CMCRI 40-HOUR MEDIATION TRAINING
Winter 2020 Class
January 22, 23, 24, 28 & 29, 2020
CMCRI’s Mediation Training is a highly interactive 40-hour course that provides participants with the fundamentals of the mediation process which includes facilitative, transformative, evaluative and directive.
Over the course of five classes, we’ll cover:
• Conflict Theory and Styles
• Role of the Mediator
• Role of Confidentiality and Neutrality
• Building Trust and Setting the Stage
• Active Listening
• Identification of Positions and Interests
• Reframing and Summarizing Techniques
• Setting an Agenda
• Dealing with Impasse
• Agreement Writing
• Ethics and Standards of Practice
• Mediation with Represented Parties
• Unauthorized Practice of Law
The training is focused on practical skill-building with many group exercises and role-plays. While this course is open to anyone, it fulfills the Rhode Island statute training requirement for mediators.
This course is also approved as CLE/CEU credit for Rhode Island attorneys and social workers. The 40-hour training is designed to qualify for 20 RI MCLE credits. Attorneys seeking credit must apply for individual course accreditation via Appendix G within the Rhode Island Supreme Court Attorney Portal.
Training Fee is $995.00
Winter 2020 Class
January 22, 23, 24, 28 & 29, 2020
CMCRI’s Mediation Training is a highly interactive 40-hour course that provides participants with the fundamentals of the mediation process which includes facilitative, transformative, evaluative and directive.
Over the course of five classes, we’ll cover:
• Conflict Theory and Styles
• Role of the Mediator
• Role of Confidentiality and Neutrality
• Building Trust and Setting the Stage
• Active Listening
• Identification of Positions and Interests
• Reframing and Summarizing Techniques
• Setting an Agenda
• Dealing with Impasse
• Agreement Writing
• Ethics and Standards of Practice
• Mediation with Represented Parties
• Unauthorized Practice of Law
The training is focused on practical skill-building with many group exercises and role-plays. While this course is open to anyone, it fulfills the Rhode Island statute training requirement for mediators.
This course is also approved as CLE/CEU credit for Rhode Island attorneys and social workers. The 40-hour training is designed to qualify for 20 RI MCLE credits. Attorneys seeking credit must apply for individual course accreditation via Appendix G within the Rhode Island Supreme Court Attorney Portal.
Training Fee is $995.00
Mediation is a process in which an impartial mediator facilitates productive communication and negotiation by the parties in dispute, and helps them explore options for moving forward. Mediation provides parties the opportunity to define and clarify their issues, understand their different perspectives, identify their interests, explore possible solutions, and work towards reaching mutually satisfactory agreements.
Mediation is...
Mediation is not a determination of who is right and wrong, and the mediator is not a judge, fact-finder, or decision-maker. Mediators do not give legal advice. Choosing to mediate does not preclude you from your right to try other options such as litigation or arbitration.
A landlord/tenant mediation success story
A local affordable housing complex referred two families to CMCRI. Both families had been engaged in an extended feud that had resulted in multiple complaints to the management and Providence Police by members of both families and by their neighbors. Frustrated by its inability to dispel the fighting between the families, the management staff in the housing complex let the families know that they were both facing eviction unless they were willing to work on the issues in a mediated setting. CMCRI staff then engaged in several weeks of behind the scenes shuttle diplomacy to promote trust in and understanding of the process, to perform intakes, and to get all parties to agree to come to the table. On the day of the mediation the parties refused to look at one another and tensions ran high. Both families had several years of grievances they wished to discuss. The conversation took a turning point, however, when the mediator asked the adults in each family why they were there. All acknowledged that maintaining the housing situation was important to the economic survival of their families. With the assistance of the mediator, they were able to identify shared frustrations, shared concerns, and common goals. Common concerns revolved around the stability of their families, the success and safety of their children, and the comfort of their residence. After an extended mediation session, the parties identified many solutions for jointly resolving the problem, one of which included putting in a request that the complex management allow the smaller of the two families to move to an apartment anticipated to be vacant within a month. The family members also discussed expectations and conduct when they crossed paths within and outside the complex. The session concluded with the parties all shaking hands, the tension visibly gone from the group. |
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