40-HOUR BASIC

MEDIATION TRAINING

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Fall 2020 Basic Mediation Training (virtual):

Part I – September 18, 19, 20

Part II - October 2, 3, 4

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Register online here:

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or, over the phone by calling 509-456-0103. 

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Trainer(s):

Leslie Ann Grove

Executive Director, Northwest Mediation Center
and Northwest Mediation Center staff

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Training Location:

The Community Building – 35 W. Main, Spokane, WA 99201

Cost:

$649 

(Register before September 1 and pay only $599) 

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(Training is offered on two, non-consecutive weekends,

for minimal interference with conventional work schedules. 

Participants must complete both Part I and Part II )

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Learn the basic art, craft, science and ethics of facilitating peaceful conflict resolution.
Special Benefit, if you get hooked: completion of Northwest Mediation Center’s 40-hour Basic Mediation course is the main prerequisite for entrance into the Practicum Program leading to Mediator Certification.

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 Who will benefit from this training?

 Teachers – Counselors – Attorneys – Ministers – Social Workers
Human resource staff – Supervisors and Managers – Business Professionals
Customer Service and Sales Persons – Law Enforcement

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Training content includes:

• Convening skills – how to invite parties to the table

• Conflict theory – how and why conflicts are born and grow

• Conflict styles — analyzing approaches to conflict

• Neutrality and Confidentiality — hallmarks of the process

• Ethics, conflict resolution process, & techniques — helping parties craft resolutions

• Agreement writing — helping parties memorialize their agreements

• Mediation and the Law —

  • how laws effect mediation

  • and how mediated agreements effect litigation

• Role plays — trying out new skills in mock mediation sessions

• And much more!

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