Match the popular approach to mediation with the statement:

a.  Settlement-focused mediation   b.  Interest-based meditation   

c.  Therapeutic mediation               d.  Transformative mediation

____ Agreement may be a by-productive of the mediation but it is not necessarily the goal

____ It fosters social harmony and humanism

____ It may be particularly useful with high conflict parents

____ Mediators are task oriented and interventionists

____ Providing assessments is only one component of this form of meditation

____ Supporters suggest this is an efficient way of mediating, with high rates of settlement and using the mediator’s expertise.

____ The focus is still to resolve specific conflicts

____ The mediator is basically a facilitator

____ The primary benefit of this model is efficiency

____ This approach helps transform the way people deal with conflict by helping them develop mutual understanding and self-efficacy

____ This attends more to relationship issues and encourages self-determination

This downplays the importance of settling specific issues in dispute

____ This encourages clients to resolve underlying interests rather than just their overt conflicts

____ This focuses on how people terminate conflict by bringing them to agreement in an expeditious manner

____ This has therapeutic aspects but is not therapy per se.

____ This helps people move away from positional bargaining, and looking towards a win-win cooperative approach

____ This is a humanistic, healing process

____ This is designed to help parties deal with psychological and social issues that have contributed to the conflict and  have prevented the parties from being able to resolve the issue

____ This is related to the rights based mediation approach

____ This makes assessments about the conflict and the best ways to resolve conflict and then communicates this assessment in order to encourage the parties to settle their disputes.

____ This may involve restructuring relationships, enhance communication and problem-solving skills and dealing with emotional issues.

____ This model draws from a variety of theories

____ This was developed specifically for family conflicts, especially separation and divorce situations.