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Day One
- Welcome & Introduction
- Course Overview
- Basic Fact Pattern of Fictional Couple for Role Plays
- Overview of Written Materials (Introductory Packet, Intake Form, Mediation Contract)
- History of Mediation and Current Status
- Our Definition of Mediation
- Mediator Styles
- Mediation Structure and Process - From Contract to Separation Agreement
- BREAK
- Participant Introductions
- Psychological Stages of Divorce
- Introduction to Role Playing and First Four Mediation Steps
- Fishbowl Role Play
- LUNCH
- Mediator Skills: Connecting with Clients, Non-Verbal Behavior, Impartial Behavior, Open-Ended Questions
- Legal and Physical Custody & Statutes
- What is in a Parenting Plan?
- BREAK
- Small Group Role Plays - Parenting Plans
Day Two
- Client Budgeting & Expenses
- Mediator Skills: Active Listening & Reframing
- Child Support Guidelines
- College and Expenses
- Emancipation
- BREAK
- Fish Bowl Role Play: Child Support
- LUNCH
- Guest Speaker: Child Development & Post-Divorce Parenting
- BREAK
- Mediator Intrevention, Interruption and Neutrality
- Impasse
- Small Group Role Plays: Active Listening
Day Three
- Marital Home
- Use of Experts
- Mediation Step 5: Identify Interests
- Mediator Skills: Working with Anger & Engaging Passive Clients
- BREAK
- Fish Bowl Role Play: Anger
- LUNCH
- Property Division
- Mediator Skills: Providing Information, Developing Options, Understanding Implications
- Caucus
- BREAK
- Small Group Role Plays: Developing Options
Day Four
- Alimony
- Mediation Step: Develop Proposals
- Mediator Skill: Addressing Power Imbalance
- BREAK
- Fish Bowl Role Play: Power Imbalance & Neutrality
- LUNCH
- Where the Law Fits In
- Working with Attorneys
- Sharing Proposals
- Perceptions of Neutrality
- Overcoming Barriers to Agreement
- BREAK
- Mediation Step: Negotiate Agreements, Final Settlement, and Closure
- Mediator Skill: Writing Agreements (Separation Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding)
- Small Group Role Plays: Power Imbalance and Difficult Clients
Day Five
- Getting Started Professionally
- State Regulation of Mediators
- Rule 8
- Mediator Standards of Practice: ACR, MCFM, Connecticut
- Confidentiality Statute/Privilege
- Uniform Mediation Act
- Mandated Reporting
- Ethical Issues
- Mediator Certification
- Client Screening: Domestic Violence, Mental Illness, Substance Abuse
- Additional Training: Legal, Taxes, Child Development
- Getting Experience
- Setting Up a Practice: Insurances, Advertising, Fees, Referrals
- Mediation Organizations and Upcoming Conferences
- BREAK
- Role Plays
- Certificates & Evaluations
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-Elizabeth Lynch
Attorney
Cotuit, MA
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