Sample Agenda
Below are sample agendas for each of the two components of our 48-hour Divorce & Custody and Domestic Violence Screening training.
40-Hour Divorce & Custody Component
| Day One | |
|---|---|
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. | Introduction to Divorce Mediation Video |
| 9:20 a.m. | Overview of Training |
| 9:35 a.m. | Divorce Mediation Overview |
| 10:20 a.m. | Break |
| 10:35 a.m. | The Emotional Divorce Process and Mediation |
| 11:35 a.m. | Stage M: Separate Screening Interviews |
| 12 noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Stage M: Demonstration and Practice |
| 2:00 p.m. | Stage E: Explain the Process/Orientation |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Orientation Session Role Play |
| 4:45 p.m. | Working with Lawyers in Mediation |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
| Day Two | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Mediation Statutes and Court Rules |
| 9:30 a.m. | Mediation and the Legal Process |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Property, Taxes, and Pensions / Financial Video |
| 12 noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Drawing out Information: Property Information Role Play |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Drawing out Information: Budgeting in Mediation Role Play |
| 4:30 p.m. | Child Support and Maintenance in Mediation |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
| Day Three | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Conflict Management |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Conflict Management, cont'd |
| 12 noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Framing Issues in Mediation – Stage I Exercise |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Parents and Children and Divorce; Never Married Parents |
| 5:00 p.m. | Parenting Arrangements in Agreements |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
| Day Four | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Videotape Analysis: Michael and Debbie |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Mediation Techniques |
| 12 noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Parenting Statement Role Play |
| 2:30 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. | Parenting Plan Role Play – Stages D through E |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
| Day Five | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Property Distribution Role Play |
| 10:00 a.m | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Property Distribution Role Play, cont'd |
| 12 noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Impediments to Mediation: Child Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health |
| 2:00 p.m. | Writing Agreements – Stage E |
| 3:30 p.m | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Ethics and Standards Exercise |
| 5:15 p.m. | Evaluation and Closing |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
8-Hour Domestic Violence Screening Component
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. | Check in and Introductions and Overview |
| 8:45 a.m. | Discussion of Self-Assessment Tool |
| 9:15 a.m. | Why Intimate Partner Violence Issues Are Important for Mediation Four Principles/Appropriateness Why Victims/Survivors do or don’t want to mediate; Why Abusers do or don’t want to mediate |
| 9:45 a.m. | Nature and Dynamics of Intimate Partner Abuse/Violence |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Abuser behavior: (1) strategic, deliberate, cost-benefit; (2) engaging, charming, seeks allies or to disarm survivor’s possible allies; if that fails, may seek to intimidate |
| 11:15 a.m. | Video: “It’s Not Like I Hit Her” and 1st scenario of Female Abusers (Cynthia) |
| 12-1:00 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:00 p.m. | Fish Bowl Role Plays |
| 2:15 p.m. | Discussion of role plays |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Exploring Safety Options, Facilitating Safe Termination, Creating Specialized Process |
| 3:45 p.m. | Triads – Practicing safety options, safe termination, specialized process |
| 4:45 – 5:15 p.m. | Discussion and evaluation |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
