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Their OMA presentation focused on how mediators affect and are affected by high conflict personalities during mediation. Their topics included understanding high conflict personalities, understanding how conflict resolvers can get triggered and/or hooked, what assumptions conflict resolvers should be aware of and how they may need to change, the importance and difficulty of setting effective boundaries, and the strong challenge to ethics high conflict people can impose.

Listening to highly insistent emotions and applying techniques of empathy, attention and respect (EAR) are highly valuable skills in high conflict cases, not only for helping to reduce conflict by the parties, but also to help mediators and judges stay centered and reduce the effect of being triggered and unhooking.

30 presentations were made at the two-day multi-track conference.

Mr. Baumann and Ms. Hardies also presented at the two-day spring 2011 NW Dispute Resolution Conference at University of Washington, focusing on “movement” as technique for working with high conflict people.

Mark Baumann is a lawyer, mediator and associate of the High Conflict Institute, litigating in Port Angeles, mediating in Seattle, and consulting internationally on high conflict cases to professionals and individual parties.

Rachel Hardies is a therapist and parenting instructor practicing in Port Angeles, and a co-mediator with Mark Baumann.

Ms. Ortloff also specializes in estate planning, including wills, trusts, adoptions, real estate, commercial and contracts.

Ms. Ortloff’s office is located at 319-A South Peabody, Port Angeles, WA 98362.

1-360-504-1148; kim@olypentitle.com

Derek practices in the areas of Family and Landlord/Tenant.

Derek Medina
210 E. Fifth Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362

360-504-2191
www.medina-law.com

Hours are:

Monday: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Tuesday: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Thursday: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Friday: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Welcome Shirley!

Mark Baumann, JD, Rachel Hardies, MA, and Angeles Mediation, will be operating a pro bono Domestic Violence Mediation Project to help low income families who have had allegations or a history of domestic violence resolve conflict through mediation. Domestic violence may involve physical and/or emotional abuse, and/or may be perceived as a “high conflict” case. These are difficult cases that require special handling and attention, particularly to both parties needs and safety.

The interdisciplinary DV Mediation Project is an access to justice oriented project, offering people of modest means an alternative to litigation that may also offer a more effective method of managing entrenched conflict patterns. Part of the purpose of the project is to develop and report on effective mediation techniques for domestic violence situations.

The DV Mediation Project encourages attorney and advocate participation and the development of safety plans. Attorneys and advocates interested in participating in the Project may contact Mark Baumann or Nancy Rohde, and are encouraged to attend the Quileute Tribe’s unique DV training opportunity by the Southwest Center for Law and Policy in La Push on June 28 and 29. (This training is free and offers CLE credit. For more information see http://clallamcountybar.com/2011/06/03/842/)

The DV Mediation Project will be coordinated through the Clallam County Pro Bono Lawyers, and parties interested in mediation services should call them for scheduling, and call Healthy Families for advocate and safety planning services in this or any DV situation. If you are interesting in contributing to the project, as a volunteer mediator, advocate, advisor, counselor, educator, concept developer, or otherwise, please call for more information.

Mark Baumann
360-452-8688

Rachel Hardies
360-670-2336

Clallam County Pro Bono Lawyers, 360-417-0818
Healthy Families, 360-452-2381

This trainings is FREE, offers CLE credit and is open to anyone (breakfast & lunch provided).

Southwest Center for Law and Policy (SWCLAP), based in Tucson, Arizona, is a nationally recognized training and technical assistance provider and approved by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to provide training and technical assistance to grantees. Please contact Monica Henry, New Beginnings Program Manager, if you are interested in receiving CECs for this training.

The purpose of this training is to provide law enforcement, court personnel, prosecutors, judges, victim advocates, school staff, social service & health providers and community members with the knowledge and skills to understand and effectively respond to domestic violence and dating violence.

