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Dispute Resolution Center
(512) 371- 0033
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Overview
Since 1990, Corder/Thompson & Associates has trained over 2500 individuals in this basic mediation training program. Participants come from a diverse array of professional backgrounds and use the skills in a number of different settings. The course has been designed to be fun, participatory, and to appeal to a variety of adult learning styles.
Who Should Take This Course?
- Individuals interested in learning the basic process and skills for becoming a professional mediator
- Human resource professionals seeking more collaborative approaches to resolving internal organizational disputes
- Community leaders wanting new approaches to bring together diverse sectors of the public
- Attorneys looking to improve their collaborative negotiation skills for use in the practice of Collaborative Law
- Professionals needing to enhance their “informal” mediation skills for resolving conflicts among individuals, groups, and organizations
- Group facilitators interested in the types of conflict management techniques used by mediators
- Attorneys wishing to become more effective advocates in the mediation process
What Will Participants Learn?
- Key considerations in setting up a mediation
- A seven-stage mediation process based on the theory of interest-based negotiation
- Specific communication skills to assist the negotiation process
- Management of face to face negotiations between the parties
- Guidelines for working with attorneys in the mediation session
- Use of individual sessions at a tool to facilitate problem solving
- Ethical considerations for mediation practice
Why Take This Particular Basic Mediation Training?
- Corder/Thompson & Associates Basic Mediation Training
- Meets the standards of the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable
- Fulfills the training requirement for initial membership with the Association of Attorney Mediators
- Meets the standards described for court-referred mediations in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures Act
- Emphasizes practice; each trainee participates in nine mediation role plays and numerous skill development exercises
- Exposes trainees to a broad range of disputes including family, commercial, personal injury, employment, and neighborhood mediations
- Uses trained coaches who are also experienced mediators to supervise each role play group
- Maintains a very small (usually 4:1) participant-to-coach ratio for each role play group
- Provides a 200 page mediation manual written by the trainers and containing extensive information on mediation skills, techniques and resources.
- Provides individuals with summary feedback on the skills acquired during the training
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