40-Hour Basic Family & Divorce Mediation Training
Connecticut Council for Non-Adversarial Divorce (CCND)
This comprehensive training is designed to give each participant the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to mediate family matters. The training utilizes role plays (don’t be shy) & exercises in breakout rooms, lectures, demonstrations, videos, games (fun) and discussions in small and full group settings. Our multifaceted and practical training approach is designed to immerse you in every aspect of divorce or custody mediation. You will gain practical experience, through immersive role plays, from conducting the initial meeting through the steps of negotiation and finalizing agreements, as well as through drafting your own Mediation Participation Agreement. You will be provided with tools, forms, techniques, and practical advice to enable you to participate in divorce mediations with competence. We also thoroughly discuss the limits of our respective professions in a divorce mediation.
Among the topics covered are:
- Mediation theory and technique
- Process values
- Ethics and best practices
- Suitability for mediation and red flags
- Managing power imbalances
- Procedural road map for mediation
- Mediation toolbox and mindfulness
- Neuroscience
- Mediating in the presence of psychopathology, addiction and domestic violence
- Negotiation
- Co-mediation and working with other professionals
- Use of Family Law Software
- Impasse
8 half-days via Zoom