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