40-Hour Family Mediation Training

This highly interactive 40-hour skills-based program is designed to provide a clear framework for those seeking to become family mediators. Through lecture, interactive exercises and role-playing experiences participants will learn the skills to effectively mediate separation, divorce, post-divorce and other related family disputes from start to finish.

 Learning objectives:

• How the mediation process works in divorce and family matters.
• Fundamental mediation skills: listening, asking questions, persuasion, negotiation and problem-solving.
• Understanding how to work with people in difficult conflict situations.
• Mediation’s core values: self-determination, impartiality and confidentiality.
• Understanding property division, child custody and tax consequences of divorce.
• The emotions of divorce and the effects of divorce on children.
• Recognizing the impact of domestic violence and child abuse in the mediation context.

The program will be hosted in two parts, May 11–13 and May 18–20, and participants must attend both.

Dates and Times: 

• May 11 and 12: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
• May 13: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
• May 18 and 19: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
• May 20: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.