Support and Development, New York, Fall 2013

(Sep. 1 - Jan. 31)

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Description: The Center regularly offers Support and Development groups in New York for those who have completed our Mediation Intensive Training. The focus of these groups is on integrating the Understanding-based model into participants’ work with conflict resolution in a manner that is authentic to the individual professionals. We invite you to join us! Please see below for more information.  Click Registration form Fall 2013 to register. September 2013 – January 2014 MORE »

Mediation Intensive Training, Northern California, October 2-6 2013

(Oct. 2 - Oct. 6)

Muir Beach, CA

The Mediation Intensive Training provides both experienced mediators and those new to the field with the perspective and skills necessary to work within the Center’s model of mediation. Participants learn what it takes to shift from a stance of advocacy to one of mediation – for professionals and parties alike. The program is open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of mediation into their practice or work-- including therapists, social workers, ombuds-persons, business consultants, collaborative professionals, non-profit staff and other professionals who work with conflict. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

• Reaching an agreement to mediate;
• Establishing parties’ responsibility for decisions;
• Working with attorneys and other professionals.
• Supporting each party’s autonomy while encouraging mutuality;
• Understanding fully each party’s point of view while remaining neutral;
• Dealing with conflict by enhancing understanding;
• Employing analytic skills in clarifying issues and goals;
• Integrating the law;
• Generating bases for decision other than law;
• Developing creative options that address differing needs and interests;

METHODS AND OUTCOMES: The learning addresses the practical, theoretical and personal dimensions of integrating an understanding based perspective into your practice. Training at the Center combines presentations, teacher demonstrations, case simulations and discussions. Concise briefings introducing the five stage model and tools of the Understanding Based Approach alternate with demonstrations and role-plays designed to immerse the participants in the mediation process. Central to the learning are real to life simulations in which the participants work through mediations from beginning to end. Each participant has the opportunity to role-play, in turn, mediator and party. They have a chance to apply the concepts and skills introduced in the briefings, and to experience the emotional challenges faced by parties in dispute. Participants have described these different modes of learning and their interplay as enjoyable as they are engaging and rewarding.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The program is open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of mediation into their practice. Price: $1,350.00 Private room, shared room, and commuter/facilities fees at Green Gulch Farm in Muir Beach, CA are $650, $450, and $200, respectively, for the duration of the training. Includes 3 daily meals and all-day coffee, tea, and snack service.   MORE »

Mediation Intensive Training, New York, October 2013

(Oct. 20 - Oct. 24)

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The Mediation Intensive Training provides both experienced mediators and those new to the field with the perspective and skills necessary to work within the Center’s model of mediation. Participants learn what it takes to shift from a stance of advocacy to one of mediation – for professionals and parties alike. The program is open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of mediation into their practice or work-- including ombuds-persons, business consultants, collaborative professionals non-profit staff and other professionals who work with conflict. MORE »