North Star Youth Mediation Program

An Alternative Approach to Conflict Resolution

Monthly Meetings

The Mediation Council meets regularly at 4:15 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday and the Mediator Corps meets at 5:00 p.m. on the 3rd Wednesday of EVERY month in the NSYCMP Office. Both meetings are open to family, friends or anyone interested.

 

Call Betty for questions.

To contact us:

800 Cushman St., Suite 101

P.O. Box 82147

Fairbanks, AK 99708

Phone: (907) 457-6792

Fax: (907) 457-6791

E-mail: nsycmed@mosquitonet.com

 

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Summer Mediation Training

Peer and Victim-Offender Mediation Training

 and

Parent-Teen Mediation Training

North Star Youth Mediation Program is pleased to announce mediation training for youth between the ages of 12 and 18 years at no cost and for adults on a space-available basis at a cost of $100 per session.  Mediation training teaches critical skills in communication and conflict resolution.  Students need to provide their own transportation.  Curriculum materials and refreshments for break times will be provided.

Youth who successfully complete the Peer and Victim-Offender Mediation Training may become members of the NSYMP Mediator Corps.  With an experienced adult mediator, these youth may co-facilitate cases involving youth as offenders or in other disputes.  Mediation helps youth offenders realize the impact of their behavior by holding them directly accountable to their victims.  Victims are given the opportunity to experience closure by asking questions about the crime and giving input for repairing the harm.  Peer mediation gives youth an opportunity to address issues underlying the conflict between them to promote understanding and mutual agreement for resolution. 

 

Successful completion of this training or comparable basic mediation skills training is a prerequisite for attending Parent-Teen Mediation Training.  Parent-Teen Mediation provides an opportunity for family members to work out conflicts constructively.  Through the process they also learn how to communicate in new ways which may help them resolve or avoid future problems. 

 

Youth who successfully complete this training and become members of the Mediator Corps may co-facilitate mediations involving issues between parents and teens.  Students registered for this training should bring a lunch each day.

Sessions are usually scheduled during Summer Break.  Please contact the mediation office at 457-6798 for current schedules and registration materials.

 

REGISTRATION FORMS:

Students can sign up here and adults can sign up here.

Registration may be faxed; however, the originals must be submitted no later than the first class meeting.

Parent / Youth Dialogue Workshop

A conversation/workshop in which no one’s wrong

 

You are invited to an evening of lively discussion

and group interaction between adults and youth.

 

Age and Culture: Do you feel heard; why does it matter?

How do we view media, music, material needs?

What does it mean to live in this world?

Emotions: What do they communicate?

Do we have shared concerns?

What are our core values?

 

 

All ages are encouraged to come, listen,

and share your thoughts.

 

Date, Time and Location are to be announced.

Please call the mediation office at 457-6798 for more information.