Description
Mediation Practicum and Role Plays in the Diploma in Mediation (DIPMN) gives learners hands-on practice of the mediator’s craft through structured role plays and simulations. The book opens with preparing for the mediation role play and opening the mediation through process design and the opening statement. It then develops active listening and questioning in practice, managing emotions and difficult moments in the room, and interest-based bargaining with option generation. Further chapters cover caucus and shuttle techniques, and drafting and presenting the settlement agreement. The closing chapter brings all the skills together in a full simulation with professional feedback. Its eight chapters follow the unit’s lessons step by step, each with practical exercises, a global scope discussion and current advances in technology, preparing the learner for real-world mediation practice.
