CENTER FOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

We offer comparatively priced, tailored trainings and services to schools, businesses, non-profits, and government agencies... At CDS, we view conflict as an opportunity to transform the quality of the parties' interactions, from destructive to constructive, negative to positive. Mediators support parties to increase their understanding of their own views and the views of the other party, as well as assist them in making decisions based on these understandings. We honor our agency's long tradition within the Transformative mediation framework, and we also embrace the diversity of tools that our mediators draw from to support our clients' needs... The Center for Dispute Settlement, established in 1973, was the first dispute resolution center in New York State and the third in the country. Under the impetus of the Rochester Public School Integration reorganization crisis, the American Arbitration Association founded the Community Dispute Services in Rochester, New York, in 1973.

Also known as: CDS

Primary location: Rochester United States