Basic Transformative Mediation Training

The Mediation Center of Dutchess County is offering a basic transformative mediation training June 1, 2, 8, 9, 29, 2013, at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.

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Learn and develop mediation skills. Those skills can benefit parents, managers, school staff, attorneys, employees, and community members so that they can intervene in conflicts constructively.

Training can be taken for personal or professional development – or as preparation to become a volunteer mediator with the Mediation Center.  Pre-registration required.

Registration for an orientation session is required for those interested in volunteering.  Call or e-mail to sign up for an orientation date.

The orientations (you need only attend one) will be at the Mediation Center at 147 Union Street, Suite 102. Attending an orientation is not required for non-volunteers who are taking the training. The orientation dates are: Wednesday, May 1, from 6–7:30pm, and Tuesday, May 7, from 6–7:30pm.

For attorneys: New York CLE 36 credits, of which 2 are ethics and professionalism (transitional and non-transitional)

Cost: $750.00 for non-volunteers. Please call the office for an application. You may pay by check, money order, or credit card. Payment is due by May 17, 2013. Please make checks payable to: Mediation Center of Dutchess County.

We are also asking participants to purchase this text book for the training: Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook, Resources for Conflict Intervention Practitioners and Programs.  Folger, Bush and Della Noce, Editors. The book can be ordered at:  http://www.transformativemediation.org/cart/proddetail.php?prod=TMSB-paperback We are asking participants to read chapter 9 and chapter 1 before the training.

For more information go to our web site at www.dutchessmediation.org, or contact Carol Sullivan at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (845) 471-7213.