Thu, Feb 06
|Minneapolis
Family Mediation Training Feb. 6 - 8 and 13 - 15, 2025
Cost $1600 per person, an invoice will be sent upon completion of your registration. Please watch for an email subject line: You received a new invoice (#000000)
Time & Location
Feb 06, 2025, 8:00 AM – Feb 15, 2025, 5:00 PM
Minneapolis, 701 N Washington Ave Suite 700, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA
About the event
MN Board of CLE - pending
MN Board of Psychology - pending
MN Board of Social Work - pending
MN Board of MFT - pending
ADR - pending
MN Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (LACD) - pending
MN Board of Behavior Health and Therapy (LPC/LPCC) - pending
Feb. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
HYBRID - Live/Virtual
Description:
This training meets the requirements for the Minnesota Rule 114 qualified neutral roster for family mediation. In this 40 hour training, experienced Mediators, Kate Stevens, Jennifer Prax, and Zak Chesson will lead topics which include the process of mediation, public versus private sector mediation, the practical components of facilitating mediations, child development, family law, domestic abuse, and other dynamics of divorce are covered. Each day will include mediation role-playing where participations will apply the skills learned from each topic by acting as a mediator and parties in different scenarios that incorporate aspects of the training.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn about the different styles of mediation, with an emphasis on facilitative model in family law mediation, the mediation process, and the role of the mediator/neutral.
Participants will learn and be able to apply negotiation, conflict resolution, and other skills related to mediation
Participants will develop an understanding about child development, psychodynamics of divorce, domestic abuse, and mental health issues
Participants will gain broad overview regarding family law, including financial components such as property division and alimony, custody and parenting time, and child support
Participants will understand the different rules and guidelines relating to best practices, ethical rules, and laws/regulations relating to alternative dispute resolution
Participants will gain skills through daily practice of concepts via simulations
Discuss and reflect how our experiences and biases impact our ability to be neutral, impartial, and unbiased. Neutrality is a key component of alternate dispute resolution. Those involved, directly or indirectly, in the legal profession, or those who either participate in or facilitate ADR sessions, must recognize that you cannot be neutral or impartial without first acknowledging everyone, including ourselves, holds biases. It is integral that we identify how our biases impact our work and how to counteract them. Mr. Reid will lead the discussion on implicit bias, methods on how to identify our biases, and share perspectives on challenging them in order to become an effective, neutral, mediator or legal professional.