Comparison: Advocates & Mediators
November 14th, 2022
1. Compare and Contrast the role of an advocate with the role of a mediator. (Barsky, 1993)
2. Identify a client that could use assistance in advocating. Consider the sources of power identified in your reading. What are your client’s strengths as a negotiator? What are your client’s limitations? As an advocate trying to help the client negotiate on the client’s own behalf, what types of interventions would you suggest?
Read Chapters 1 & 6 in the text, Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions.
Read Chapters 1,2,3,4, and 5 in the text, Elements of Mediation.
Please see attachment. Thank you!