• Experience of divorce for adults and children
• Issues and needs of children
• Family economics
• Mediation, negotiation and conflict management skills
• Role play/core training
• Relationship skills and knowledge

In response to the growing demand for professional mediators, UW CLE offers this comprehensive 24-hour, three-day "hands-on" training.

This training has been approved by the Association for Conflict Resolution/Academy of Family Mediators to partially meet the core training requirements for membership when taken in conjunction with a 30-hour basic mediation training. It is approved by the Association for Conflict Resolution/Academy of Family Mediators for 24 hours of Continuing Education Credit.

Through a combination of role play, lecture, simulation, discussion and videotapes of mediations, this workshop takes participants through the process of family mediation from the pre-mediation screening sessions to the completed memorandum of agreement.

Zena D. Zumeta, J.D. is an attorney, mediator, trainer and facilitator. She works with organizations and individuals to assist them in resolving conflicts and reaching agreements. A graduate of Smith College and the University of Michigan Law School, Zena has been a mediator since 1981, and attorney, trainer and labor negotiator since 1975, and has been a mediation trainer since 1985. Zena is a co-founder and past director of the Ann Arbor Mediation Center, and is president of Mediation Training & Consultation Institute and The Collaborative Workplace. She has also been a presenter at the Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference in Seattle.

Andrew Kidde is an attorney and mediator with a family mediation practice in Seattle since 1994. He also works half-time as Co-Program Manager for the Bellevue Neighborhood Mediation Program. He is an active member of the Washington State Bar Association, a mentor mediator with the King County Dispute Resolution Center, and a certified mediator with the Washington Mediation Association. Mr. Kidde has extensive experience as a mediation trainer in the Seattle area. He is a graduate cum laude of Seattle University School of Law.

• Adult's psychological issues in separation and divorce
• Stages of divorce
• Family violence and screening for abuse
• Family systems and post-divorce family structures

Issues and Needs of Children

• Effects of divorce on children by ages
• Schedules helpful at different ages

Family Economics

• Budgeting and asset development
• Asset evaluation and distribution
• Taxation as it relates to divorce
• Medical and life insurance

Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Management Skills

• Using ground rules
• Balancing power
• Caucusing
• Empowering parties
• Dealing with strong emotions
• Maintaining control of the process
• Distracting/redirecting

Role Play/Core Training

• Performing intake
• Screening for appropriateness/abuse
• Contracting for service
• Performing a needs assessment

Relationship Skills and Knowledge

• Establishing neutrality and impartiality
• Forming relationships/building rapport
• Establishing trust
• Setting a cooperative tone
• Listening and questioning
• Empowering parties
• Staying non-judgmental
• Developing empathy

and much more!

* Ethics hours: 3

21.0 General CLE and 3.0 Ethics CLE credits are approved. For more information regarding CLE credits in other states, contact UW CLE at 206-543-0059.

Refunds are available up to five days prior to the program. In lieu of a refund, we encourage participants to send a substitute. Please notify the UW CLE of any requests for refunds or substitutions. All cancellations are subject to a $30 handling charge.

To request accommodations for the disabled, please contact the office of the Disability Services Office at least ten daysin advance at:(206) 543-6450 (voice); (206) 543-6452(TDD); (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu(E-Mail).