Having a hard time figuring out what training mediators need to do
May 10, 2022 8:14 PM Subscribe
I've googled and gotten a bunch of ads and confusing information.
I'm an LCSW who is curious about mediation as a possible...sorta....sub-practice to my practice. Any time I try to find out what the training is for this, I tend to get into a google mess of promoted content and just vagueness.
Work pays for some training and I'm wondering if I can find an online course that constitutes some part of the basics for mediators. Anyone know? (Berkeley Extension had one that I assumed would be pretty reputable but it apparently no longer exists...)
I'm an LCSW who is curious about mediation as a possible...sorta....sub-practice to my practice. Any time I try to find out what the training is for this, I tend to get into a google mess of promoted content and just vagueness.
Work pays for some training and I'm wondering if I can find an online course that constitutes some part of the basics for mediators. Anyone know? (Berkeley Extension had one that I assumed would be pretty reputable but it apparently no longer exists...)
Best answer: > Any time I try to find out what the training is for this, I tend to get into a google mess of promoted content and just vagueness.
California?
Cal State Dominguez Hills's certificate program lays out the California mediation certificate requirements. And I'm imagining their own specific courses.
Skimming further, online training may be a minus rather than a plus:
> Though many other mediation-training certificate programs provide no actual experience for their students, CSUDH's students start by observing mediations and the vast majority of them will "co-mediate" actual litigated cases by the end of the program.
So aside from broad google searches, I'd check with other Cal States and UCs.
Out of completeness, Pepperdine's got a few flavors of Master's degrees and certificates I have a vague sense they've had a program for a long time now which is almost certainly highly regarded, but you'd want to speak to someone who actually knows about these matters.
Pepperdine seems to do intensive training for non-locals:
> The Certificate in Dispute Resolution is also available as a stand alone program. The Certificate can be completed on a part-time or full-time basis with courses available in one week, two-weekend and the traditional fifteen week format.
posted by sebastienbailard at 11:38 PM on May 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
California?
Cal State Dominguez Hills's certificate program lays out the California mediation certificate requirements. And I'm imagining their own specific courses.
Skimming further, online training may be a minus rather than a plus:
> Though many other mediation-training certificate programs provide no actual experience for their students, CSUDH's students start by observing mediations and the vast majority of them will "co-mediate" actual litigated cases by the end of the program.
So aside from broad google searches, I'd check with other Cal States and UCs.
Out of completeness, Pepperdine's got a few flavors of Master's degrees and certificates I have a vague sense they've had a program for a long time now which is almost certainly highly regarded, but you'd want to speak to someone who actually knows about these matters.
Pepperdine seems to do intensive training for non-locals:
> The Certificate in Dispute Resolution is also available as a stand alone program. The Certificate can be completed on a part-time or full-time basis with courses available in one week, two-weekend and the traditional fifteen week format.
posted by sebastienbailard at 11:38 PM on May 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
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posted by lookoutbelow at 8:25 PM on May 10, 2022