Association for Conflict Resolution Annual 2014 Conference

October 8-11, 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio

Elder Decision-Making & Advanced Practitioner Family Mediators Retreat

and Family and Elder Conference Programing

CLE and CEC’s

The Elder-Decision Making & Advanced Practitioner Family Mediators Retreat: Creative Reflection on our Practice to Deepen our Work, October 10 (5:00-9:00 pm) and all day on October 11, 2014, is presented by ACR’s Elder Decision-Making and Family Sections as part of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Conference 2014 at the Cincinnati Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel from October 8-11, 2014. Examine important questions and issues touching families and elders in this integrative, interactive, reflective, imaginative and experiential Retreat within a small group setting to enhance your thinking about conflict and its transformation using innovative approaches and skills.  

Find out more about the Retreat by listening to Sue Bronson on ACR Blog Radio. Find the link to Sue’s Retreat interview, Retreat programing and more family and elder focused programing and presenters woven into ACR Conference 2014 at: www.acrannualconference.org .   

ACR’s Elder Decision-Making and Family Sections are a part of ACR - a dynamic, non-profit organization focused on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with a membership comprised of conflict management and resolution practitioners from across the United States and around the world who work as mediators, negotiators, arbitrators, collaborative professionals, educators, trainers, conflict coaches, and volunteers, amongst other ADR work.

The Retreat and elder and family related sessions, and all the ACR Conference 2014 Program, is geared to extensive educational and professional development opportunities with some 90 sessions, an outstanding Youth Day Program for local students and a motivating keynote address. We are pleased to announce that this year's Keynote speaker is Tim Wise, a prominent anti-racist writer, educator, consultant and advocate who leads off the Diversity Theme for Thursday, October 9. Thursday closes with an exciting ACR initiative: New Voices which honors six graduate students in conflict resolution degree programs whose papers were selected in a juried competition for presentation at the Conference. Friday is dedicated to Bullying in all its aspects: youth, business, family, sports, schools, and other places and ages from childhood to the elderly where bullying is found. All of this engages families, elders and community at its core.

Come and learn about: Narrative Mediation; Healthcare Narrative Mediation Certification; Transformative Mediation Approaches in Working with High Conflict Parties; Dis-Able Bullies with a focus on children with special needs; ACR’s Advanced Family Mediation Practitioner Program; Environmental Protection and Policy; Commercial; Workplace; International; Rebuilding Harmony in Houses of Worship: Resolving Conflicts in Religious Congregations; and Conflict Coaching for Special Educators/Parents of Children with Special Needs, as well as a wealth of diverse and focused sessions all with great presenters at ACR Conference 2014. ACR’s Conference 2014 Program is representative of research, policy, practice and/or skill development. For details and Conference and Hotel Registration go to: www.acrannualconference.org