Training Sessions

Basic 40 Hour Mediation Training

Description

This Basic Mediation Training fulfills basic requirements required by most court sponsored mediation programs, including the Western District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the Generations Program. As a base to their mediation training, participants will first gain a comprehensive understanding of the psychology of conflict and negotiation. Participants will then be trained in basic mediation skills and be encouraged to begin developing their own mediation style.

Dates/Times:

Thursday, November 7, 2019 8 am - 4 pm
Friday, November 8, 2019 8 am - 4 pm
Saturday, November 9, 2019 8 am - 4 pm
Thursday, November 21, 2019 8 am - 4 pm
Sunday, November 22, 2020 8 am - 4 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Bernie Behrend & Selina Shultz

Website: www.theconflictlab.com/training/

Trainers: Bernie Behrend (www.behrendmediation.com) & Selina Shultz (www.theconflictlab.com/)

Location: The Conflict Lab, 5167 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Cost & Credits

Before October 25th - $1400 (breakfast & lunch included)
Cost with CLEs: $(form provided for individual submission) - 27.5 sub. & 3 ethics

After October 25th - $1500

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Ian Mokel
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 412.391.7733

Advanced Mediation Training

Description

Seminar Content- " Preparing parties for best mediation outcomes " Uncovering interests " Framing questions " Handling difficult situations " Exploring different perspectives & misinterpretations This advanced training is designed for experienced mediators and professionals who manage conflict in the workplace. The training is highly interactive combining lecture, group activities, and simulated practice sessions. *Prerequisite: Basic mediation training and/or mediation/conflict resolution experience.

Dates/Times:

Thursday, December 5, 2019 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Total Hours: 6.5

Sponsor: Center for Resolutions

Website: https://www.center4resolutions.org/rem-advanced-mediation-training/

Trainers:

Location: 26 East 4th Street, Media, PA 19063

Cost & Credits

Before Dec. 5th - $250
Cost with CLEs: $285 - 6.5 sub.
Cost with CECs: $285 - 6.5 sub.

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Danielle Horner
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 610-566-7710

40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to help you work with divorcing families. Past participants tell us that this is some of the best professional training they have ever received. Our workshop uses an interactive format with role play, videotapes of mediations, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, and even music and poetry. Our 450-page manual covers all the basic content areas of divorce mediation, including property division, support and parenting arrangements. A distinctive feature of this training is extensive use of videotapes for instruction, including tapes of actual mediations. We will also provide you with a computer disk with the forms we use with clients. The workshop includes a minimum of six mediation role-plays so that each participant can practice and develop his/her skills. (ACR approved) Exceeded my expectations; the best money Ive ever spent on an educational program. I wish Id taken (it) earlier in my career&Trainers care about your development&Highly recommended! Aaron Fray, attorney, Newark, Delaware

Dates/Times:

Thursday, January 23, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, January 24, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, January 25, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, January 26, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, January 27, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before Dec. 22nd - $1,385
Cost with CLEs: $1,385 - 37 sub/1 ethics; You file & pay for your own CLEs

After Dec. 22nd - $1,475 Cost with CLEs: $1,475

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

24-Hour Business and Employment Mediation Workshop

Description

This workshop is for anyone interested in developing mediation skills for use in business and workplace disputes. The workshop is relevant for attorneys and managers interested in workplace mediation, human resource professionals and persons responsible for staff development in their own organization, as well as private practitioners and mediators who want to expand their practice. (The workshop, with a 400-page manual, focuses on the process and the skills involved in becoming an effective workplace mediator. Our focus is on business, with attention focused on family businesses; workplace mediation, especially one-on-one employee grievances; and employment disputes, including discrimination related to age, race, and disabilities, and sexual harassment complaints. (A distinctive feature of this training is the use of videotapes of workplace conflicts for instruction.) The workshop includes role-plays so that each participant can develop and practice his/her skills. Carls grasp of the material and his ability to teach it are amazing. The course material is substantial, clear and all-inclusive. "I would recommend this course to all my family law attorney friends." David C. Minicozzi, attorney, Branford, Connecticut

