Domestic Relations Mediation Training

Johnson County Community College

Domestic Mediation Training

Training Schedule - Day One
8:00 a.m. Introduction of trainers and participants
Review of mediation principles
Listening exercise
Question-and-answer period (Mediation Principles)
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Application to divorce situations
10:30 a.m. Ethics
11:00 a.m. Kansas divorce law
11:50 a.m. Morning debrief
Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. Finish application to divorce situations
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Conflict theory
3:50 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Joint session – Early in the Mediation Process
Monologue exercise
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Domestic Relations Mediation Training
Training Schedule - Day Two
8:00 a.m. Divorce dynamics
• Emotion and divorce
• Divorce and children
• Child development and family systems
• Psychological aspects of divorce
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Joint session – Later in the process
Preparation for role-play session
10:45 a.m. Break
Adjourn to role-play location
10:45 a.m. Role-plays
11:45 a.m. Debrief with coaches
Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. Finish joint session – Later in the process
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Questions-and-answer session
Preparation for role-play
3:15 p.m. Adjourn to role-play locations
4:30 p.m. Debrief day’s program
Assignment for next week
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Domestic Relations Mediation Training
Training Schedule - Day Three
8:00 a.m. Review of states
Co-mediation
Caucus
Bog of tricks
Writing agreements
Preparation for role-plays
9:30 a.m. Break
Adjourn to role-play locations
9:45 a.m. Begin role-plays
11:45 a.m. Debrief with coaches
Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Impasse
1:30 p.m. Ethics and professional practice
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Ethics and professional practice, con’t
3:45 p.m. Domestic violence issues
4:00 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. Question-and-answer session
Wrap-up; presentation of certificates
Evaluations
5:00 p.m. Adjourn