BEST PRACTICES FOR MEDIATION TRAINING AND REGULATION: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

Family Court Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 541-554

  Raines, Susan ^a   Hedeen, Timothy ^a   Barton, Ansley Boyd ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADR; design; mediation; mediator; pedagogy; preparation; regulation; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651259331     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2010.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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