PROGRAM OPEN (SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING)	LIVE TUTORIALS
March 26 – April 26, 2026 (Spring 2026)	Module 1: April 7, 2026 (from 3:00 – 7:00 pm, EST) Module 2: April 14, 2026 (from 3:00 – 7:00 pm, EST) Module 3: April 21, 2026 (from 3:30 – 7:00 pm, EST)
*Note:* On the course’s opening day (March 26), we will hold an *Introductory* Meeting for all trainers and students from 5:00 to 5:30 p.m. EST.
	This program contains 6 hours and 40 minutes of Professionalism Content and 1 hour and 0 minutes of EDI Professionalism Content.
PRE-REQUISITES:1. Family Law (30 hours) 2. Screening for Family Violence (21 hours) 3. Basic Family Mediation: Theory & Skills (40 hours)

This role-play-based, 21-Hour course features experienced mediators, professional actors, experienced coaches and expert guest speakers. Its focus is on advanced-level skills training and is designed to meet certification requirements of the Ontario Association of Family Mediation. Through pre-recorded lectures, video demonstrations, readings, role plays and one-on-one coaching, participants will learn:

Advanced-level conflict analysis
Advanced skills and strategies for effective mediation
Advanced-level skills for identifying and assessing power imbalances in mediation, including protocols for med-arb and parenting coordination
Tips for effective mediation preparation
Advanced level skills and strategies, with feedback from coaches, on parenting, support and property mediations.
Advanced-level skills for drafting effective Mediation Summary Reports, with one-on-one feedback.
Ethical and legal challenges of being a family mediator
Next steps toward accreditation
Practice issues- building a reputation, available rosters, building a solo practice, marketing, billing and payments, managing challenges and finding opportunities.

Materials:
Course Manual, presentation slides, selected readings and handouts.

For further savings, please see Course Packages page.

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How our Courses Work:
START & END DATES OF COURSES: Each course is ‘open’ for roughly a four-week period. During that time, participants will have access to on-demand content for self-directed learning. Learners are required to complete the self-directed modules (including quizzes) before each mandatory-attendance Tutorial Session.	LIVE TUTORIALS: Live online Tutorials are scheduled at regular intervals during the course. Attendance is mandatory (see Training Schedule for dates and times of each). Led by experienced coaches, the Tutorials feature interactive role plays, small group discussion, case study and one-on-one feedback. Participants MUST attend all scheduled tutorials in order to receive their Certificate of Completion.	QUIZZES: Each module of each course includes quizzes. Students must achieve at least a passing grade on all quizzes to advance to the next module or course, and to receive their Certificate of Completion for that course.

Featured Speakers

Hilary Linton

Raheena Lalani Dahya

Kat Bellamano

Caroline Felstiner

Victoria Tundo

Michael B. Kleinman

Arlene H. Henry, QC

NOTE: This course is made available to those who pay and register for it only. Only those students who pay and register may attend this course. It is a violation of the contract for training to permit another person to listen or to share course materials with a person who is not registered in the course.

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PREREQUISITES: Screening for Power Imbalances Including Intimate Partner Violence Basic Family Mediation

Course Length (short): 21 Hours
CPD: 6 hours and 40 minutes of Professionalism Content and 1 hour and 0 minutes of EDI Professionalism Content.
Speakers: include Hilary Linton, Regina Thompson, Raheena Lalani Dahya, Hon. Lydia M. Barchynsky Olah, Nicole Stewart Kamanga, Kat Bellamano, Victoria Tundo, Caroline Felstiner, Elizabeth Hyde, Pamela Perlis, Michael Kleinman, Arlene H. Henry, QC
Dates: Spring 2026
Course opens:
March 26, 2026
Mandatory Tutorials:
April 7, 14 & 21, 2026
Location: Online (Synchronous & Asynchronous content)

I enjoyed working with the actors. Much more realistic and valuable than I expected.

Doing the roll play was good practice. I liked mediating with the actors!

Case studies provided (were) relevant and interesting. Subject matter appropriate. The actors are an amazing component to the course. We learnt so much from them.

Pre-group discussion and coaches helped facilitate learning opportunities.

The role plays and coaching were invaluable. The feedback and direction from coaches (and even actors) was very constructive.

I enjoyed the role plays and concrete feedback from coaches an actor as we went along. Great to have immediate suggestions / conversations.

The structure of the course was well thought out. Everything else was fantastic. Thank you!

I really enjoyed the freedom to conduct the meditation without the assistance of the coaches. It was both a scary experience and a valuable one for me.

Clear and positive interaction with the speakers.

It was great having dedicated observer for role plays.

Very much enjoyed Jared’s presentation; found the topic very interesting from a mental health/social worker perspective. Role plays and fish bowl exercises very useful.

The quality of the materials and exercises was matched by the experience and enthusiasm of the instructors and coaches.

This has been the best experience that I have had as an adult learner… What made it so was the theory taken into practice with coaches and professional actors. Fantastic!

Extraordinary course – thought-provoking, thorough, highly organized!