48-hour Divorce & Custody / Domestic Relations Mediation and Domestic Violence Screening Training
Overview
This training—approved by the Michigan State Court Administrative Office (SCAO)—is designed to teach participants the skills necessary to act as mediators in facilitating the resolution of divorce and custody disputes. It is the first step for any individual who wishes to mediate privately or qualify for the circuit court roster approved list of mediators. This training combines our 40-hour Divorce and Custody Mediation Training and SCAO-required 8-hour Domestic Violence Screening Training. This is the premier domestic relations training in the country; past attendees have told us that our training is the best they've ever received. We're confident you'll feel the same about your experience with us.
What to expect
Through a combination of role play, lecture, simulation, discussion and videotapes of actual mediation, this workshop takes participants through the process of divorce and custody mediation from the screening session to the completed memorandum of agreement. Each workshop covers the following:
- Effective conflict management
- Mediation techniques
- Power balancing
- Support and parenting arrangements
- Custody issues
- Property division
- Tax, pension, and financial issues
- The emotional stages of divorce
- Working constructively with attorneys
- Using experts in mediation
- Screening for domestic violence and other impediments to mediation
- Ethics and standards of practice
- Professional development
You'll also receive a comprehensive training manual and ready-to-use forms.
Attendance at each workshop is limited to assure direct feedback and coaching in role plays. We also connect participants to observation and continuing education programs.
This program is approved by the Michigan State Court Administrative Office as a Domestic Relations Mediation Training and Domestic Violence Screening Training.
Sample Agenda
Below are sample agendas for each of the two components of our 48-hour Divorce & Custody and Domestic Violence Screening training.
40-Hour Divorce & Custody Component
Day One
8:15 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Introduction to Divorce Mediation Video
9:20 a.m. Overview of Training
9:35 a.m. Divorce Mediation Overview
10:20 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. The Emotional Divorce Process and Mediation
11:35 a.m. Stage M: Separate Screening Interviews
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Stage M: Demonstration and Practice
2:00 p.m. Stage E: Explain the Process/Orientation
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Orientation Session Role Play
4:45 p.m. Working with Lawyers in Mediation
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
Day Two
8:30 a.m. Mediation Statutes and Court Rules
9:30 a.m. Mediation and the Legal Process
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Property, Taxes, and Pensions / Financial Video
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Drawing out Information: Property Information Role Play
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Drawing out Information: Budgeting in Mediation Role Play
4:30 p.m. Child Support and Maintenance in Mediation
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
Day Three
8:30 a.m. Conflict Management
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Conflict Management, cont'd
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Framing Issues in Mediation – Stage I Exercise
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Parents and Children and Divorce; Never Married Parents
5:00 p.m. Parenting Arrangements in Agreements
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
Day Four
8:30 a.m. Videotape Analysis: Michael and Debbie
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Mediation Techniques
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Parenting Statement Role Play
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Parenting Plan Role Play – Stages D through E
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
Day Five
8:30 a.m. Property Distribution Role Play
10:00 a.m Break
10:15 a.m. Property Distribution Role Play, cont'd
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Impediments to Mediation: Child Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
2:00 p.m. Writing Agreements – Stage E
3:30 p.m Break
3:45 p.m. Ethics and Standards Exercise
5:15 p.m. Evaluation and Closing
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
8-Hour Domestic Violence Screening Component
8:15 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Check in and Introductions and Overview
8:45 a.m. Discussion of Self-Assessment Tool
9:15 a.m. Why Intimate Partner Violence Issues Are Important for Mediation Four Principles/Appropriateness Why Victims/Survivors do or don’t want to mediate; Why Abusers do or don’t want to mediate
9:45 a.m. Nature and Dynamics of Intimate Partner Abuse/Violence
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Abuser behavior: (1) strategic, deliberate, cost-benefit; (2) engaging, charming, seeks allies or to disarm survivor’s possible allies; if that fails, may seek to intimidate
11:15 a.m. Video: “It’s Not Like I Hit Her” and 1st scenario of Female Abusers (Cynthia)
12-1:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Fish Bowl Role Plays
2:15 p.m. Discussion of role plays
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Exploring Safety Options, Facilitating Safe Termination, Creating Specialized Process
3:45 p.m. Triads – Practicing safety options, safe termination, specialized process
4:45 – 5:15 p.m. Discussion and evaluation
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
Costs
Costs are determined by the training sponsor.
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