Mediation Advanced Course

20 CPD Credits       28th & 29th Sept. 2012        €1650, inc. Examination & Accreditation        9am-5pm       Radisson Blu Dublin Airport Hotel   

You are here: Home » Mediation training »  Mediation Advanced Course – The shortest way to become a mediator!

“Hone your new mediation skills and learn to apply them effectively to complex mediation situations” – leads to accreditation.

.

Mediation Advanced Course Overview

The Mediation Advanced Course takes the training up a gear and is a further 20 hours of professional mediation training.

This course, upon successful completion, leads to accreditation with Mediation Forum Ireland and is designed for those participants who wish to develop a career in mediation and those who wish to master the skills of the mediator.

This course presents participants with more demanding mediation situations including dealing with troublesome parties to the mediation, finding the zone of potential agreement, managing difficult multi-party mediations and how to strategically use the caucus mechanism.

Mediation Advanced Course Content

The main topics of this course are :

• Brief history of Mediation and ADR

• How to begin mediation?

• Mediation demonstrations

• Role Plays

• Mediation Types

• Key Ethics in Mediation

• Lying and the fraud in Mediation

• Negotiation Exercises

.

Becoming an Accredited Mediator

Only after participants have completed both the Mediation Foundation Course and the  Mediation Advanced Course will the take home exam be handed out. Participants will be expected to rely on the skills and notes they have been given throughout the course to pass this final test. The exam is marked by the course lecturer Paulyn Marrinan Quinn and also by external examiners.

Successful completion of this exam will enable participants to practice as an Accredited Mediator and, if they so choose, to have practitioner access to the Mediation Forum Ireland website.

.

Who should attend?

In order to become a participant on this training, you don’t need any specific experience or education. The only requirement is your motivation to acquire practical mediation and dispute resolution skills that you can immediately apply in your professional life.

Anyone wanting to broaden their skills base in relation to conflicts between staff, clients, and organisations, accountants, solicitors, in-house counsel and lawyers in commercial or other practices. Human resources staff, CEOs, managers, industrial relations staff, arbitrator’s, insurers, mediators wishing to broaden their skill base and those wishing to become accredited professional mediators. Some people will progress from this training to the Advanced Part II Course leading to full accreditation, whilst others may find that this Foundation Course satisfies their in needs in delivering a very thorough and practical grounding in Mediation.

.

CPD CREDITS – 20 HOURS

Attendance at this mediation training by members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants may be considered as fulfilling part of their Continuing Professional Education.

.

Lead Trainers

Paulyn Marrinan Quinn SC

Paulyn Marrinan Quinn SC has worked in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution since the 1990s. In order to develop standards of best practice and a centre of excellence in this field of work, she founded a Post Graduate programme in Trinity College Dublin in 2000: Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies – which she directs. From this rich source of conflict resolvers and ADR practitioners, grew Mediation Forum – Ireland (MFI), one of the largest panels of qualified Mediators – a body prescribed by Ministerial Regulations under the Courts Act 2004 to nominate Mediators.

Paulyn has lectured and trained in this area extensively. She has also advised in relation to the creation of bespoke ADR,
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Mediation Schemes at home and abroad.

Brian Walker BL

A practising barrister in the Law Library with over 30 years experience in the area of commercial and company law, having previously worked in the accountancy firms of KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brian is a successful mediator and will share great tips and techniques for those wishing to develop a Mediation Practice. His approach is straightforward, direct and easily
understood.

.

FEE -  €1650, includes:

• All documentation,
• External assessment,
• Lunches and refreshments
• Examination
• Accreditation with Mediation Forum Ireland after a successful completion of the Advanced Training.
  

.

Do not hesitate to contact us for more information or see our mediation training video !