Dates/Times:

Friday, February 14, 2020 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, February 15, 2020 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, February 16, 2020 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 24

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.Mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before Jan. 20th - $965
Cost with CLEs: $965 - 37 sub/2 ethics (You file & pay for your own CLEs

After Jan. 20th - $1,045 Cost with CLEs: $1,045

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

40 Hour Basic Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to enable participants to work effectively with parties involved in disputes. It is for anyone - attorneys, managers, human service professionals, educators, religious leaders, private practitioners and persons in organizations who want to incorporate mediation in their professional skills. This is a highly interactive workshop, using a wide range of formats including video, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, story and music. The workshop, with a 400-page Manual, covers the basic content areas of mediation. This training presents a six-stage model of the mediation process and focuses on the skills involved in becoming an effective mediator. Transformative, interesting, challenging, complete exciting, exhausting, well-structured and delivered in an expert fashion made accessible to newcomers. Maria Di Miceli, attorney, Washington, D.C.

Dates/Times:

Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, March 6, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 8, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, March 9, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before February 5th - $1,365
Cost with CLEs: $1,365 - 37 sub/2 ethics (You file & pay for your own CLEs)

After February 5th - $1,465

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to help you work with divorcing families. Past participants tell us that this is some of the best professional training they have ever received. Our workshop uses an interactive format with role play, videotapes of mediations, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, and even music and poetry. Our 450-page manual covers all the basic content areas of divorce mediation, including property division, support and parenting arrangements. A distinctive feature of this training is extensive use of videotapes for instruction, including tapes of actual mediations. We will also provide you with a computer disk with the forms we use with clients. The workshop includes a minimum of six mediation role-plays so that each participant can practice and develop his/her skills. (ACR approved) Exceeded my expectations; the best money Ive ever spent on an educational program. I wish Id taken (it) earlier in my career&Trainers care about your development&Highly recommended! Aaron Fray, attorney, Newark, Delaware

Dates/Times:

Thursday, April 23, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, April 24, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, April 25, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, April 26, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, April 27, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before March 23rd - $1,385
Cost with CLEs: $1,385 - 37 sub/1 ethics; You file & pay for your own CLEs

After March 23rd - $1,475 Cost with CLEs: $1,475

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

20 Hour Child Access Mediation Training

Description

This interactive workshop, with a 300-page Manual, focuses on the skills Involved in becoming an effective mediator with parents who are separating. The workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to enable participants to work effectively with divorcing and unmarried parents who need help in developing a parenting plan at the same they are ending their intimate relationship.Topics include screening for and addressing domestic violence, child development theory: its use and abuse in custody cases, the 50/50% myth, how to talk about custody and visitation, distress and disorder: emotional aspects of separation and divorce, the relation and bifurcation of custody and child support, and parenting plans for very young children. A distinctive feature of this training is extensive use of videotapes for instruction, including tapes of actual mediations.

Dates/Times:

Friday, May 15, 2020 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday, May 16, 2020 9 am - 6 pm
Sunday, May 17, 2020 9 am - 1 pm

Total Hours: 20

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.Mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph. D.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before April 14th - $775
Cost with CLEs: $775 - 20 CLEs (You file & pay for your own CLEs)

After April 14th - $855

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to help you work with divorcing families. Past participants tell us that this is some of the best professional training they have ever received. Our workshop uses an interactive format with role play, videotapes of mediations, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, and even music and poetry. Our 400-page manual covers all the basic content areas of divorce mediation, including property division, support and parenting arrangements. A distinctive feature of this training is extensive use of videotapes for instruction, including tapes of actual mediations. We will also provide you with a computer disk with the forms we use with clients. The workshop includes a minimum of six mediation role-plays so that each participant can practice and develop his/her skills. (ACR approved) Exceeded my expectations; the best money Ive ever spent on an educational program. I wish Id taken (it) earlier in my career&Trainers care about your development&Highly recommended! Aaron Fray, attorney, Newark, Delaware

