Past Training Topics

CDR logoThe CDR offers Civil and Family Mediation Training twice a year (typically in October and March). The CDR also offers advanced trainings on a variety of conflict-related topics and hosts expert trainers from across the country. Training topics vary from year to year; the following is a list of previously offered trainings. We also invite you to let us know if there is a particular topic or trainer you would like to see in the future.

  • Elder Mediation Training with Zena Zumeta
  • Family Group Conference Training
  • Conflict Coaching Training with Dr. Tricia Jones
  • Fearless Negotiation for Women: Negotiating without Compromising Your Values or Relationships
  • Family Group Decision Making Training
  • Victim-Offender Mediation Training 
  • Peer Mediation Training (for Missouri State students)
  • Family Reconciliation Mediation Training
  • Parental Alienation Training with Nancy Olesen
  • Advanced Mediation Training with Robert Benjamin - "Resolve and Thrive: Advanced Tactics for Mediators (Guerrilla Mediation and More)" 
  • Parenting Coordination Training