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Section 4

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THE MEETING WITH

CHILDREN
APPROACH

This section covers the three phases of the child meeting approach:

 PHASE ONE: Preparation for the Child Meeting
o Receipt of Referral
o Parent Meeting
o Child Intake Form

o Child Temperament Scale
o Parent Readiness Scale
 PHASE TWO: Meeting with a Child
 Preparation
 Structured approach
 Activity 1
 Activity 2
 Activity 3

 Activity 4
 Activity 5
 Activity 6
 PHASE THREE: Meeting with Parents
 How to give feedback to parents
 Manage parent feedback sessions when:

 The mediator is not the child consultant
 The mediator is the child consultant

At the conclusion of this Section you should consider:

 The information you have gained through multiple sources
 How you will make use of the information collected in decision
making processes.

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