are examined in the final part.