Basic Mediation Training is for anyone who wants to increase their ability to deal with conflict or help others work through conflict. Whether you intend to be a formal mediator, or just want to develop skills that you can use in other professional or personal situations, this training is a good place to start. Collaborative Resolutions Group is a court approved program, and its Basic Mediation Training meets Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Uniform Rules of Dispute Resolution training criteria. Training includes:
Lively lectures and discussions, including exploration of approaches to conflict and ADR, mediation principles and processes, and discussions of bias, power imbalance, cultural humility and mediator ethics.
Hands-on, practical focus, including mediation demonstration, communication skills practice and coached role-plays
Experienced trainers and coaches
Mediation manual and resources for continuing practice (including possible apprenticeships with CRG’s voluntary mediator roster
Attorney and social worker continuing education credits (MA CAFL and VT CLEs, MA CECs – approval pending)