North Star Youth Mediation Program

An Alternative Approach to Conflict Resolution

What is the Parent-Teen Mediation?

All teenagers struggle with conflicting tasks of establishing their own identity without destroying ties to family.  These tasks are harder for some teens than others. Mediation offers family members an opportunity to listen and be heard on equal footing. 

Parent-Teen Mediation provides a confidential setting for family members to work out conflicts constructively.  Through the process, members also learn new ways of handling conflict and develop communication skills that may help them resolve or avoid future problems.

Initially the co-mediators meet with the teen and the parent(s) or caregiver(s) separately.  These intake interviews help the mediators  better understand the conflict and help the family members better understand what to expect of mediation.    The interviews are confidential and sometimes give people a chance to vent without putting the other family members on the defensive. 

Mediation is not appropriate for all family conflict situations, such as domestic violence or abuse that causes fear, or mental illness or substance abuse that impairs a person’s ability to negotiate effectively. 

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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