August 2004

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Dispute Resolution Training to be Offered

Mediation Services of Adams County, a not-for-profit organization providing mediation services and training, will offer a 22-hour Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training workshop in October. Among the emphases of the workshop will be conflict styles, active listening, communication, negotiation, and mediation skills.

The workshop is scheduled for Friday evening, Oct. 1; all day Saturday, Oct. 2; Sunday afternoon, Oct. 3; and all day Saturday, Oct. 16, in Community Rooms B, C, and D at the Gettysburg Hospital. The cost of the workshop is $150, but those who register before by September 15 will receive a $25 discount on the workshop fee, which covers training, materials, snacks, and lunches.

Dispute resolution skills are useful in the workplace, family, service organizations, municipalities, and community agencies.  Mediation is a conflict resolution technique designed to resolve problems which develop between people in many different settings, including workplace, schools, family, and neighborhood. In mediation, individuals typically sit down with a trained mediator and work towards a mutually agreeable solution. Negotiation is a more informal one-on-one approach useful in everyday life.

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