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Center for Dispute Resolution 

Upcoming Trainings

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The Center for Dispute Resolution periodically offers basic and advanced mediator training, as well as special-topic workshops. The following training events are currently planned for 2007-2008. This list will be updated as events are added to the training schedule. Join the CDR Mailing List to receive information and updates on upcoming training events.

The CDR strives to offer valuable training and educational opportunities in the field of mediation, conflict resolution, and communication.  Are you looking for a particular type of training or workshop? Let us know by sending an email to CDR@MissouriState.edu.

 

Civil and Family Mediator Training

The CDR offers a 40-hour two-part training in civil and family mediation. Completion of the entire 40 hours of training meets the mediation education requirements for Missouri Supreme Court Rule 17 (general civil mediators) and Rule 88 (family mediators).

This highly interactive in-depth training teaches you the skills you need to mediate disputes:

  • Conflict dynamics
  • The mediation process
  • Listening skills
  • Diversity and conflict
  • Ethics
  • Negotiation theory
  • Family dynamics
  • Legal issues
  • Mediation techniques, and more

The next Civil and Family Mediator Training will take place in the winter of 2008/2009 on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University. Click here for more information, join the CDR mailing list to be notified when dates are set, or email CDR@MissouriState.edu for further details.

 

Parenting Coordination Training

Parents who are in chronic high conflict pose particular difficulties for the courts, the professionals who are involved with them, and their children. This training provides an overview of the new professional role of parenting coordination and begins to prepare participants to serve as parenting coordinators.
 
The Center for Dispute Resolution at Missouri State University and the Greene County Family Court Domestic Relations ADR Program are pleased to offer this unique training for professionals in the Ozarks area. The comprehensive training, led by Dr. Robin Deutsch, will include subject areas outlined in the new 2005 AFCC Guidelines for Parenting Coordination. Topics covered in the training include the following:
  • The psychological dynamics of high-conflict families
  • Parenting-coordinator functions and practices
  • Parenting coordination techniques and issues
  • Legal framework and scope of authority
  • The ethical and legal challenges of parenting coordinators
  • The process of parent coordination – structure and mechanics
  • Writing agreements and drafting decisions
  • The qualifications and abilities needed to be a parenting coordinator
This training tool place on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University on June 20-21. Read more about this training.