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<strong>Mediation</strong> ScenarioThe role play will demonstrate how to use grounding questions <strong>and</strong> how to summarise <strong>and</strong> rephrase in a mediation session.Step 1: Preparation> > Prepare a contextualised <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>able story, tell it to the role players <strong>and</strong> through it identify the issues.> > The participants adopt roles as conflict parties in the role play.> > One or two participants take the mediator role.> > Give the participants time to discuss how to play their roles.Step 2: Enrol playersArrange seating in a triangular shape so that the parties face the mediator, not each other. Explain that the mediators will givea warm greeting to both parties, followed by asking how both parties feel at the moment. Next they will organise the procedure<strong>and</strong> establish ground rules for mutual communication.Step 3: Participants act out their respective roles.Step 4: The facilitator closes the role play. The role players then share what they felt during the role play, followed by theirobservations <strong>and</strong> lessons learned.Role-play rules should be simple; objectives <strong>and</strong> instructions must beclear <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>able. When sharing <strong>and</strong> drawing lessons learned,feedback should be specific, relevant <strong>and</strong> realistic. Having the opportunityto go back <strong>and</strong> have another go or several goes at bits of therole play or the whole role play is crucial to learning <strong>and</strong> developingbehavioural options,—that is, knowing what works, what doesn't work<strong>and</strong> the range of behaviour available to an individual.Beware that sometimes role play can cause anxiety among participants.They should therefore be used after the training group hasalready built up trust. It is also very important to allow sufficient timeafter role play for a thorough de-brief (for each player to say how theyfelt in their role), de-role (for each player to come out of their role<strong>and</strong> realise that they are themselves) <strong>and</strong> for summarising the lessonslearned. Otherwise, there is a danger that participants may carry inappropriatefeelings <strong>and</strong> thoughts after the exercise is over.100 <strong>Mediation</strong> Trainer’s Manual

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