Our course includes detailed, step-by-step guidance via lectures, exercises, skills tests and assessments.

This is aided by videos, which portray the many aspects and stages of mediation.

We also provide optional reading in the form of PDFs or web-links, vidoes from guest presenters and mediation professionals, coaching and feedback, and post-course assessed role plays and assignements.

There is also a student discussion forum available.

Course outline:

Module 1 – Introduction to Mediation
Module 2 – Understanding Mediation
Module 3 – Conflict, Negotiation & Communication
Module 4 – The Mediation Process
Module 5 – Managing a Mediation Practice
Module 6 – Family Law Mediation
Module 7 – (Bonus Module) Family Assist Child Focused Collaborative Mediation™
Module 8 – Graduation and Post-course Roleplays & Assessments

There is a shift towards a more interactive, collaborative approach in online training where the instructor’s role is changed to “the guide on the side.” Online distance learning meets the needs of an ever-growing population of students who cannot or prefer not to participate in traditional classroom settings.

These learners include those unable to attend traditional classes, who cannot find a particular class at their chosen institution, who live in remote locations, who work full-time and can only study at or after work, and those who simply prefer to learn independently.

The minimum requirement for students to participate in an online course is access to a computer, the internet, and the motivation to succeed in a non-traditional classroom.

Online courses provide an excellent method of course delivery unbound by time or location allowing for accessibility to instruction at anytime from anywhere.

Learners find the online environment a convenient way to fit education into their busy lives. The ability to access a course from any computer with Internet access, 24 hours a day, seven days a week is a tremendous incentive for many of today’s students.