Dates/Times:

Thursday, June 4, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, June 5, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, June 6, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, June 7, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, June 8, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Rockville, MD

Cost & Credits

Before May 3rd - $1,385
Cost with CLEs: $1,385 - 37 sub/1 ethics; You file & pay for your own CLEs

After May 3rd - $1,475 Cost with CLEs: $1,475

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

40 Hour Basic Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to enable participants to work effectively with parties involved in disputes. It is for anyone - attorneys, managers, human service professionals, educators, religious leaders, private practitioners and persons in organizations who want to incorporate mediation in their professional skills. This is a highly interactive workshop, using a wide range of formats including video, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, story and music. The workshop, with a 400-page Manual, covers the basic content areas of mediation. The training presents a six-stage model of the mediation process and focuses on the skills involved in becoming an effective mediator. (ACR approved)

Dates/Times:

Thursday, August 6, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, August 7, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, August 8, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, August 9, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, August 10, 2018 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before July 5th - $1,365
Cost with CLEs: $1,365 - 37 sub/2 ethics (You file & pay for your own CLEs)

After July 5th - $1,465

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

20 Hour Child Access Mediation Training

Description

This interactive workshop, with a 300-page Manual, focuses on the skills Involved in becoming an effective mediator with parents who are separating. The workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to enable participants to work effectively with divorcing and unmarried parents who need help in developing a parenting plan at the same they are ending their intimate relationship. Topics include screening for and addressing domestic violence, child development theory: its use and abuse in custody cases, the 50/50% myth, how to talk about custody and visitation, distress and disorder: emotional aspects of separation and divorce, the relation and bifurcation of custody and child support, and parenting plans for very young children. A distinctive feature of this training is extensive use of videotapes for instruction, including tapes of actual mediations.

Dates/Times:

Friday, September 11, 2020 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday, September 12, 2020 9 am - 6 pm
Sunday, September 13, 2020 9 am - 1 pm

Total Hours: 20

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.Mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph. D.

Location: Rockville, MD

Cost & Credits

Before August 10th - $795
Cost with CLEs: $795 - 20 CLEs (You file & pay for your own CLEs)

After August 10th - $885

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to help you work with divorcing families. Past participants tell us that this is some of the best professional training they have ever received. Our workshop uses an interactive format with role play, videotapes of mediations, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, and even music and poetry. Our 400-page manual covers all the basic content areas of divorce mediation, including property division, support and parenting arrangements. A distinctive feature of this training is extensive use of videotapes for instruction, including tapes of actual mediations. We will also provide you with a computer disk with the forms we use with clients. The workshop includes a minimum of six mediation role-plays so that each participant can practice and develop his/her skills. (ACR approved) Exceeded my expectations; the best money Ive ever spent on an educational program. I wish Id taken (it) earlier in my career&Trainers care about your development&Highly recommended! Aaron Fray, attorney, Newark, Delaware

Dates/Times:

Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, October 17, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, October 18, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, October 19, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Rockville, MD

Cost & Credits

Before Sept. 14th - $1,385
Cost with CLEs: $1,385 - 37 sub/1 ethics; You file & pay for your own CLEs

After Sept. 14th - $1,475 Cost with CLEs: $1,475

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

40 Hour Basic Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to enable participants to work effectively with parties involved in disputes. It is for anyone - attorneys, managers, human service professionals, educators, religious leaders, private practitioners and persons in organizations who want to incorporate mediation in their professional skills. This is a highly interactive workshop, using a wide range of formats including video, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, story and music. The workshop, with a 400-page Manual, covers the basic content areas of mediation. This training presents a six-stage model of the mediation process and focuses on the skills involved in becoming an effective mediator. Transformative, interesting, challenging, complete exciting, exhausting, well-structured and delivered in an expert fashion made accessible to newcomers. Maria Di Miceli, attorney, Washington, D.C.

