40-Hour Family Mediation Skills Training
Course Overview
Family conflict mediation gives people who are divorcing or separated and co-parenting a creative alternative to the family courts for making decisions about their relationship, and how they impact their children’s lives. This alternative dispute resolution option is a cooperative and constructive way to resolve differences and plan for the future. Minnesota District Court requires that alternatives to court be considered early in the dissolution process.
Expert instructors bring years of experience as a mediator, parenting time expeditor, parenting consultant and custody evaluator. The course covers family conflict resolution and emotional conflict surrounding family issues, as well as specific conflict resolution techniques for property and parenting dispute mediation. Special attention is paid to identifying families experiencing domestic violence. The experienced mediation trainers use demonstrations, role play, and other exercises for this online mediation training to encourage interaction and reflection. Students learn from each other’s experiences related to dispute resolution and conflict management, and often form enduring professional ties.
Mediation Center’s Family Mediation Training is certified by the Minnesota State Court Administrator Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program, and meets the requirements to become a qualified family facilitative neutral under The General Rules of Practice for the District Courts Rule 114.
Upcoming Online Trainings
Our next Family Mediation Training dates will be confirmed soon. Please send us an email at staff@MediationCenterMN.org if you would like to me notified once the schedule is updated.
This is an accredited, online mediation training, run virtually through Zoom. Trainees experience a hands-on learning environment that includes a variety of interactive conflict resolution and negotiation exercises including:
- short slide and video presentations about conflict management skills with group discussion
- role-playing in various dispute resolution and mediation simulations
- individualized feedback from experienced conflict resolution coaches
Our highly experienced conflict management trainers and professional mediators create an engaging atmosphere that encourages experimentation with realistic conflict resolution scenarios and participation in negotiation exercises.
The course is designed for people in any professional background seeking to work with clients to solve all types of family conflicts.
Whether you are a legal professional, therapist, or work with clients in family settings, this training will give you the skills to navigate emotionally charged conflicts.
This 40-Hour Family Mediation Skills training course has been certified for 40 hours of alternative dispute resolution training by the MN State Court Administrator, ADR Program.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be eligible for the MN General Rules of Practice for the District Court’s Qualified Family Facilitative (Mediation) Roster of Neutrals.
Professional Continuing Education Credits (in the form of CEU, CE, CLE and/or LMFT credits) are available.
FAQs
Although we sometimes hold our courses in-person, this specific training will be held virtually through Zoom.
Our cancellation policy provides a full refund up to 30 days before the start of a training less a 20% processing fee. In some cases a credit may be given for a future training. Queries and requests should be sent to staff@mediationcentermn.org.
Yes, Continued Education (CE), Continued Legal Education (CLE), and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) credits are available in Minnesota for those who complete the entire course. If you live outside of Minnesota, you will need to check with your local jurisdiction to see if they will accept these credits. You may contact us at staff@mediationcentermn.org for more information about this.
