In March the CDR held its bi-annual 40-hour civil and family mediation training, and once again filled the training to capacity with professionals and students anxious to build their mediation skills.
This training event brought together 25 experienced mediators who offered training, guest lectures, and coaching advice to the participants in attendance over the course of the 5-day training. The CDR was also thrilled to offer over $15,000 in scholarships to support the attendance of students at this professional training event.
What did attendees think of these event? Here are a few highlights from the training evaluations:
- I really appreciated the multiple and varied learning modalities – gain content from a lecture, then see it on film, then try it in role play, then discuss it in small groups.
- The information given by different coaches showed different ways of mediating.
- The presenters who came in were wonderful and very good at facilitating dialogue between participants and sharing experiences.
- I really appreciated meeting different people from different backgrounds to provide different perspectives – especially different coaches.
- I definitely feel much better prepared to go out and mediate.
- I believe this training will impact me professionally because I was able to learn a new skill, but anything with conflict helps me personally as well!
- This will definitely help my communication skills with clients.