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MEDIATION TRAINING
The 40-Hour Basic Mediation Course is a 5-day training offered to the general public three times each year on Zoom. The training focuses on the community-based mediation model.
The 40-Hour Basic Mediation Course is a 5-day (8:30 am – 5:30 pm) training offered to the general public three times each year. The training focuses on the community-based mediation model. Currently, these trainings are held entirely online, but require participants to remain live and interactive. This course is designed to give individuals the skills and credentials they need to serve as a mediator in the State of Texas. Individuals actively participate in practice mediation following each lecture session, and certificates are provided to participants upon completion of the course.
Upcoming Training Dates:
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Price: $950.00
DRC accepts the following forms of payment – Checks (Please fill out the mail in form and send with check), VISA and MASTERCARD. Choose your training date, then click on the “Add to Cart” link to the right that corresponds to the training program.
Cancellations will be accepted until two weeks prior to the starting date of each class. There will be a $50 administration charge deducted from each refund. No refunds are available after the cancellation date.
Diane is a Clinical Social Worker and Mediator, maintaining a private therapy practice since 1994 and adding mediation to her practice in 1999. She is very involved in the Texas mediation community as a former board member (past President) of the Austin Mediators Association, former board member of the Texas Mediators Credentialing Association (TMCA) and the Texas Association of Mediators (TAM – past President). She currently serves as Secretary on the board of Texas Mediator Trainers Roundtable. In addition to her practice, Diane mediates and facilitates for the Austin Dispute Resolution Center (DRC) and has been training hundreds of people to be mediators.
Diane holds an MSW from Fordham University. As a social worker, she worked with people in a wide variety of settings including a 10-year career in the New York State mental health system, concurrent with years of union leadership. It was her union work that piqued an interest in mediation. In 1993 she moved to Texas and headed the social services department at a private psychiatric hospital. Diane was honored by the National Association of Social Workers – Texas Capital Branch as 2014 Social Worker of the Year.
Michelle Edwards, PhD, LP is a Certified Mediator and Licensed Psychologist. Michelle earned her Master’s in Social Work from UT Austin where she became a Certified Mediator in 2004 through the UT Project on Conflict Resolution. Michelle completed her doctorate from the APA accredited New Mexico State Counseling Psychology program in 2012. She focuses her work on family and divorce mediation, combining her counseling and mediation skills to promote collaborative communication. She has served numerous couples navigating divorce in her private mediation practice, and volunteers at the Austin Dispute Resolution Center. She served on the Austin Mediators Association board for four years with her last role being Vice President.
5407 N. IH-35, Suite 410
Austin, Texas 78723
