Abstract
ADR -Alternative Dispute Resolution -is an emerging field. Areas of focus for the Werner Institute include helping people focus on:
• Transforming adversity into dialogue
• Developing collaborative negotiation skills
• Managing conflicts constructively with the understanding that conflict provides an opportunity for growth
• Sharing needs, concerns, hopes, interests instead of avoiding the problem or resorting to violence
• Caring for the whole soul…yours & others’
• Arriving at magis resolutions