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Mediation Certificate Program Courses
These courses are generally held at the Dispute Resolution Center of Snohomish and Island Counties (DRC) in Everett, but are occasionally offered on the Antioch Seattle campus. See course description for specific location information. Visit the DRC website for a complete schedule of classes being held at the DRC's facility.
Note: participants in these courses do not need to be enrolled in the Certificate program. Some prerequisites apply, please check each course description.
ED5285: Basic Professional Mediation Training (4 CEUs)
Five days: Aug. 9 to 13, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Dispute Resolution Center Training Room
2801 Lombard, Everett, WA
Tuition: $960
The basic course provides intensive 40-hour, hands-on learning to prepare you to be a neutral third-party mediator. You learn the eight-stage mediation model, conflict theory and styles, mediator communication skills, interest-based negotiations, collaborative problem-solving, the mediator's role and principles of conflict resolution.
Instructor: Kathy Rice
This course will be offered again Oct. 8, 9, 10, 16 and 17.
ED5288: Workplace Conflict Management (.6 CEUs)
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Antioch University Seattle campus
Tuition: $240
This course helps retool how you manage conflict in the workplace. You learn how to promote teamwork and cooperation. Key issues covered include conflict styles, identification of issues and interests, communication skills, negotiation techniques and the four-step conflict resolution process. Coworkers and subordinates exposed to this new approach will feel more included in the problem solving process and experience greater harmony and respect in the workplace — all of which lead to increased productivity. Instructor: Kathy Rice
This course will be offered again on Feb. 11, 2011 at the Dispute Resolution Center Training facility in Everett.
ED5286: Family Mediation Training (3 CEUs)
Three days: Sept. 17 to 19, 2010,
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Dispute Resolution Center Training Room, 2801 Lombard, Everett, WA
Tuition: $720
Family Mediation training teaches mediators how to handle difficult family conflicts. Areas covered include dissolutions, the process of a property division and helping parents create effective parenting plans that will work for them and their children. (Prerequisite: completion of the 40-hour Basic Professional Mediation training course.)
Instructor: TBA
ED5289: Practicum: Becoming a
Mediator Practitioner (5 CEUs)
Schedule determined by individual certificate student
Tuition: $1,200
Participants must complete Basic Mediation Training, pass an exam and be interviewed by the professional staff of the Dispute Resolution Center in order to enroll in this class. Participants are required to spend approximately 100 hours doing the following activities:
- Observing a minimum of six mediations
- Mediating a Professional Standards Evaluation
- Attending in-service trainings
- Co-mediating a minimum of 12 mediations
- Observing small claims sessions
- Completing period written self-assessments
- Preparing a report that identifies how and where participants can use these skills to improve and enhance their careers
You can register anytime for the Practicum after your application and interview have been completed.
Advanced Mediation Trainings
Visit our mediation courses and workshops page for details on upcoming
advanced training events.
These workshops are co-sponsored by Dispute Resolution Center of Snohomish and Island Counties (DRC) and Washington Mediation Association.
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