Schedule:
There are 16 recorded videos that were recorded over an 8-week period in 2022. 

You can watch these videos over your own pace--some people take a week, some take a year. You may download all forms and templates to continue to review and use, but you will lose access to the videos after a year. 

If you would like to sign up for a Training Buddy and/or an instructor review, please let the instructor know as soon as possible. The common schedule for working with a Training Buddy is to set-up 3 role-plays, and then a mentor or instructor can review a final session. 

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the Basic Mediation Training

    • Full Agenda

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Detailed Time Accounting for CLE/CEU certification

    • Course Manual

    • Course and Resource Links

    • Sample Divorce Intake Form kindly shared by Michael Aurit
  • 2

    We have you signed up!

    • CLE

    • Pre-course information
  • 3

    Section 1: Mediation Statement

    • 1. Mediation Process

    • 2. Prepare for Mediation

    • 3. Draft Mediator Statement

    • 4. Questions and Review

    • 4b. Draft Agreement to Mediate

    • Statement Quiz
  • 4

    Optional Family Role-Play

    • Family Mediation Role-Play-working through difficult scenarios by Michael Aurit, Part 1

    • Family Mediation Role-Play-working through difficult scenarios by Michael Aurit, Part 2
  • 5

    Section 2: Opening of Mediation

    • 5. Listening for Entrances

    • 6. Communication Triangle

    • 7. Reframing

    • Family Role-Play Slides

    • Opening Quiz
  • 6

    Section 3: Negotiation in the Mediation Process

    • 8. Negotiation Phase: Agenda and Note-taking

    • Basic 9. Escalation

    • Basic9.b. Online Dispute Resolution

    • Half-way Check-in

    • Basic 10. Escalation

    • Basic 10b. Role-Play

    • Basic11. Ethics with Michael Lang

    • Basic11b. Ethics with Michael Lang

    • Negotiation Quiz
  • 7

    Section 4: Agreement

    • Agreement Readiness Article

    • 12. Exits: Ethics and Agreements

    • 13. Confidentiality

    • 14. Drafting Agreement

    • Agreement Quiz
  • 8

    Section 5: Resolution to Mediation

    • Basic15. Signing and Career

    • Add-on: Post-Mediation, taking care of yourself, Resilience

    • Basic 16. Resolution

    • Next Steps

    • Basic Complete Role Play

    • Resolution Quiz

Instructor

Clare Fowler

Clare Fowler, Managing Editor at Mediate.com, received her Master's of Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, focused on reducing workplace conflicts, from Pepperdine University School of Education. Clare also coordinated the career development program for The Straus Institute dispute resolution students. In addition to her editorial duties at Mediate.com, Clare coordinates online case management for ADR programs, agencies and courts.

Reviews of this Course

5 star rating

Great course

Mark Rosenberg

Dr. Fowler was great and I loved that she brought in different mediators to get different styles and personalities.

Dr. Fowler was great and I loved that she brought in different mediators to get different styles and personalities.

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5 star rating

Basic Mediation with Dr. Clare Fowler

Alana Alexander

Dr. Fowler was clear, precise, and invested in teaching this material. The examples, content, and role-play activities were useful to prepare me going forwar...

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Dr. Fowler was clear, precise, and invested in teaching this material. The examples, content, and role-play activities were useful to prepare me going forward in this field.

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4 star rating

It was very informative

Mariona Riera

Good content

Good content

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5 star rating

Thank you!

James Langston

Thank you!

Thank you!

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