 40-Hour General Civil Mediator TrainingThis 40-hour State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) approved training is designed to teach participants the skills necessary to act as mediators in facilitating the resolution of general civil disputes. This training is the first step for any individual who wishes to mediate privately or qualify for the circuit court roster approved list of mediators. Participants will receive a detailed mediation manual and a jump-drive containing reproducible mediation forms. By the end of this training participants will be able to:
- Identify the various conflict management styles and how they can be used in dealing with conflict.
- Interpret nonverbal communication effectively to understand the messages being conveyed.
- Listen effectively using critical active-listening skills.
- Define issues, positions, interests, and emotions, and explore why they are important in mediation.
- Ask important questions to clarify, identify issues and provide new insight or meaning.
- Manage the emotional climate in mediation and manage power imbalances and conditions.
- Set the tone, establish ground rules and guidelines for the mediation session.
- Build an agenda that identifies and prioritizes the issues to be mediated.
- Guide the parties through the collaborative problem-solving work of negotiation.
- Understand the mechanics of writing the settlement agreement and closure of the mediation process.
Dates:September 13, 20, 27 October 4, 11, 2013 - Registration deadline 9/5/13. Click Here to Register
Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm daily
Cost: $1095 per person. Eligible for the No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) funding.
Practical Experience: Click here to learn about obtaining SCAO court roster requirements of 40 hours of experience, two observations, and one supervised mediation.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.
Audience: Any individual
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainer: Kenzi Bisbing
SW-CEU's: Available for 37.5 Social Work Credit Hours for an additional fee.
Questions: Contact OMC's Education Department at (248) 338-4280 ext. 216
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40-Hour Domestic Relations Mediator Training & Domestic Violence Screening Training
This 48-hour State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) approved training is designed to teach participants the skills necessary to act as mediators in facilitating the resolution of divorce and custody disputes. This training is the first step for any individual who wishes to mediate privately or qualify for the circuit court roster approved list of mediators. The training includes the SCAO required 8-hour Domestic Violence Screening Training. Participants will receive a detailed mediation manual and a jump-drive containing reproducible mediation forms. By the end of this training participants will be able to:
- Identify the various conflict management styles and how they can be used in dealing with conflict.
- Interpret nonverbal communication effectively to understand the messages being conveyed.
- Listen effectively using critical active-listening skills.
- Define issues, positions, interests, and emotions, and explore why they are important in mediation.
- Ask important questions to clarify, identify issues and provide new insight or meaning.
- Manage the emotional climate in mediation and manage power imbalances and conditions.
- Set the tone, establish ground rules and guidelines for the mediation session.
- Build an agenda that identifies and prioritizes the issues to be mediated.
- Guide the parties through the collaborative problem-solving work of negotiation.
- Understand the mechanics of writing the settlement agreement and closure of the mediation process.
Dates: October 18, 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013 - Registration deadline 10/11/13. Click Here to Register
Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm daily
Cost: $1390 per person - includes the SCAO required Domestic Violence Screening Training.
Practical Experience: Click here to learn about obtaining the SCAO court roster requirements of two observations and one supervised mediation.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.
Audience: Any individual
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Domestic Relations Mediation Trainer: Kenzi Bisbing
Domestic Violence Screening Trainers: Kenzi Bisbing, OMC Education Manager and Megan Widman, HAVEN Social Action Program Director
SW-CEU's: Available for 45 Social Work Credit Hours for an additional fee
Questions: Contact OMC's Education Department at (248) 338-4280 ext. 216
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The Mediator's Toolbox: Working as a team in managing conflict and dispute resolution.
How mediators handle conflict and the resulting tension and stress it creates, can either negatively or positively impact the outcome of the mediation. This is a State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) approved 8-hour advanced mediation training training.
In this interactive training participants will learn why conflict happens and useful strategies for managing disagreements while helping parties avoid being disagreeable. Participants will explore strategies to improve the mediation process that can help achieve successful and satisfying mediation outcomes. In addition to exploring conflict and communication styles that contribute to ongoing misunderstandings, participants will learn practical skills that mediators can use to diffuse the level of emotion, acknowledge hurt feelings, and take steps toward building lasting agreements. By the end of this training participants will be able to:
- Understand conflict and communication styles.
- Understand how assumptions and judgments interfere with a mediator's ability to stay neutral.
- Demonstrate listening skills and how to de-escalate inflammatory language.
- Model and identify strategies that can enhance the mediation process.
Time: 8 :30am to 5:00pm
Cost: $295 per person; $195 for Current CDRP Volunteers
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.
