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Comprehensive 40-Hour Certificate Program and Advanced Training

Mediation and Dispute Resolution Services




Comprehensive Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training
for 40-Hour Certificate of Completion
featuring Teresa Carey,
Guest-Speaker Presentations by Experts in the Field,
Comprehensive Resource Materials, and Forms

Participants learn mediation from the inside out,
including the theory and practice of managing and resolving conflict
in a variety of contexts and forums;
come away with valuable communication and conflict-resolution skills;
gain an understanding of best practices;
and learn how to build a successful career in the field.

University of California, Berkeley
5 Saturdays • June 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2012

40 hours of MCLE credit for attorneys (three hours of ethics credit)
40 hours of CE credit (4.0 CEU)
BRN, LCSW/MFT, and psychologists

See Registration page for details.



Advanced Mediation Training
presented by Teresa Carey and Other Leading Professionals

This innovative, in-depth course is designed to develop advanced mediation skills
and enhance your professional standing.

San Rafael, California
3 Saturdays • February 4, 11 & 18, 2012



Early-registration discounts available. See Registration page for details.



Our mediation training programs are dynamic, relevant, challenging, and enjoyable.  Our goal is simple:  to prepare participants to be skillful and successful mediators, based on our mediation and teaching experience of over 20 years.

These courses will allow you to:
  Develop the knowledge and skills required of an effective mediator
  Understand conflict-resolution theory
  Gain essential practice experience through roleplays of actual cases,
    personalized coaching, debrief, and discussion
  Enhance your communication and people skills
  Explore a range of mediation styles and approaches
  Learn the nuts and bolts of establishing a mediation practice



Comprehensive Program for 40-Hour Certificate of Completion


Level I


Level II

Essentials of conflict-resolution theory
Negotiations
Interest-based mediation
Spectrum of mediation styles
Essential communication/people skills
Emotional and psychological considerations
Face-to-face mediation and caucusing
Moving through impasse
Intercultural considerations in mediation
Reaching effective agreements
Ethical rules and interesting ethical dilemmas
Effective mediation of business, workplace, labor/employment, healthcare, real estate, construction, land-use, intellectual-property, personal-injury, probate/trust, intercultural, international, and organizational disputes
Premediation and follow-up procedures
Negotiating monetary settlements
Attorney advocacy and fee issues
Insurance issues and representatives
Communication and coping skills: managing deadlocks, difficult people, and emotionally charged situations
Career options and resources
Managing and marketing your business

Courses include:
Guest-speaker presentations by leading experts in the field
Lecture and discussion
Roleplay exercises based on actual cases
Personalized coaching and feedback by professional mediators
Comprehensive resource materials and mediation forms



"Exceptional.  This is the course with depth, breadth, and substance."

"Excellent!  Fun!  I ended up with much more than I expected—rather than just learning about mediation, it was a good lesson in how people think and behave."

"Excellent.  This course met all my expectations and more!
Opened up new horizons in an area I thought I understood."


"This is the course I wish I could have taken when I was starting out.
Well rounded.  Very practical.  Covers all the bases well."


"Top notch.  This is one of the best run, most fun and valuable courses
I have ever taken."


"The best CLE course I have taken."

"Outstanding.  Where there are walls, Teresa makes windows."



To register for an upcoming Comprehensive Mediation Training course
(for a 40-hour Certificate of Completion)
or for the Advanced Mediation Training course,
go to our Registration page.


For information on Mediation and Conflict-Management Services,
refer to our Mediation Services page.




Available on DVD
Moving through Conflict:  An Introduction to Mediation
with Teresa V. Carey
Order Now




Professional Mediation Associates
is also listed with the
National Mediation Training Registry



Through a special arrangement we have made
with publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
you can now receive a 15% discount
on many conflict-resolution and mediation publications
via either of the following links
by using Promotion Code W5558 on checkout:


 

 
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