FALL 2018
BASIC MEDIATION WORKSHOP
Join Us & Get a Handle on Conflict! If you manage conflict in your work, are exploring mediation as a possible future vocation or want to learn about mediation as a resource for clients, this workshop in basic mediation techniques is for you. A mediator guides difficult discussions, encouraging people to find a satisfactory outcome. Mediation can help resolve disputes among co-workers, neighbors, business partners or business owners and clients. PARTICIPANTS IN THIS DYNAMIC THREE-AND-A-HALF-DAY WORKSHOP LEARN AND PRACTICE SKILLS IN: • Identifying and framing issues • Listening for interests SCHEDULE & TUITION Workshops are offered each fall & spring. Fall dates for 2018 are November 14–17.
• Controlling the process • Helping disputants solve problems • Finalizing agreements • Handling special problems in mediation
For full schedule and registration information please visit our website at: champlain.edu/mediation Workshop tuition: $1,100 $900 for non-profits with under 50 employees
FOR MORE INFORMATION Susannah Eriksson
[email protected] 802.865.5441
AFTER COMPLETING THE WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS WILL: • Have an enhanced understanding of their own conflict style, strengths and challenges • Have an entry-level understanding of the mediation process, including the “flow” of mediation, guidelines for the process and ethical considerations • Have an understanding of impartiality and how to maintain an impartial stance • Be able to use reflective listening, framing and questions as basic tools of conflict resolution • Be able to identify interests and issues in a dispute and use that identification to assist parties in working toward resolution • Have a fundamental understanding of how some of the tools and processes of mediation can be adapted to their own workplace
REGISTER ONLINE This workshop has been approved by the Vermont Board of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education for 26.25 hours, and by the Vermont Secretary of State for 8 hours of Continuing Education for Real Estate professionals. CEUs are available; contact us for more information. 18-GRAD-8075-6/18-PDF
champlain.edu/mediation-register