Audience:Mediators who have completed a 40-Hour SCAO Approved Mediator Training Program. This training is a SCAO approved 8-Hour Advanced Mediator Training.
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainers: Judith Bridges, JoAnna DeCamp, and Susan Lebold
Questions: Contact OMC's Education Department at (248) 338-4280 ext. 216
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8-Hour Domestic Violence Screening Training for Mediators
This 8-hour State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) approved training is designed to teach mediators how to screen divorce and custody cases for domestic violence to determine if mediation is appropriate. This training is a required supplemental training to the 40-Hour Domestic Relations Mediator Training. By the end of this training participants will be able to:
- Understand the nature and dynamics of domestic violence.
- Conduct the initial screening for domestic violence and on-going screening throughout the mediation sessions.
- Determine when it is appropriate to conduct mediation.
- Safely terminate the mediation session when issues of domestic violence surface in mediation.
Date: November 1, 2013 - Registration deadline 10/25/13. Click Here to Register
Time: 8 :30am to 5:00pm
Cost: $295 per person; $195 for Current CDRP Volunteers
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.
Audience: Mediators who have completed a 40-Hour SCAO Approved Mediator Training Program.
Advanced Training Requirements: This training counts as an 8-Hour Advanced Mediator Training ONLY for General Civil Mediators or Domestic Relations Mediators who previously took the 4-hour domestic violence screening training. A certificate of completion confirming attendance at the 4-hour domestic violence screening training is required for Domestic Mediators to verify that this training will count as an 8-Hour Advanced Mediator Training.
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainer: Kenzi Bisbing, OMC Education Manager and Medan Widman, HAVEN Social Action Program Director
Questions: Contact OMC's Education Department at (248) 338-4280 ext. 216
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Basic Conflict Resolution Workshop
This highly interactive training is specifically designed to equip individuals with the necessary skills to communicate and manage conflict effectively. By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Understand the various conflict management styles and how they can be used in dealing with conflict.
- Recognize their own personal communication style as well as those of others and how to adjust their style to effectively manage the conflict at hand.
- Effectively interpret nonverbal communication to understand the messages being conveyed.
- Listen effectively using critical active-listening skills.
- Ask important questions to help clarify, identify issues and provide new insight or meanings.
- Identify phrases or words that can cause a negative reaction and phrases or words that can create a positive reaction.
Please select the training session of your choice:
August 13, 2013 - Registration deadline 8/5/13. Click Here to Register
October 1, 2013 - Registration deadline 9/24/13. Click Here to Register
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm
Cost: $149 per person
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.
Audience: This training is ideal for any adult in the school, business, or community sector looking to enhance their communication and conflict management skills. - This training does NOT qualify as advanced mediator training.
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainer: Kenzi Bisbing
SW-CEU's: Available for 6.5 Social Work Credit Hours for an additional fee
Questions: Contact OMC's Education Department at (248) 338-4280 ext. 216
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Peers Making Peace: Facilitator Training
Peers Making Peace (PMP), a peer mediation program, is a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Model Program and an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Promising Program. PMP trains identified students as neutral third parties to intervene and assist other students in the resolution and management of interpersonal disputes. By the end of this training participants will be able to:
- Empower students to resolve their own conflict by learning to implement and design the PMP Peer Mediation Program to meet student and school needs.
- Reduce discipline referrals, assaults, and expulsions by learning to coordinate peer mediations and program success at your school.
- Sustain program efforts by receiving the skills and training manual needed to train students to become peer mediators.
Please select the training session of your choice:
November 6, 13, 20, 2013 - Registration deadline 10/30/13. Click Here to Register
Time: 8:00am to 4:00pm daily
Cost*:
- Existing PMP Gold Level programs: $300 per school staff
- Existing PMP Gold Level programs: $575 for two school staff
- New PMP programs: $950 for two school staff, Implementation Kit and Annual Site License Fee.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.
Audience: Current K-12 school personnel only.
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainer: Kenzi Bisbing
SW-CEU's: This workshop will provide 19.5 Continuing Education Hours for Social Workers for an additional fee of $50.
SB-CEU's: This workshop will provide 1.8 State Board Credit Hours for an additional fee of $25.
Questions: Contact Kenzi Bisbing at (248) 338-4280 ext. 216
*OMC has program implementation options designed to establish a sustainable foundation for your program by providing a Staff Overview, Implementation Team Workshop, Student Peer Mediator Training, Parents' Overview and two attendees at PMP Facilitator Training. For more information contact Kenzi Bisbing, Youth Services Manager, at (248) 338-4280 ext. 216.
