Center for
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation Training
Program Goal- This 40-hour training, designed to teach participants to apply sound mediation practices and principles while managing/resolving disputes, meets the requirements of Maryland Rule 17-106. Participants will learn to utilize a full range of effective mediation skills, techniques, and strategies.
- The contents of this training revolve around the mediation process, the mediator's role, and the understanding and application of mediation theory and practice.
The participants will learn how to use mediation to resolve disputes within their fields of expertise. In addition, participants will learn how the mediation process is used to resolve conflicts in a variety of complex disputes involving multiple parties, differing power balances, interests, values, and contexts. Participants will develop the necessary analytical skills to understand and shape the mediation process to accommodate any dispute.
| Knowledge: | Participants will learn the stages of the mediation process and the applicable theories. |
| Skills: | Participants will learn specific mediation techniques and a systematic method of utilizing them at each stage of the mediation process. |
| Abilities: | Participants will learn and understand how the mediation model works for all types of disputes, and will learn how to apply his or her professional and personal knowledge and abilities to enhance the process. |
| Confidence: | Through practice, experience, knowledge, and positive feedback, the participants will acquire the confidence to utilize their mediation skills in a variety of conflicts. |
| Growth: | Participants will experience personal and professional growth. |
Training Includes...
| Short Lectures - brief oral presentations used as precursors to an exercise, a group discussion or a role play. |
| Exercises - short experiential activities designed to focus on specific skills or to realize specific personal characteristics. |
| Role Plays - simulated scenarios devised for learning and practicing mediation techniques. |
| Group Discussions - an exchange of ideas, experiences, or an analysis of a topic, exercise or role play. |
| Videos - for technique demonstration and reinforcement. |
| A Training Manual - for delineation of the mediation process and mediation techniques. |
| A Certificate of Completion - will be provided to those who complete the 40-hour training. |