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Family Mediation

Advanced Family Mediation (21 Hours) (RML-TRNG005)


Description

This role-play-based, 21-Hour course features experienced mediators, professional actors, experienced coaches and expert guest speakers. Its focus is on advanced-level skills training and is designed to meet certification requirements of the Ontario Association of Family Mediation. Through pre-recorded lectures, video demonstrations, readings, role plays and one-on-one coaching, participants will learn:


  • Advanced-level conflict analysis
  • Advanced skills and strategies for effective mediation
  • Advanced-level skills for identifying and assessing power imbalances in mediation, including protocols for med-arb and parenting coordination
  • Tips for effective mediation preparation
  • Advanced level skills and strategies, with feedback from coaches, on parenting, support and property mediations.
  • Advanced-level skills for drafting effective Mediation Summary Reports, with one-on-one feedback.
  • Ethical and legal challenges of being a family mediator
  • Next steps toward accreditation
  • Practice issues- building a reputation, available rosters, building a solo practice, marketing, billing and payments, managing challenges and finding opportunities.
Content
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Discussion Board - Introduce Yourself!
  • MODULE 1
  • Overview, Conflict Analysis and Key Principles of Mediation (57 min)
  • Test - Overview, Conflict Analysis and Key Principles
  • Intake and Screening in Med-Arb, Arb and PC (68 min)
  • First Steps in a New Family Mediation File (45 min)
  • Test - First Steps in a New Mediation File
  • Preparing for Mediation (37 min)
  • Test Questions - Module 1
  • Intake Demo - Marvin Beck (39 min)
  • Tips for Great Mediation Summary Reports (50 min)
  • Reflection - Where do you get your power?
  • Assignment
  • Tutorial Session (Module 1) - Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (3:00 – 7:00 pm, EST)
  • Evaluation Form - Module 1
  • MODULE 2
  • Advanced Principles of Parenting Mediation (39 min)
  • Preparation for Financial Mediation (76 min)
  • Tech, AI and Zoom: Protocols, Tips and Best Practices (47 min)
  • Test Questions - Module 2
  • Tutorial Session (Module 2) - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 (3:00 – 7:00 pm, EST)
  • Evaluation Form - Module 2
  • Assignment - MSR
  • MODULE 3
  • The Mediator's Duty to Report (18 min)
  • Complaints to Professional Bodies and Claims (42 min)
  • Working with and Within Different Cultures (57 min)
  • Evaluation Form - Module 3
  • Tutorial Session (Module 3) - Tuesday, May 20, 2025 (3:30 – 7:00 pm, EST)
  • Assignment - Final MSR
  • Supplementary Recordings - LECTURES
  • Family Law Updates for Mediators (52 min)
  • Financial Disclosure Primer for Mediators (78 min)
  • Supplementary Recordings - DEMOS
  • Jamie & Marina (Part 1) - Parenting Mediation Demo (73 min)
  • Jamie & Marina (Part 2) - Property Division Demo (68 min)
  • Jamie & Marina (Part 3) - Child & Spousal Support Demo (58 min)
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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