Why Consider Mediation Training? Conflict is a normal part of every day life. Mediation is a highly effective and mutually satisfying way to resolve conflicts. Our trainings offers educators, community leaders, counselors, human resources staff, customer service personnel, supervisors, managers, parents, teens, and you an opportunity to develop conflict resolution and mediation skills.
What Can I Expect at the Training? The courses are a fun and highly interactive mixture of lecture, discussion, demonstration and participant role-playing with instructor and peer feedback. The trainings are designed to acquaint adult learners with the philosophy, concepts, model and skills needed to have a working knowledge of the role of a third party neutral mediator. These skills are highly transferable, improving communication and enhancing relationships at home, in the workplace, and in the community at large. Advanced trainings, including Multi-party Mediation and Family Mediation, are offered to enhance the skills of people who have completed the 40-Hour Professional Mediation Training.
What Will I learn?
Community-based mediation and the law
The 8-step mediation model
The role of neutral facilitators
Conflict theory and styles
Diversity and bias awareness
Deep listening skills
Negotiating needs
Power-balancing
Advanced communication skills
Who Are the Trainers? Our trainers are senior mediators and conflict resolution educators with diverse interests and areas of expertise. All bring their passion about mediation and its potential for contributing to positive change in our lives and communities.
For information about:
2010 Training Schedule
DRC Financial Scholarships
2010 Benefit Trainings
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Custom Training Offerings The Training Department looks forward to consulting with you to assess your training and organizational needs. We custom design and deliver targeted trainings to address your unique situations. Custom trainings are highly interactive and can include role-playing, small-group skills practice, mini-lectures and demonstrations.
We work with attorneys, counselors, judges, school administrators, church groups, state workers, military, youth and community members and provide expertise on:
active listening
communication skills
conflict styles
group facilitation
collaborative negotiations
…and more!
The DRC offers trainings that range in length from one hour to two days, depending on your needs. For more information or to discuss our fee schedule, please contact Oriana Noël Lewis, DRC Training Manager at onlewis@mediatethurston.org or call the DRC at 360.956.1155 and ask for the Training Department.
“Oriana’s training style is vivid and engaging. She stretches participants to imagine, practice and then hit the ground running with new concepts and skills.
*40-Hour Professional Mediation
Training is a prerequisite for this advanced training.
Teens get in for ½ price. Limited Scholarships available.
Congratulations to the two 2010 DRC Scholars! Thank you to everyone who took the time, effort and energy to complete and submit an application. 2011 Scholarship applications will be available in the fall for our March 2011 Professional 40-Hour Mediation Training. Applications will be due on January 28, 2011.
Please note: The DRC receives many requests for scholarships; however we can only choose two scholars each year and only for our spring 40-hour training. At times, we are able to offer partial scholarships. For more information on scholarships, please direct inquiries to onlewis@mediatethurston.org. Want more information about how to possibly finance training? Click here to read "Creative Financing for Training."
2010 Benefit Training:
Beyond Inclusion: Strategic Interventions for
Anti-Oppression with Dr. Leticia Nieto
Our ability to contribute to society will increasingly depend on how well we learn to bridge between differences of all types, while honoring and celebrating diversity. We will challenge ourselves to generate a vision of cultural change. This training is designed to facilitate communication and empowerment. The focus will be on clarifying the complexities of working across significant differences and on understanding the dynamics of oppression. The training often results in participants taking on action plans to bring about positive change. Leticia Nieto, M.A., Psy.D. is a psychotherapist and educator specializing in anti-oppression, action methodology and mythopoetic approaches. She is a core faculty member at Saint Martin's University in the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology program.
