Training Schedule
| Location |  |
Wellesley College Club (781) 283-2701 |
| Dates | ||
| Notes | Each day begins at 8:30 and ends at or about 5:30 The second Saturday ends at 1:00 There are breaks at 10:30 and 3:30 Lunch is from 12:30 to 1:30 |
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| Training Outline | ||
| (subjects may be rearranged or changed) | ||
| Day One | ||
| Morning | Registration 8:00 | |
| Introduction and explanation of the course ahead, including a brief review of the written materials | ||
| Overview of mediation: steps and skills, mediation structure | ||
| Introduction of all participants | ||
| How to observe mediation | ||
| Fish bowl role play showing first steps and basic skills | ||
| Afternoon | Children: legal custody, parenting arrangements and how child development affects the process | |
| Mediation skills exercise | ||
| Small group role plays to practice first steps and basic skills | ||
| Quick full group review | ||
| Day Two | ||
| Morning | Psychological stages of divorce | |
| Mediation skills exercises, especially listening | ||
| Fish bowl role play | ||
| Afternoon | Budgets and child support | |
| Mediation steps | ||
| Small group role plays to practice skills and the next steps | ||
| Day Three | ||
| Morning | The marital home | |
| Mediation skills exercises | ||
| Fish bowl role play | ||
| Afternoon | Property division | |
| The next mediation steps | ||
| Caucusing | ||
| Small group role plays to practice the steps and skills learned so far | ||
| Full group review of the small groups | ||
| Summary of the first three days | ||
| Five or Ten Days Off | ||
| Day Four | ||
| Morning | Review of your mediation actions and thoughts during the break | |
| Working with attorneys | ||
| The final product of mediation: memoranda and agreements | ||
| Mediation skills exercises | ||
| Fish bowl role play | ||
| Afternoon | Domestic violence; the cycle of violence | |
| Alimony | ||
| The next mediation steps | ||
| Small group role plays | ||
| Day Five | ||
| Family systems and their effect on mediation Lynn Cooper, psychologist |
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| Fish bowl role play | ||
| Mediator ethics and standards | ||
| Confidentiality of mediation | ||
| Professional organizations, including the Mass. Council on Family Mediation and the national Association for Conflict Resolution | ||
| Other mediators we have trained | ||
| Upcoming mediation events | ||
| Mediation Approaches: Evaluative, Facilitative, Transormative | ||
| You are HERE; how do you get THERE? | ||
| Evaluations of the course and closure | ||
