Event Type : Divorce Mediation Training

For divorce professionals interested in expanding their practice to include divorce mediation, CCND offers a 40 hour Basic Divorce Mediation Training, taught by seasoned mediators and well-respected attorneys, Eva DeFranco and Louise Zito. “The 40 Hour Mediation Training is designed to give practitioners the tools, skills and experience to competently practice divorce mediation through teachings, role plays and demonstrations,” says Attorney Eva DeFranco. “However, what I love most about this training is the transformative effect it tends to have on how the participants understand and treat conflict in both their personal and professional lives. Time and time again, we have heard that this training has improved participant’s relationships across the board.”

In CCMA’s highly interactive virtual mediation training, you will develop your mediation skills through role-plays and interactive exercises. Plus, receive extensive one-on-one coaching and evaluations of your skill development from coaches with a wide range of experience in a variety of types of civil and family mediation. This is truly a feature that sets CCMA’s training apart from others! Mediation is as much an art as a science, and participants consistently report that the perspectives shared by their coaches are invaluable to their learning.

The training covers a variety of topics, including:

• The causes and dynamics of conflict
• Listening skills
• Negotiation theory
• Interests vs. positions – getting at the real goals in a conflict
• Diversity, power, and conflict
• Mediation techniques, and much more.

Learn essential conflict resolution skills for becoming a family mediator. This 40-hour course meets the training requirements of the Oklahoma District Court Mediation Act to be court approved as a family and divorce mediator in Oklahoma. The course will also meet the mediation training requirements for family mediators in most states. Course is taught online with Zoom.

This training complies with Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable and Texas Civil Practices Standards. It provides training for those who wish to mediate family disputes involving divorce, property settlements, and/or child custody cases. The skills are transferable to any profession that supports and engages with families in conflict.