about susan

susan bame hoover, macr

Susan has a wealth of experience running her own businesses and providing conflict transformation services for over twenty years.

My Vision: to provide conflict transformation services through education and empowerment of individuals and communities to create their own solutions.

about susan

Currently
Facilitating Native Family Team Meetings in Sioux City, Iowa. Mediation and consulting with private clients. Please call me at Full Circle Mediation, 712.224.2175 or email me at fullcirclemediation@yahoo.com.

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Education
Master's Degree in Conflict Resolution (MACR), 2001, from Antioch University Midwest, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Graduate of Stenotype Institute, 1985, Springfield, Ohio. Attained RPR and CM status. Notary.
Bachelor's Degree in Education, 1978, from Glenville State College, Glenville, West Virginia.

Published
Faith the Cow, 1995. Children's book about Heifer International.
Women Made of Story: Native American Women's Stories of Survival, 2001. Master's Degree Thesis. Linda Johnston, Ph.D. , advisor. Mary K. Bowman, Ph.D., advisor.

Experience
Woodbury County (Iowa) Juvenile Court Services. Created a mediation program for juvenile cases.
Winnebago Tribal Court (Nebraska). Created a new Restorative Justice Circle Sentencing program for use with juvenile and family cases.
Miami County Mediation (Ohio). Created a new Juvenile Mediation program handling Juvenile Diversion cases.
Dayton Mediation Center (Ohio). Volunteer Mediator; Case Manager for Juvenile Mediation Diversion and Juvenile Victim/Offender Programs.
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management. Truancy Mediation Mentor.
Freelance Court Reporter, independent contractor, 1985-2004. Pamela Lather & Associates, northwest Ohio; Official Reporting, southwest Ohio.

Training
Iowa Youth Dream Team Facilitation Training (2009)
Child Welfare Mediation Training, Hank Ostwald, Trainer; Sioux City, Iowa (2008)
Family Team Meeting Training (2008)
Post Office Transformative Training (2007)
Nebraska Model of Mediation (2005)
Traditional Peacemaking (2005)
Winnebago History (2004-2005)
Circle Sentencing (2004)
Leadership Yellow Springs (2002-2003)
Divorce and Family Mediation (2002)
Transformative Mediation (1999-2003)

Memberships
NAFCM: National Association for Community Mediation
ACR: Association for Conflict Resolution
Certified Iowa Targeted Small Business (2010)

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