Combined Basic & Family
Mediation Training
October
,
2008
Schedule & Fees
Class
Times: |
8:30 to 5:30
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October 2, 3, 4, 16, & 17
and
two additional dates to be decided by the class
+ 6 Supervised mediations
Registration deadline:
9/26/08
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| Location: |
South Montgomery County Library
2101 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
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| Fees: |
$
150.00
for those who complete their volunteer
commitment of 18 mediations after training.
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$
1,050.00
for those wishing to be trained without volunteering. |
Course Outline
Conflict resolution theory
& Self-assessment
tools |
Mediation process
Styles
Stages
Tools |
Mediator skills
Listening
Questioning
Re-framing
Option Generating
Negotiation |
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Putting it all together
Co-mediating
Impasse
Handling emotions
Ethics |
Role Plays
& more role plays |
DRC Information
Policies
Scheduling
Continuing Education |
| Professional Organizations |
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Training Team
Kathy Bivings-Norris, the lead trainer, has mediated and trained mediators
for over
18
years and has 50 hours of master's level conflict resolution
courses.
Professionals will be used to teach such topics as family violence and
law.
Other trainers will be volunteers at the DRC. They are all senior
mediators from professional backgrounds who bring richness to the
training through varied perspectives and practices as mediators.
They are also the coaches with whom you do your 6 supervised mediations.
Other volunteers will assist with logistics and role plays.
Philosophy
Mediation is a process which empowers the parties to a dispute
to explore their conflict, generate many possible solutions and
reach resolutions which are satisfactory to each party. They
may also decide that it is not resolvable at that time.
It is a collaborative, intuitive, flexible, creative and synergistic
process. Research suggests that talking face to face also teaches
communication skills which carry over into the relationship well
beyond the end of the mediation process.
While courts and attorneys are involved in most cases at the DRC,
we strive to keep the parties in control of the content and outcome
of the mediation.
The mediators retain contol of the process.
Please print and complete
the Mediator Training Application Form,
and mail with your check, to:
Dispute Resolution Center
P.O. Box 3609
Conroe, TX 77305
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