N.H. Admin. Code § Fam 604.04

Current through Register No. 35, August 29, 2024

Section Fam 604.04 - Design for Training Outcomes

The basic course shall be designed so that, after its completion, the students can demonstrate the following knowledge and skills:

(a) The ability to explain what mediation is and what a family mediator does;

(b) Awareness of theories, current research, and literature about underlying conflict and its resolution, and the application of such theories, research, and literature to family mediation;

(c) The ability to contract for mediation services;

(d) The ability to screen for appropriateness of mediation, including the ability to screen for domestic violence and provide appropriate responses when domestic violence or its potential has been identified;

(e) The ability to assist the parties in surfacing and framing the topics to be discussed in mediation;

(f) Understanding of the consequences of separation and divorce for adults and for children;

(g) The ability to work with the substantive information encountered in separation and divorce mediation;

(h) The ability to build a working relationship and a constructive process with the mediation parties;

(i) The ability to facilitate communication between the mediation parties by using specific skills, including, but not limited to:

(1) Active listening; and

(2) Reframing, as defined in Fam 602.01(m);

(j) The ability to facilitate problem solving between the mediation parties, especially in the area of divorce, including, but not limited to:

(1) Parental rights and responsibilities;

(2) Child support;

(3) Division of assets and liabilities;

(4) Insurance; and

(5) Tax filing;

(k) Knowledge of conflict management skills;

(l) Understanding concepts of mediator influence and neutrality;

(m) Knowledge of standards of practice and how ethical issues are resolved;

(n) The ability to:

(1) Recognize when the assistance of other professionals might be helpful to the mediation process; and

(2) Facilitate discussion of this topic with the mediation parties; and

(o) The ability to identify what additional knowledge, skills, experience, or supervision are necessary for the successful practice of mediation and how to obtain them.

N.H. Admin. Code § Fam 604.04

#9087, eff 2-16-08; ss by #9675, eff 4-2-10 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Fam 600)

Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 41, Filed October 11, 2018, Proposed by #12637, Effective 10/2/2018, Expires 10/2/2028.