MAY 2012 DATES:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday ‐ May 3-5, 2012
Friday, Saturday – May 18-19, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Westrum House, 22 Union Park, Suite 1, Topsham, Maine
Enrollment Fee: $775 (early bird $750 by April 3, 2012), CEU/CLUs available
For more information contact: mediate@voanne.org
Register: Download registration form here >
OCTOBER 2012 DATES:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday ‐ October 4-6, 2012
Friday, Saturday – October 12-13, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Westrum House, 22 Union Park, Suite 1, Topsham, Maine
Enrollment Fee: $775 (early bird $750 by April 3, 2012), CEU/CLUs available
For more information contact: mediate@voanne.org
Register: Download registration form here >
This training is for individuals interested in becoming a Mediator or applying mediation skills to personal and professional lives. The training includes; lecturettes, demonstrations, interactive discussions and practice with mediation scenarios. Participants are always amazed at the shift that takes place in the way they talk, listen and problem solve – at work and family life. The primary focus of the training is both on learning new skills and how to apply them in your life.
You will learn:
- Conflict theory and management
- Theories and practice of mediation
- Screening for mediation appropriateness
- Ways to build and enhance client rapport
- The impact of Mediator influence, bias and the directive impulse
- Standards of Mediator practice
- Identification and management of ethical issues
- The professional limitations of mediation practice
At the conclusion of the training, participants will receive a Mediation Certificate, the accepted state and national standard for new Mediators.
Presenters:
Nancy Markowitz LMFT, Director of Community Mediation Services, Volunteers of America Northern New England. Nancy has been a Mediator, Facilitator and Trainer since 1990. She taught the 40 hour mediation training at University of Southern Maine for over 10 years and was the 2001 recipient of Maine’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Award. She brings her mediation and experience, mindfulness training and sense of play into her trainings.
And her friends from the Mediation field.
Advanced Mediation Training
Community Mediation Services
Volunteers of America Northern New England
Family Law, Nov. 1-2, 2012, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: This two-day training is designed to meet the 10-hour requirement for mediators who want to be on the Family Matters CADRES roster and is also recommended for anyone wanting to conduct family mediation in private practice.
Domestic Violence, Nov. 8, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.: This one-day course is designed to meet the 8-hour requirement for domestic violence (DV), for the Family Matters CADRES roster.
Consumer Law Half-day, Nov. 9, 2012, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Satisfies the 3-hour requirement for the Small Claim’s Mediation roster. Covers the basics about warranties, contracts, estimates, landlord/tenant issues, automobile issues – buying, repairs, responsibilities etc. and damages.
Custom training: We can design and deliver custom workshops and training programs for your organization on conflict management, MBTI, workplace conflict, group or senior living, and more.
Please contact us anytime to learn more.
For more information contact: mediate@voanne.org
Register: Form available soon