Metropolitan Mediation Services Mediation Training Opportunities

Mediation Trainings

Apr-May or June 2012

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!!! EARLY-ENROLLMENT DISCOUNT: 20% ($145) discount for registration and full tuition payment by the early-enrollment deadline for trainings through june, 2012 !!!

Metropolitan Mediation Services offers 36 hour Certificate Programs of Training in Mediation. These trainings satisfy the provisions of the rule 8 guidelines of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Uniform Rules on Dispute Resolution. CEU credits are available for Social Workers, PDP credits for educators, and CE credits for Licensed Mental Health Counselors.

What does it take to become a professional mediator?

Please read our Certification and Career FAQ before applying to our training.

Training Overview

Some areas covered by the training include:

Understanding conflict and the range of chosen or reflexive responses.

Communication skills that build relationships and understandings.

Managing a negotiation and exchange of offers.

Addressing issues of power and power balances.

Creating strategies for agreement.

Training methods include:

A demonstration of a mediation for trainees to observe.

Presentations and discussions about concepts of dispute resolution.

Exercises to illustrate and build dispute resolution skills.

Nine supervised role play mediations with individual feedback and group debriefings.

Large and small group discussions and exercises

Individual evaluation of each trainee.

Materials

Participants will receive a binder of training materials; the book The Mediators Handbook (Included in your tuition! List price: $24.95); articles and handouts, and, upon successful completion, a certificate of training (See our Certification and Career FAQ).

Cost

$725 tuition ($580 for "early-enrollment" registrations) includes:

36 hour training leading to a certificate of completion. (See our Certification and Career FAQ)

Demonstration of a mediation by trainers.

Participation in 9 individually coached role play simulations.

Binder of training materials.

The Mediators Handbook (Included in your tuition! List price: $24.95)

Friday and Saturday breakfasts; Ample snacks and refreshments throughout.

A non-refundable $100 deposit is due with each application.
Applications will be considered on a first come basis.

Below: Participating in a large-group exercise

Below: A mediation role play supervised by a trainer/coach

Below: Certificates being signed by MMS Founder and a final group photo.

MMS Trainers

Joshua Jacks is Director of M.M.S. He has been a mediator since 1981 and has trained and supervised mediators since 1984 . He has mediated Medicare beneficiary-provider disputes and teaches in UMass Boston’s Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution.

Phillip Glenn, Ph.D., is a Professor of Communication Studies at Emerson College, Boston. He teaches courses in conflict, negotiation and organizational communication, and he conducts research on talk-in-interaction. He received his mediator certification from MMS and has mediated small claims court cases.

Robert Kline, J.D., is a mediator for M.M.S. and a trainer since 1997. He has taught at Northeastern University and Suffolk University Law Schools. He has mediated disputes regarding public housing, landlord‑tenant, and civil court cases.

Joan Sokoloff, MLS, LCSW, is M.M.S.’ founder. She has worked as a mediator in both the public and private sectors since 1986 and currently advises M.M.S. regarding its programs in the Boston Public Schools.

Douglas Sweet, Ph.D., J.D., supervises M.M.S.’ court mediators in Newton and mediates Eviction and other Civil cases. He also mediates Equal Employment Opportunity cases. Before attending law school he worked for thirteen years at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Douglas Thompson is a mediator and facilitator for The Keystone Center, prior to which he worked for many years at the US Environmental Protection Agency. He mediates in Mass. courts, and teaches in the Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution at UMass Boston.

Anita Aherne. LCSW, has trained in businesses, schools, and other organizations for over twenty years, specializing in Conflict Resolution and Communications. She is MMS’ Court Programs Coordinator, mediating and supervising newly trained mediators.

Additional trainers are practicing mediators, many from university, court, state or federal agency programs.

Dates and Times

Each 36 hour training takes place on two weekday evenings and four full days (Fridays and Saturdays) over a two week period. Trainees must attend all six sessions. Qualified applicants are accepted on a first come basis until the training fills.

* Late application? Call 617-241-0300 to learn if space is available.
!!! EARLY-ENROLL DISCOUNT: 20% ($145) discount for registration and full tuition payment by the early-enrollment deadline for trainings through june, 2012 !!!

