Advanced Mediation Techniques

Code:	23MIS2310		Acronym:	TMA
Predominant Scientific Areas:

Subject: 2023/24 - 1S

Programmes

Acronym	No. of Students	Study plan	Curriculum Years	ECTS	Contact hours	Total Hours
MISIJR	16	Aviso nº 14192/2023, de 27 de Julho	1º	4 ECTS	30

Hours Effectively Taught

1TMISIJ

Theoretical-Practical:	28,00
Forms:	0,00

Teaching - Hours Theoretical-Practical: 2,00 Forms: 0,00 Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical-Practical Totals 1 2,00 Adriana Manuela Carvalho Gomes Neves   2,00

Aims, Skills and Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the UC are:
- Understand the dynamics of families today
- Know Mediation as a strategy for resolving conflicts and preventing violence;
- Acquire knowledge about the legal frameworks of Mediation in Portugal;
- Recognize the importance of mediation in a school context as a conflict resolution strategy;
- Know the role of the family and school mediator;
- Conceive, substantiate and implement proposals and mediation devices suitable for intervention contexts: school, community and family

Programme

1. Introduction to mediation in the context of childhood
2. Ethics and legal aspects in mediation with children
2. Role of the mediator in the mediation process with children
3. Mediation and children in family conflicts (divorce, parental responsibilities, promotion and protection), in a school context, in situations of violence and with children with special needs.
4. Current issues such as online mediation and technologies applied in mediation with children

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives

This Curricular Unit aims to provide legal and social information in the field in which the child is inserted in order to prepare future interveners to understand the normative framework that regulates family relationships, with special focus on the field of mediation, and the system of promotion and protection of these children in the face of physical, psychological or social adversities. This knowledge is considered essential for efficient and effective performance as a social interventionist in your daily life.

Main literature

Manual de gestão construtiva de conflitos . ;Manual de gestão construtiva de conflitos . , Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2016. ISBN: 978-989-643-140-2.

Cunha. P., & Monteiro, A;Gestão de conflitos na escola , Pactor, 2018

Marlow, L;Mediación Familiar: Una práctica en busca de una teoría. Una nueva visión del derecho., Granica, 1999

Monteiro, A., Cunha., P & Brandão, A. (Coords).;Gestão de conflitos na família , Pactor, 2019

Neves, A. ;A protecção Juridica do menor em risco: realidade ou utopia, Lema d origem , 2023

Supplementary Bibliography

Sistema de Mediação Familiar;Uma outra forma de solucionar os conflitos. In Ministério da Justiça - Julgados de Paz e Mediação ? Uma nova face da justiça, Almedina, 2006

Learning Methods

This Curricular Unit is structured in theoretical-practical classes and encompasses expository, discussion, organizational and active methodologies, aiming to promote autonomy and reflection skills. Hours of independent work are intended for reading to follow classes, carrying out exercises for later discussion in class, preparing for an individual test

Assessment Components

Avaliação apenas com exame final

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Conclusion Date
Attendance (estimated)	Lessons	36
	Total:	36

Final Exam

Exame Final

Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes

This Curricular Unit aims at skills in the area of knowledge and ability to analyze the legal and social framework in the area of Children's Rights, within the scope of mediation and, argumentative skills necessary to substantiate opinions and plans for monitoring families, supporting the taking judicial decision-making and operational powers in the field of access to rights and guarantees