Trainings & Workshops
CMCRI offers customized training seminars and workshops to individuals and groups around constructive dialogue and conflict management and resolution for both personal and professional settings, and around personal, professional, and civic issues.

We provide regular workshops and can also design custom-tailored programs to best meet your needs. They can range from a few hours to multiple-day intensive programs.

Our workshops engage and educate participants in an interactive, safe environment. Experienced and skilled trainers teach principles and practical, useful tools that can be used immediately.

Mediation Training
CMCRI provides multiple 40-hour mediation trainings annually. This course is approved for 20 MCLE credits for RI attorneys.  Attorneys wishing to receive MCLE credits must apply via Appendix G on the Supreme Court Attorney Portal at www.courts.ri.gov.  A certificate of completion is issued to all participants, qualifying them under the Rhode Island statute R.I.G.L. Sec. 9-19-44 to ensure confidentiality in the disputes they mediate. 

Conflict Resolution Training in Schools
CMCRI provides peer conflict resolution training that is developmentally appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school students. Students leave the training understanding the concepts and having the beginning skills needed to manage conflict. CMCRI works with schools to set up these programs. 

Conflict Resolution Trainings
CMCRI offers such as conflict resolution, mediation, meeting facilitation, and communication skills workshops for a variety of groups and organizations, individualized to meet any specific needs. Not-for-profit organizations are charged at a discounted rate. Please contact us for information about fees and availability.
CMCRI'S CONTINUING EDUCATION
Communications Workshop
By listening, we show others respect. By reflecting what we hear, we communicate understanding and by providing the space for others to express their concerns, we provide a supportive environment. This is the key to relationship building.  In this fun and interactive workshop, we will learn and practice these core skills. 
May 20, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
$295 includes lunch

Conflict Resolution Workshop
Many of us are so wired to quickly solve problems that we often fail to understand the problem and the person before we offer solutions.  In this workshop, we will examine what triggers conflict and learn tools that build understanding and empathy.  By utilizing active listening skills, learning to ask open-ended questions and managing assumptions, participants will better understand how to prevent, manage and resolve conflict.  
May 27, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
​$295 includes lunch


Contact info@CMCRI.org or call (401) 273-9999 to register.

Recent Program Offerings

  • 40-HOUR MEDIATION TRAINING
  • Spring 2020
  • April 22, 23, 24, 28 & 29, 2020
  • ​Fall 2020
  • October 16, 17, 18, 23 & 24
  • All classes are held over five days from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm at: 
  • CMCRI's New Office
  • 641 Bald Hill Road, Suite 201
  • Warwick, RI 02886​

  • 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.  
 
A certificate of completion is issued to all participants, qualifying them under the RI Statute R.I.G.L. Sec. 9-19-44 to ensure confidentiality in the disputes they mediate.