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Restorative Practices: Building Classroom Connections
This highly interactive workshop equips school personnel with the necessary skills to facilitate the Restorative Practices Circle Process in their classrooms. A Restorative Practices Circle is not just a class meeting but a process by which people are brought together to both share and listen to the issues that impact them using the principals of restorative practices. By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Establish a positive community in their classroom by learning how to use the circle process in preventative ways.
- Effectively address classroom behaviors by using the circle process to engage students in problem solving.
- Expand their classroom management tool belt by applying restorative justice principals.
- Improve learning by creating a supportive classroom environment through stimulating discussion.
All participants will receive course materials and "The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools" by Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz and Judy H. Mullet.
Date: October 22, 2013 - Registration deadline 10/15/13. Click here to register.
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm daily
Cost:$149 per person.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.
Audience:Current K-12 school staff only. This training is ideal for teachers, social workers, and counselors looking for new tools to help have meaningful conversations with students and create connections in the classroom.
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainer: Kenzi Bisbing
SW-CEU's: This workshop will provide 6.5 Continuing Education Hours for Social Workers for an additional fee of $20.
SB-CEU's: This workshop will provide .6 State Board Credit Hours for an additional fee of $25.
Questions: Contact Kenzi Bisbing at (248) 338-4280, ext. 216.
Private professional development workshops are available for groups up to 20. $375 for 3 hours and $875 for 7 hours. Contact the training department at (248) 338-4280 ext 217 to schedule.
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Conflict Management In The Classroom
This highly interactive workshop equips school personnel with the necessary skills to both manage conflict in the classroom and educate their students on conflict resolution skills. By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Utilize hands on application of conflict management skills using a variety of school based scenarios that will help participants effectively manage student conflict.
- Transfer learned skills to students to help them manage their own conflicts.
- Utilize resources that both provide conflict resolution and core class learning through curriculum connections.
All participants will receive course materials and a conflict resolution curriculum.
Date: September 24, 2013 - Registration deadline 8/30/13. Click here to register.
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm daily
Cost:$149 per person.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and refreshments provided.
Audience: Current K-12 school staff only. This training is ideal for teachers, social workers, and counselors looking for new ways to educate students on conflict resolution skills while also making curriculum connections.
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainer: Kenzi Bisbing
SW-CEU's: This workshop will provide 6.5 Continuing Education Hours for Social Workers for an additional fee of $20.
SB-CEU's: This workshop will provide .6 State Board Credit Hours for an additional fee of $25.
Questions: Contact Kenzi Bisbing at (248) 338-4280, ext. 216.
Private professional development workshops are available for groups up to 20. $1,000 for 8 hours. Contact the training department at (248) 338-4280 ext 217 to schedule.
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Conflict Management In Special Education
When planning for children with special needs, it is crucial that IEP team meetings go well. This highly interactive workshop is designed to impart skills that help the IEP team effectively manage conflict prior to, during, and after IEP meetings. By the end of this training participants will be able to:
- Identify the various conflict management styles and how they can be used in dealing with conflict.
- Interpret nonverbal communication effectively to understand the messages being conveyed.
- Listen effectively using the five critical active-listening skills.
- Use effective questioning to help clarify, identify issues and provide new insight or meanings.
- Identify which phrases or words can cause a negative reaction and which phrases or words can create a positive reaction.
- Apply preventative strategies that can alleviate issues that arise during the IEP meeting.
Please select the training session of your choice:
Time: 8:00am to noon
Cost: Free for both public and private workshops.
Meals: Breakfast and refreshments provided.
Audience: This training is ideal for any school staff person working in special education or involved in the IEP process.
Location: Oakland Mediation Center
Trainer: Charity Burke
SW-CEU's: This workshop will provide Continuing Education Hours for Social Workers for an additional fee.
SB-CEU's: This workshop will provide State Board Credit Hours for an additional fee.
Questions: Contact Charity Burke at (248) 338-4280, ext. 226.
Private professional development workshops are available for groups between 10-20. Contact Charity Burke at (248) 338-4280, ext. 226 to schedule.
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Practical ExperienceIf you have received your 40-Hour Civil or Domestic Relations Mediator Certificate, you have already completed step one of the SCAO requirements to become an approved mediator. OMC offers a complete practical experience package for individuals who have previously completed their 40-hour mediator training and are in pursuit of becoming a Civil or Domestic Mediator and need to meet the State Court Administrative Office's requirements for circuit court list eligibility. Click here to download the application.
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