Advanced Mediation Training Programs
Training on the following topics can be offered at your site. Please contact us for more information.
Spirituality and Mediation. How do mediation and spirituality intersect? Is mediation inherently spiritual? Can it help the mediator become spiritual or grow in spirituality? Can it help the clients? What is spirituality anyway? This workshop will touch on these issues and more.
Framing Issues in Mediation: An Advanced Workshop. Mediators often were introduced to framing issues in their basic training. What have we learned since then? Are there new approaches to framing particular issues? How do the "pros" frame issues? This workshop will include discussion, video, and role play.
Tough Moments in Mediation. This interactive session will address issues such as dealing with power imbalance, managing third parties and attorneys; and dealing with tough ethical dilemmas in mediation. The format will include discussion and fishbowl role play demonstration by the instructor.
Coaching New Mediators: Alternatives and Effective Approaches. Experienced mediators are often asked to co-mediate or observe new mediators. What are effective coaching and mentoring methods? How important are differences in style between the mentor and the mediator? What are the difficulties likely to be encountered, and methods of getting beyond these difficulties? What do mediators want and expect of their mentors and coaches? The presentation will include discussion, demonstration, and role play.
Facilitation Skills for Mediators. Mediators make superior group facilitators, because they know how to use process and stay out of content. This workshop will discuss the differences between mediation and facilitation, and will introduce the process and give time for participants to practice.
Parent/Teen Mediation and Grandparent/Children Mediation. This training will provide experienced mediators with the necessary skills and information to mediate parent/grandparent/child disputes which may include rules/curfew issues, communication issues, family relations, incorrigibility, education issues, and running away.
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