Dates/Times:

Thursday, November 5, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, November 6, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, November 7, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, November 8, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, November 9, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before Oct. 4th - $1,365
Cost with CLEs: $1,365 - 37 sub/2 ethics (You file & pay for your own CLEs)

After Oct. 4th - $1,465

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

Marital Property Mediation Training

Description

This training focuses on the skills needed to be an effective mediator in the financial areas of divorce. The workshop, with Manual, covers the basic economic issues of divorce. Topics include: mediating alimony: the hardest issue; divorce software programs (FinPlan, Equal Shares, & Family Law Software); apologies: their surprising importance in mediation; addressing what if it isnt fair?; and using caucus effectively and selectively. The only prerequisite for this training is that you have already completed a forty-hour mediation training.

Dates/Times:

Friday, November 13, 2020 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday, November 14, 2020 9 am - 6 pm
Sunday, November 15, 2020 9 am - 1 pm

Total Hours: 20

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before Oct. 12th - $705
Cost with CLEs: $775 -

After Oct. 12th - $855 Cost with CLEs: $855

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training

Description

This workshop is designed to provide both hands-on training and a clear framework to help you work with divorcing families. Past participants tell us that this is some of the best professional training they have ever received. Our workshop uses an interactive format with role play, videotapes of mediations, demonstrations, lectures, discussions, simulations, and even music and poetry. Our 450-page manual covers all the basic content areas of divorce mediation, including property division, support and parenting arrangements. A distinctive feature of this training is extensive use of videotapes for instruction, including tapes of actual mediations. We will also provide you with a computer disk with the forms we use with clients. The workshop includes a minimum of six mediation role-plays so that each participant can practice and develop his/her skills. (ACR approved) Exceeded my expectations; the best money Ive ever spent on an educational program. I wish Id taken (it) earlier in my career&Trainers care about your development&Highly recommended! Aaron Fray, attorney, Newark, Delaware

Dates/Times:

Thursday, December 10, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, December 11, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, December 13, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, December 14, 2020 8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 40

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., & Audrey M. Yowell, Ph.D., M.S.S.S.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before Nov. 9th - $1,385
Cost with CLEs: $1,385 - 37 sub/1 ethics; You file & pay for your own CLEs

After Nov. 9th - $1,475 Cost with CLEs: $1,475

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330

24-Hour Business and Employment Mediation Workshop

Description

This workshop is for anyone interested in developing mediation skills for use in business and workplace disputes. The workshop is relevant for attorneys and managers interested in workplace mediation, human resource professionals and persons responsible for staff development in their own organization, as well as private practitioners and mediators who want to expand their practice. (The workshop, with a 400-page manual, focuses on the process and the skills involved in becoming an effective workplace mediator. Our focus is on business, with attention focused on family businesses; workplace mediation, especially one-on-one employee grievances; and employment disputes, including discrimination related to age, race, and disabilities, and sexual harassment complaints. (A distinctive feature of this training is the use of videotapes of workplace conflicts for instruction.) The workshop includes role-plays so that each participant can develop and practice his/her skills. Carls grasp of the material and his ability to teach it are amazing. The course material is substantial, clear and all-inclusive. "I would recommend this course to all my family law attorney friends." David C. Minicozzi, attorney, Branford, Connecticut

Dates/Times:

Friday, February 19, 2021 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, February 20, 2021 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, February 21, 2021 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Total Hours: 24

Sponsor: Mediation Matters

Website: www.Mediationmatters.com

Trainers: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D.

Location: Kensington, MD

Cost & Credits

Before Jan. 20th - $965
Cost with CLEs: $965 - 37 sub/2 ethics (You file & pay for your own CLEs

After Jan. 20th - $1,045 Cost with CLEs: $1,045

* Members of the PA Council of Mediators receive a 10% discount, not to exceed $50, on this training. Please contact the trainer directly to obtain the discount. *

Contact

Name: Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D., Director
Email: Email Contact
Phone: 301-581-0330