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330.635.11
Conflict Resolution Skills in Mental Health

Course Status
Cancelled

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Friday, May 31, 2019
End Date
Friday, May 31, 2019
Class Time(s)
Friday, 8:30am - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Description
Conflicts in the public mental health sector arise between and among funders, agencies and related service providers, clients/patients/consumers, family members, policy makers, regulatory entities, and other stakeholders. This class will explore dimensions of these conflicts and provide tools (theory, mediation, negotiation and bargaining, and other alternative dispute resolution activities) for analyzing and resolving these issues.
Examines the dimensions of conflict in the mental health field including, but not limited to assessing one's personal conflict style; dynamics and elements of negotiation; power disparities; conflicting parties' positions, needs, and interests; Mediation--stages, behaving as a mediator, facilitating agreements; dealing with impasse; techniques to re-frame disputes; dealing with high emotions; ethical dilemmas; conflict coaching; and designing conflict prevention and resolution systems in mental health agencies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Apply insights learned in the course out one's predominant personal style to deal with conflict: avoidance, competition, accommodation, collaboration, and cooperation
  2. Apply skills of integrative bargaining and effective negotiation skills to deal with conflict
  3. Apply the basic skills of behaving as a mediator to influence the behavior of the other party to the conflict
  4. Act as a "coach" to one party in a dispute to assist them in designing a strategy to approach the other party as a means to meet both parties' needs and interests
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 50% Participation
  • 25% Project(s)
  • 25% Homework
Special Comments

Students are required to view lectures and complete assignments
prior to the start of the course. The final assignment will be due June 30, 2019. The instructor will provide a specialized 60 page workbook, authored by the instructor, with each chapter containing extensive materials that correspond to each module of the course.