Some mediations focus specifically on visitation and may take a single session. Juvenile and School Mediation Most community mediation programs believe that the sooner people learn basic problem solving and communication skills, the sooner they can solve their own problems and improve their relationships. Violence is dramatically affecting our children. Much of this violence is perpetuated by young people. Thus, community mediation programs began school conflict resolution programs.
Evaluations indicate impressive results.
Often these parties are strangers. Most of these programs do not handle extremely serious cases such as rapes and armed robberies. Conclusion Community mediation programs continue to grow and prosper. As diversity and differences increase in the U.S., the opportunities for conflicts and disputes will increase concomitantly. Despite the active use of volunteer community mediators, more resources need to be devoted to this arena.