Times Apr-May June

EARLY-ENROLL DISCOUNT DEADLINE
Thu
Mar 15 Thu
Apr 26

Application deadline *

Tue
Apr 17 Tue
May 29

First evening

6:30 to

10:00 PM
Tue
Apr 24 Tue
Jun 5

First Friday
and Saturday

9:00 AM to

5:00 PM
Apr
27 & 28 Jun
8 & 9

Second evening

6:30 to

10:00 P.M.
Tue
May 1 Tue
Jun 12

Second Friday
and Saturday

9:00 AM to

5:00 PM
May
4 & 5 Jun
15 & 16

* Late application? Call 617-241-0300 to learn if space is available.

Location

MMS' Mediation Training Center is located at
40 Webster Place, Brookline, MA (Click for map)

Walking Directions from Green Line Brookline Village station

The Mediation Training Center is in the Brookline Village neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. Brookline is a community immediately adjacent to (actually, almost surrounded by) Boston. Brookline Village is easily accessible by the"D" Green line trolley. There is onsite and street parking. The village is known for its interesting variety of shops and restaurants.

Application

Applications will be considered on a first come basis. Enrollment is limited.

Click here for online application or to be placed on our notification list

or...

For a printable brochure and application, click the link below. It may take a moment for this document to download, so please be patient. Please use the on-line application, above, if you are able.
Brochure and application in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.
To apply by mail, send the form from the brochure along with a non-refundable $100 deposit. Full tuition payment is required by the first day of training.

Return your application with your non-refundable $100 deposit to:

Your check should be made out to "BCMHC/MMS"

Please mail your payment to:

Mediation Training Application
Metropolitan Mediation Services,
40 Webster Place
Brookline, MA 02445-7937

Telephone (617) 241-0300
Fax (617) 734-6385

If you have any questions, e-mail to MMS Director Joshua Jacks or call (617) 241-0300

Metropolitan Mediation Services offers 36 hour Certificate Programs of Training in Mediation. These trainings satisfy the provisions of the rule 8 guidelines of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Uniform Rules on Dispute Resolution. CEU credits are available for Social Workers, PDP credits for educators, and CE credits for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. What does it take to become a professional mediator? Please read our Certification and Career FAQ before applying to our training. Training Overview Some areas covered by the training include: Understanding conflict and the range of chosen or reflexive responses. Communication skills that build relationships and understandings. Managing a negotiation and exchange of offers. Addressing issues of power and power balances. Creating strategies for agreement. Training methods include: A demonstration of a mediation for trainees to observe. Presentations and discussions about concepts of dispute resolution. Exercises to illustrate and build dispute resolution skills. Nine supervised role play mediations with individual feedback and group debriefings. Large and small group discussions and exercises Individual evaluation of each trainee. Materials Participants will receive a binder of training materials; the book The Mediators Handbook (Included in your tuition! List price: $24.95); articles and handouts, and, upon successful completion, a certificate of training (See our Certification and Career FAQ). Cost $725 tuition ($580 for "early-enrollment" registrations) includes: 36 hour training leading to a certificate of completion. (See our Certification and Career FAQ) Demonstration of a mediation by trainers. Participation in 9 individually coached role play simulations. Binder of training materials. The Mediators Handbook (Included in your tuition! List price: $24.95) Friday and Saturday breakfasts; Ample snacks and refreshments throughout. A non-refundable $100 deposit is due with each application. Applications will be considered on a first come basis.		Below: Participating in a large-group exercise



		Below: A mediation role play supervised by a trainer/coach


		Below: Certificates being signed by MMS Founder and a final group photo.

Mediation Trainings

Apr-May or June 2012

Training Overview

Materials

Cost

MMS Trainers

Dates and Times Each 36 hour training takes place on two weekday evenings and four full days (Fridays and Saturdays) over a two week period. Trainees must attend all six sessions. Qualified applicants are accepted on a first come basis until the training fills.

Location

Application

Click here for online application or to be placed on our notification list

Dates and Times

Each 36 hour training takes place on two weekday evenings and four full days (Fridays and Saturdays) over a two week period. Trainees must attend all six sessions. Qualified applicants are accepted on a first come basis until the training fills.