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Books
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The
following are recent books Dr. Irving has
written.
They are available locally at various
bookstores
including Indigo, The Bob Miller Book Room, The
University of Toronto bookstore, and online at
the various links below.
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Children Come First
Mediation, Not Litigation When Marriage Ends
Format:
Paperback, 224pp.
Publisher: Dundurn
Pub. Date: January 2011
For three decades Dr. Howard H. Irving has championed the use of divorce
mediation outside the adversarial court system to save couples and their
children from the bitter legacy of legal wrangling and winner-takes-all custody
battles. Now, calling on his vast experience mediating more than 2,000 cases,
Irving has written Children Come First directly for couples contemplating or
undergoing divorce.
In this book the author takes a tripartite approach that points out:
* the dangers of the adversarial approach to divorce,
* the benefits of divorce mediation, and
* how parents can put their children first during and after their divorce.
Children Come First is written in a reader-friendly style with case studies,
charts, and diagrams, as well as illustrations from the author's renowned
practice. Ultimately, this book takes parents through the process of building a
shared parenting plan that places their children's interests uppermost while
still addressing the parents' unique situations and needs.
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Therapeutic
Family Mediation
Format:
Paperback, 272pp.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Pub. Date: February 2002
Therapeutic Family Mediation is a
practice-based
text grounded in a therapeutic family
mediation (TFM) model created by the
authors.
This is the first comprehensive
treatment
of the model, complete with clinical
examples
and practice strategies. The authors
include
a detailed review of the model's five
stages, accompanied by a discussion of
theoretical underpinnings, practice
techniques,
the mediation of parenting and
financial
plans, the importance of cultural
diversity,
and research trends based on a thorough
review of the literature. Contemporary
issues associated with family mediation
in the 21st century are employed to
illustrate
the model in action with a full-length
case presentation.
Key Features
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Guides the reader through the authors'
five-step model: Intake/Assessment,
Pre- Mediation, Negotiation,
Termination,
and Follow-Up
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Outlines the use of parenting plans
and financial plans
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Explores patterns of conflict and monetary
issues
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Explains the process of drafting contracts
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Provides the tools necessary for assisting
high-conflict couples and culturally
diverse
couples
Designed as a practical hands-on manual
or text for students and professors of
social
work, Therapeutic Family Mediation will
also prove highly useful to mental health
practitioners, legal professionals and
mediators,
couples going through divorce, and
community
workers specializing in family services.
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Family
Mediation: Contemporary Issues
Format: Hardcover, 462pp.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Pub. Date: September 1995
Family mediation has quickly become a
significant
means of legal dispute resolution,
recognized
in most North American jurisdictions as
a relief to already overburdened judicial
systems. Using an innovative practical
approach,
the authors of Family Mediation
incorporate
the pivotal principals of family therapy
into this new context - the judicial
realm
of family mediation. The practice model
- therapeutic family mediation -
thoroughly
treats history specific issues, and
practice
in an eco systemic approach and responds
to the feminist critique of mediation.
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Family
Mediation: Theory and Practice with
Chinese
Families
Publisher: Hong Kong University
Press
Pub. Date: AVAILABLE SOON
This is the first book ever published
to utilize a detailed structure of
family
mediation services for Chinese families.
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Other
books written by Dr. Irving include:
Family Mediation Advocating for
Children
Divorce Mediation: A Rational
Alternative
to the Adversary System
Family Mediation Theory and Practice of
Dispute Resolution
Family Law: An Interdisciplinary
Perspective
The Family Myth
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