- Advanced family mediation training
- Basic or Transformative Mediation training is a prerequisite. 
- Advanced Family is 16 Hours
- The 40 Hour Divorce begins with the 16 Hour Family
- 40 Hour Divorce Meets Supreme Court Training Requirement for Referrals

These interrelated trainings are designed for those interested in using mediation with families and for professionals desiring to conduct court referred pre and post decree divorce and custody mediations.

The Family Mediation Training is designed for professionals and other interested persons and teaches how to use mediation both with families and between families as well as social service organizations. End-of-life decisions, elder and child care and youth issues are just some of the situations where mediation skills can help parties communicate better to find lasting solutions to their circumstances.

The Family Mediation Program

The family mediation program of CMC helps families make important decisions about the future of their relationship and child custody and visitation arrangements. For over twenty years, CMC has been helping families who contact us directly or are referred by the court or social service agencies. CMC accepts referrals at any stage of the dispute. Trained community volunteers conduct the mediations.

Recognized nationally and on the state level, senior staff incorporate principles of community mediation, teach and use a transformative approach, and design all mediations with the safety of the participants as the prime concern. Parties are treated respectfully and encouraged to define what problems they want to work on and in what fashion.

Staff meets separately with those involved at an initial interview. The highly skilled mediators hear the parties stories, ascertain that everyone is freely choosing to participate, and determines if a mediation would be an appropriate conflict resolution strategy. Schedules are discussed and fee arrangements are made. CMC is committed to removing barriers to quality mediation service and charges on a sliding fee basis.

All CMC mediators have fulfilled the requirements set by the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in the Rule of Superintendence #16. CMC mediators are supervised by senior staff that has more than 40 years of mediation experiences, which include, teaching at colleges and universities, offering specialized trainings in domestic abuse and truancy mediation, and publishing numerous articles in professional and academic journals.

For more information, please contact Ed Boyte, via email, or 216-621-1919, Ext. 103.

Advanced Family Mediation Training Schedule (16 hours)

The 40 Hour Divorce Training covers screenings and pre-interviews with interested parties, agenda setting, parenting plans, division of assets and support issues.  The emphasis is on how to use mediation skills to help parties make their own decisions in a very difficult time.
 
Payment for the Divorce Training is due at the time of registration.
There is a minimum number of advanced paid registrations
needed to go forward with this training. If this number is not met, 100% refunds will be issued. We recommend checks be mailed to CMC, but credit card payments via PayPal are also accepted. Checks won’t be cashed until minimum number is reached.

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