Southwest Center for Law & Policy and the Quileute Tribe New Beginning’s Domestic Violence and Teen Intimate Partner & Sexual Violence Training Agenda:
June 28th, 2011
8:00 – 8:30 Opening and Traditional Welcome
8:30 – 10:00 Effective Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence Crimes – Hallie Bongar White
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:15 Identifying Predominant Aggressors and Self-Defense – Hallie Bongar White
11:15 – Noon Courtroom Safety in Domestic Violence Cases – Melodie Lopez
12:00 — 1:30 Lunch (provided) / Film: “Sin By Silence”
1:30 – 3:00 Native Teens: Dating Violence/Intimate Partner Violence- Melodie Lopez
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:45 School and Community Issues to Protect Teen Victims – Melodie Lopez

June 29th, 2011
8:30 – 10:00 Interviewing domestic violence victims, perpetrators, and other witnesses – Hallie Bongar White
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – Noon Protection Orders for Teens and other Victims- Hallie Bongar White
12:00—1:00 Lunch (provided) Film: “Listen to the Grandmothers”
1:30 – 3:00 Sexual Assault against Teens – Melodie Lopez
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:45 Confidentiality with Teen Victims – Melodie Lopez
4:45 – 5:00 Closing

Ride sharing: For information, contact Emily Qualls at the Law Office of Mark Baumann, 360-452-8688

To register, contact:
Monica Henry Quileute Tribe New Beginnings Program Manager & Victim Advocate
monica.henry@quileutenation.org
Phone: (360) 374-5110
Fax: (360) 374-5128

Strengthening Our Community Through Prevention, Protection, Safety, and Awareness.

Sponsored by Lower Elwha Family Advocacy Program OVW and OCVA Grants

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

For more information, contact 452-8471 ext. 231/205 or 460-1745.

Kathleen McCormick

These free, weekly fathering classes are designed to teach parenting and nurturing skills to men.

Each 2 1/2 hour class provides proven, effective skills for healthy family relationships and child development.

Participants will learn:
*The secrets for creating safe, loving, stable, and nurtured families;
*Positive discipline tools taught through a uniquely father-friendly method for successful child behavior management;
*Effective family communication techniques to strengthen father-child and father-mother relationships;
*How to stop fighting and arguing by using proven-effective strategies for conflict resolution and problem solving;
*And much more.

Space is limited, so register early!

For more information or to register, please call Daryl Trowbridge at 775-5069 or e-mail Daryl.Trowbridge@ppgnw.org.

For more information:

http://www.ccbawashington.org/cle/2011-0429_Title26Training.pdf

www.ccbawashington.org
Respectfully,
Please note new e-mail address below.

Diane J. Wheeler
Executive Director
Clark County Bar Association
500 W. 8th Street, Suite 65
Vancouver, WA 98660
Telephone: (360) 695-5975
Facsimile: (360) 737-6891
E-mail: diane@ccbawashington.org
Web Site: www.ccbawashington.org

Parents of Elementary Age Children, we’re offering a FREE parenting series just for you!

Learn how to keep your “C.O.O.L.” and help your child learn Respect and Responsibility.

Childcare provided.
College credit available.
Space is limited so register early!
For more information or to register, contact Beth Clifford (Jefferson School – ask to leave a message) at 457-4231 or e-mail bclifford@portangelesschools.org.

[Editor's note: Beth Clifford is great trainer, skilled in numerous parent training modalities]

Location: 711 E 2nd Street · Port Angeles, WA
Time: 5:00-6:30
Dates: Monday and Wednesday
Sequence: New class begins every month, Class runs twice a week for one month
Class begin: 1st Monday of the month*
Certificates: available on completion
Childcare: onsite and free
Incentives: gas vouchers and prizes
Enrollment: first come , first served
Community Service: earn hours
* if a holiday, call for changes

For more information, call 360-670-4363

Course Instructors: Annette and George Lindamood
Time: Thursdays, April 7th – May 12th · 5:30-7 p.m.

This course requires attendance at all six 90-minute sessions.

Location: The First Teacher Classroom at Sequim Community School (220 W. Alder St, class 4w)

Childcare available for a small fee.

You will learn to:
*Idenify and reduce personal stress
*Communicate in positive ways
*Cope with difficult situations
*Deal with your own emotions
*Make tough decisions
*Set goals and make action plans to achieve them

For more information or to register, call First Teacher at (360) 582-3428 or e-mail chill@portangelesschools.org.