Regional Training Institute
Developing and Managing Mediation Centers for Your Community
Regional Training Institutes (RTIs) are designed to help community mediation center directors and staff expand their skills, develop new programs, and find ways to increase their centers' positive effects in their communities. Subject areas in the Institute, chosen by NAFCM members via survey, include: Government Relations, Public Education, Evaluation, Center Administration, Program Development, Fund Development, Case Management and Volunteer Partnerships.
Mark your calendar!
NO RTIs Scheduled for 2007 Yet
Are you interested in having NAFCM bring its RTI to your town? We like to do the training in conjuntion with another mediation focused event that brings in a crowd. Please email us to discuss the possibilities! jordway@nafcm.org
RTIs will be held on a contract basis only.
Click on the following links for more information about:
NAFCM RTI Workshop Descriptions
Trainings offered outside NAFCM
Divorce Mediation Training
This 24 hour course is designed for mediators who are interested in the practice of divorce
mediation. The training integrates substantive information with practice through interactive role
play experience.
Prerequisite: Basic mediation training.
Where:
CDSC’s offices, 60 Gore Street, East Cambridge
(near Lechmere T, Galleria, courthouses)
Cost:
$695 ($675 if registration received by March 14th)
$595 for Volunteers with other Community Mediation Centers
$400 for CDSC Volunteers
Enrollment:
Limited to 24. Enroll early!
Registrants who cancel before March 7th will receive a full refund.
Later cancellations will be refunded only if space is filled.
For information
contact CDSC:
Tel. 617-876-5376
Fax: 617-876-6663
E-mail: cdscinfo@communitydispute.org
www.communitydispute.org
About the Distinguished Faculty:
Cynthia Bauman
is a family attorney and mediator. She has
been affiliated with CDSC as a pro bono mediator since 1994
and was the Coordinator of Court Programs from 2000–2006.
Jeanne Cleary
, a psychotherapist and mediator in private
practice, has had over 23 years of experience in clinical and
court-based work with families in the process of divorce.
Jeanne has designed trainings for high schools, religious
groups, and colleges and is currently Adjunct Faculty at
UMass/Boston Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution.
David Hoffman
practices family law and serves as a mediator
and arbitrator at the Boston Law Collaborative. He is recent
chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and co-author
of
Massachusetts Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Brad Honoroff
, an attorney, has had extensive experience
mediating, teaching and consulting in the ADR field. Formerly
on the faculty of UMass/Boston Graduate Programs in
Dispute Resolution, he co-mediates divorce cases at The
Mediation Group, where he is a principal.
Jane Honoroff
is a psychotherapist and a mediator, with
over 30 years of clinical social work experience. She is Adjunct
faculty at BU School of Social Work, consultant to Greater
Boston Legal Services, and heads up the family mediation
unit at The Mediation Group, where she is a principal.
Joyce Kauffman
specializes in family law, co-parent adoption,
and mediation, with an emphasis on legal issues affecting
lesbian and gay families. Attorney Kauffman is a past co-chair
of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Lesbian and
Gay Bar Association (MLGBA) and past chair of the MLGBA’s
Family Law Section.
Michael L. Leshin
is a partner with the law firm of Ginsburg
& Leshin, LLP, where he specializes in family law and
mediation. He is a fellow of the Massachusetts chapter of
the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a past
president of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation,
Inc. He is the author of the MCLE annual publication,
Massachusetts Family Law Sourcebook.
Gail Packer
, a clinical social worker, has been Executive
Director of the Community Dispute Settlement Center since
1988. Previously she worked for 10 years in the Probate and
Family Court, mediating with families in the process of divorce.
Cynthia Runge
, an attorney and mediator, is the Coordinator
of Court and Divorce Mediation Services at CDSC. Cynthia
mediates divorce matters privately and through North Shore
Community Mediation in Beverly, MA.
Eileen M. Shaevel
served as an Associate Justice of the
Probate and Family Court from 1990 to 2001 after practicing
family law for almost 20 years. She is now engaged in a
private dispute resolution practice in Boston which offers
mediation, arbitration and case evaluation in family law and
probate matters.
I. Overview of Divorce Mediation
Legal and practice issues; custody and parenting; access
options and long-range planning for children; emotional
impact of divorce; introduction to Massachusetts law.
II. Property Division and
Non-Traditional Family Mediation
Spousal support, pensions and QDROS, health insurance
and materials to help the mediator guide the process to
completion. Also, gay, lesbian and paternity cases; married
vs. unmarried legal guidelines; case law including
Goodridge and beyond. Also, Hon. Eileen M. Shaevel
(ret.) presents a view of divorce from the bench.
III. Financial Issues in Divorce
Child support guidelines and financial planning;
introducing and managing legal and financial planning
choices with families in crisis.
IV. Reaching Closure
Drafting final product; avoiding pitfalls; skill development.
Ethical and practice dilemmas, challenging issues and
behaviors.
Friday, March 28, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Faculty:
Gail Packer, Jeanne Cleary,
Michael Leshin
Saturday, March 29, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Faculty:
Michael Leshin, Joyce Kauffman,
Hon. Eileen M. Shaevel (ret.)
Monday, March 31, 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Faculty:
David Hoffman
Friday, April 4, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Faculty:
Brad Honoroff, Jane Honoroff,
Jeanne Cleary, Cynthia Bauman, Gail Packer
Registration form
Please attach a brief paragraph about your background and interest in mediation. Thank you.
Name:_______________________________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________________________
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E-mail: _________________________________________________________________
Professional Affiliation:________________________________________________
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Cynthia Runge, CDSC’s Coordinator of Court and Divorce Mediation Services will facilitate each session.
Please detach and mail to:
60 Gore Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
Tel. 617-876-5376
Fax: 617-876-6663
E-mail: cdscinfo@communitydispute.org
www.communitydispute.org
Community Dispute
Settlement Center
