Mediation
(also known as arbitration, conflict management, and conflict resolution)
Books | Vermont Web Links | Other Web Links | Software Resources
Books
Search our catalog online at http://www.vsac.org/LibrarySearch. Patrons may borrow books either by coming to the Resource Center in downtown Winooski, or by making an interlibrary loan request through their local school or public library.
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Dealing with People You Can’t Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst (2002) |
Call # 158.2 Brinkman |
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Getting Over Getting Mad: Positive Ways to Manage Anger in Your Most Important Relationships (2001) |
Call # 152.47 Ford |
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Little Book of Big Emotions: How Five Feelings Affect Everything You Do (and Don’t Do) (2004) |
Call # 152.4 Hunter |
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A Survival Guide for Working with Humans: Dealing with Whiners, Back-Stabbers, Know-It-Alls, and Other Difficult People (2004) |
Call # 650.1 Scott |
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The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop (2000) |
Call # 303.69 Ury |
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Whale Done!: The Power of Positive Relationships (2002) |
Call # 158.2 Blanchard |
Vermont Web Links
Woodbury Institute at Champlain College offers a MA in mediation and applied conflict studies and a graduate certificate in conflict studies — www.champlain.edu/Woodbury-Institute/Programs-of-Study.html
Bennington College offers a mediation course of study — www.bennington.edu/go/academics/curriculum-and-areas-of-study/mediation
Burlington College offers a BA in legal and justice studies that prepares students for mediation — www.burlington.edu/pages/academics/bachelors/legal/legal.html
SIT Graduate Institute offers a MA, graduate certificate, and summer institute in conflict transformation — www.sit.edu/graduate/5186.htm
Vermont Mediation Association provides members with referral, education, information, and advocacy services — www.vtmediators.org
Labor market information is available from the Vermont Department of Labor — www.vtlmi.com/oic3.cfm?occcode=23102200
Vermont Department of Labor provides a job bank, locations of statewide career resource centers, and Vermont labor market information — www.labor.vermont.gov
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Other Web Links
2007 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (U.S. Department of Labor) — http://stats.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231022.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook Data, including nature of the work, job outlook, and earnings — www.bls.gov/oco/ocos272.htm
Marital Mediation Training programs are available in New Hampshire — www.nh.gov/marital/training.htm
Association for Conflict Resolution provides Web links to a variety of organizations and training programs, internship opportunities, and a job bank (find the New England chapter under the “find a chapter” menu on the left) — www.acrnet.org
Mediate.com has a list of academic programs and mediation training programs around the country, as well as information on mediation as a career — www.mediate.com
National Association for Community Mediation provides information on training, grants, and jobs — www.nafcm.org
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Software Resources
VT Guidance Central is a web-based, personalized, self-guided program that provides comprehensive career, college, and education planning tools
You can use VT Guidance Central as a tool to:
- explore career possibilities
- plan the training you need for specific careers
- search for colleges/universities that fit your desired criteria (e.g., location, size, programs/majors, activities, costs)
- learn about financial aid options
- and much more!
Visit the VSAC Resource Center in Winooski to utilize other assessment, career, and education planning software tools.
Updated: January 2009
Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, 10 East Allen Street, PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404
Call: 800-642-3177 toll-free, or Burlington area 802-655-9602 • Fax: 802-654-3765 • E-mail: info@vsac.org
The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. was established by the Vermont General Assembly in 1965 to help Vermonters obtain the information and financial resources they need to pursue their education goals beyond high school.
