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| Day One: History | 8:30-9 | 1.1 Welcome and Introduction: Behaviors, not Labels. Discussing the overlap of mental health and communication. Clare Fowler |
| 9-9:30 | 1.2 KEYNOTE: Language Matters Temple Grandin | |
| 9:30-10:30 | 1.3 What Obligations Do We Have To Our Clients? Megan Hunter | |
| TED-style talks | 10:30-10:40 | 1.4 History of Organizational Support Marya Kolman |
| 10:40-10:50 | 1.5 History of the ADA Mediation Guidelines: Why? How? and What? Judy Cohen | |
| 10:50-11:00 | 1.6 History of Training: What were we trained to look out for and how to respond Susan Guthrie | |
| Break | 11:00-11:10 | |
| 11:10-12:00 | 1.7 Real Resilience for Mediators & Other Conflict Professionals Jeff Thompson | |
| LUNCH | 12-12:45 | |
| TED-style talks | 12:45-1:10 | 1.8 Psychology and Mental Health Maria Coombes |
| 1:10-1:20 | 1.9 When Mediators Need Help Belinda Jokinen | |
| 1:20-1:30 | 1.10 Preventing Mental Illness Discrimination in Mediation Dan Berstein | |
| 1:30-2:30 | 1.11 What Processes Help or Harm Our Mental Health Roundtable: Jennifer Kresge, Michelle Brenner | |
| 2:30-3 | 1.12 Guided Breakout Rooms | |
| 3-3:30 | 1.13 Personal Application and Document Review |
| Day Two: Current | 8:30-9 | 2.1 Welcome and Introduction Colin Rule |
| 9-9:30 | 2.2 Lead Speaker: Reflections and Learnings: Approaching 30 Years of The U.S. Department of Justice’s ADA Mediation Program Lewis Dabney, Key Bridge Foundation | |
| TED-style talks | 9:30-9:40 | 2.3 Disrupting Toxic Positivity Winter Wheeler |
| 9:40-9:50 | 2.4 Somatic Awareness and Conflict Engagement Mr. Kim Kristensen | |
| 9:50-10 | 2.5 Trauma-Informed Care: Being Gentle But Firm Junie Gangle | |
| Break | 10-10:10 | |
| 10:10-11 | 2.6 Roundtable: Helping Kids with Special Needs Diana Nadeau CADRE, Rosy Bucio SELPA, Don Saposnek – Parenting Plan with Special Needs Children | |
| Break | 11-11:10 | |
| 11:10-12 | 2.7 Assessing Current Processes for Neuro-diverse Clients: What areas are we still treating labels instead of behaviors? Don Saposnek – Working with Adults with Special Needs | |
| LUNCH | 12-1 | (Optional: Eat and Discuss in Themed Breakout Rooms) |
| 1-1:50 | 2.8 Roundtable: What Damages Mental Health? Lesley Cook (child psychologist) & Matt Glowacki, SHRM | |
| Break | 1:50-2 | |
| 2-3 | 2.9 Neuroplasticity: How Safe Communication Rewires the Brain Sarah Peyton | |
| 3-3:30 | 2.10 Guided Breakout Rooms Lucia Maria Kanter St. Amour: How do different genders respond to mental health attacks? |
| Day Three: Future | 8:30-9 | 3.0 Welcome – Assisting Participants to be at Their Best in Mediation Jim Melamed |
| 9-9:30 | 3.1 Lead Speaker Discussing Mental Health Stigma and Suicide Awareness Stacey Freedenthal | |
| TED-style talks | 9:30-9:40 | 3.2 Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace Terry Marschall |
| 9:40-9:50 | 3.3 Supporting Mental Health in Education Joshua Kershenbaum | |
| 9:50-10 | 3.4 Supporting Emotional Intelligence in Divorce Cynthia Greer, Lipscomb Professor | |
| Break | 10-10:10 | |
| 10:10-11:15 | 3.5 The Internal Family Systems Model: A Non-Pathologizing Way to Understand What Makes People Tick. And, it’s Useful for Mediators! David Hoffman | |
| 11:15-12 | 3.6 Resources for Supporting our Seniors, Vets, Neurodivergent, and Minorities Sarah Gross, Amy Applegate, MASIC presentation, Dana Curtis supporting elders, Ralph Charles–resources with EEOC –and open forum for participants to share resources on Jamboard | |
| LUNCH | 12-1 | 3.7 Themed Breakout Rooms: Forgiveness with Eileen Barker Courts and Mental Health with Susan Yates, RSI Divorce Support with Karen Aurit Healthcare with Melanie Frizzell |
| TED-Style Talks | 1-1:20 | 3.8 Behavioral Health Mediation: A New State Approach Mary Wallace, Oakland Mediation |
| 1:20-1:30 | 3.9 Protecting Ourselves Mentally VA Speaker, Sarah Gross | |
| 1:30-2:30 | 3.10 Strengthening Mediation along Three Dimensions: Preparation, Respect, and Design Tim Hedeen | |
| 2:30-3 | 3.11 Turning Conference Concepts into Living Documents Clare Fowler | |
| Wrap-Up | 3-3:30 | 3.12 The Golden Rule of Mental Health in Mediation |
