Family mediation is challenging work requiring a commitment to the development of professional skills and practice, an ability to reflect upon and enter into critical analysis of performance and an ability to produce professional documents to tight timescales. Family mediation requires personable, articulate and assertive individuals who have good listening skills and practical experience of working with individuals and couples. The impact of a separation and divorce on all people involved, including children, can be difficult. Students will learn about the impact on families and how they must be carefully approached. The Managing Family Dynamics training course will teach students about the structure, function, and roles within a family system as it relates to the family mediation setting.

Required textbook: Art and Practice of Mediation, 2nd Edition & Choices in Approaching Conflict: Understanding the Practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution Book Bundle – $113 – $168 (digital or print), The Family Dispute Resolution Handbook, 6th Edition – $125-145 (digital or print).

Live session/role play times: 6:30 – 8:30 PM EDT/EST, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (mandatory).