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30 Hour Civil Mediation Training

Partners in Mediation, Inc. offers civil mediation training twice yearly – Spring and Autumn.

This civil mediation training is a skill building course. Emphasis is on the process of mediation rather than substantive areas of practice. You will have the opportunity to practice basic skills and develop new ones that will enhance your practice and improve your success rate with even the most difficult cases.  You will also learn the caucus model of mediation, which is often used in civil cases.

A Basic Mediation course is required prior to taking this training.

We also offer ongoing mediation consulting.

30 Hour CIVIL MEDIATION TRAINING
Registration : $650*


30 Hour Civil Mediation Training Dates:


April 13, 14, 20 & 21, 2012
Oct. 19 & 20, 26 & 27, 2012


(8:30 – 5:30 all days)

Register Online
Limited to first fifteen registrants.

Or Click Here to Register by Mail
30 CEU’s for Ohio Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists
29 CLE’s for Ohio Attorneys

Civil Mediation Training Agenda

Day 1: Effective Negotiation



  • Conflict Theory
  • Positional Bargaining vs. Principled Negotiation
  • Communications and Skill Building

Day 2: Effective Facilitation



  • Mediation Basics
  • The Reflective Mediator
  • Advanced Mediation Techniques
  • Conflict and Anger
  • Power imbalances
  • Caucus 
  • Impasse and generating movement

Day 3: Effective Facilitation of Effective Negotiation



  • Role-play rules, setting up the room, flip chart
  • Role-play explanation
  • Role Play

Day 4: Making Mediation Better



  • Ethics Lecture and Discussion
  • Mediator's agenda and its impact on outcomes
  • How different learning styles impact mediation
  • Starting a Mediation Practice

*Please note! Prices accurate at this time, but subject to change.
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