Youth

Mediators are helpful for youth-related conflict that occurs in schools, families, and friend groups. Most of our mediators are trained in restorative circles. Here are a few ways mediators can impact these environments:

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• Restoring school culture to address youth/staff or youth/youth conflict healthily

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• Creating safe, judgment-free zones for youth to work together around issues that have caused conflict.

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• Youth accountability and discipline issues. Repairing relationships.

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• Family conflict tied to youth-related behaviors.

Social Services

We can address the needs of child welfare, safety, and family preservation by engaging families and social workers in a value-based discussion. Here are a few ways our mediators help county offices:

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• Safe care planning of prenatal cases of drug-positive moms

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• Parent addiction/mental health

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• Out-of-home placement and family/kinship conflict

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• Truancy and other youth/parent-related conflict

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Divorce & More

We can address divorce matters without having you step foot in the court setting:

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• Use a mediator to work through the entire process outside the court!

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• We encourage using the "self-help desk" to reduce as much cost as possible.

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• Any post-decree issue, custody, or parenting time matter can benefit from the mediation process and be submitted to the court for an order.

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Mental Health

Mental health can create conflict between parents, siblings, and parent/child relationships. Use mediation to:

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• Create plans everyone can live with.

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• Work through relationship damage and foster greater understanding.

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• Raise issues or the "elephant in the room."

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• Prioritize, discuss, and foster buy-in from various angles.

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• Mediation does not replace therapy - having a neutral facilitator guide a specific area of conflict can provide clarity and relief of those impacted.

Family Needs

We know blended families, single-parent families, nuclear families, and extended families have conflict needs too!

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• Get support to navigate a clash of parenting opinions.

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• Adult siblings can struggle with decisions on elderly parents' care needs and benefit from a mediator's support.

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• Blending a family has many dynamics to consider - use a mediator to help work through challenges.