Mediators should be capable of:

• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

• Administering standardized ability and achievement tests to kindergarten or elementary students with special needs.
• Collaborating with other teachers or administrators for developing, evaluating, or revising kindergarten or elementary school programs.
• Conferring with other staff members for planning or scheduling lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Conferring with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals for developing individual education plans (ieps).
• Conferring with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators for resolving students’ behavioral or academic problems.
• Coordinating placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
• Developing individual educational plans (ieps) designed for promoting students’ educational, physical, or social development.
• Developing or implementing strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.