Good Shepherd Mediation Program offers a variety of Mediation and Conflict Resolution programs for children and adults. Click on the programs listed below for more information.

• Court and Community Services: Juvenile Offender Diversion Programs

  Summary Offender Diversion Program
  The Summary Offender Diversion Program (SODP) offers first-time juvenile offenders an opportunity to learn constructive conflict resolution and anger management skills, in addition to developing decision-making processes through participation in conflict resolution and/or retail theft diversion workshops, thus allowing participants to come to a new awareness of the dynamics involved in a more effective and productive approach to managing conflicts in the future.
  
  Impact of Auto Theft Program
  This diversion program is designed specifically to serve those youth charged with auto theft, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and/or auto-related offenses. Juveniles who participate in this program have many opportunities to use critical reasoning to better develop positive decision-making skills, through an interactive workshop that ultimately aids in the participant's ability to make better quality choices in their future.

• Victim Offender Conferencing
  Victim Offender Conferencing (VOC) is an opportunity for victims and offenders to meet, face to face, in a structured, secure environment to facilitate restoration, healing, reconciliation and/or restitution. Participation in VOC requires the consent of all parties.
  
  
• Deaf & Hard of Hearing Mediation
  Providing accessible mediation services in a way that recognizes and respects self-determination and the unique experience, culture and language of people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

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