K-12 Grade Mediation Training(Conflict
Resolution)Course: ISD100
The learner will earn 5 (CPD) Continuing Professional Development credits.
This online, self-paced conflict resolution course is designed for school staff to learn the practice of professional mediation, enabling them to effectively facilitate conflicts between students, parents, or staff. It is priceless to learn the techniques used by experienced mediators. Once you have learned the methods, the course lesson will review the facilitators’ preparation list for several different school-based conflicts, preparing you for the specific needs of each dispute. This course is excellent to prepare all staff who facilitate conflicts.
Course Completion Time Limits
• Self-paced courses must be completed in 60 days. You can finish sooner if you wish.
• Students needing additional time must submit a request
to jthompson@interventionacademy.com in writing. Extensions will be granted.
Course Description
This course utilizes the professional meditation model to provide training on interacting effectively with conflicting school parties that require assistance. The course prepares school staff for conflicts in a wide range of scenarios. The course covers specific information to mediate school prejudice, harassment, teacher disputes, family conflicts, and more, which will give you the confidence to work effectively.
If you withdraw from this course within 5 days of your enrollment date and before you start your first course, you will receive a 100% refund.
Hi! I'm Jerome Thompson
Mr. Thompson has over twenty years of experience working with dropout-prone students and their families for a Texas school district. He has been responsible for students in alternative, middle, and high schools. One of his primary responsibilities is facilitating attendance/truancy meetings between the school, parent, and student. As an attendance meeting facilitator, he has mediated hundreds of attendance/truancy cases, helping families get their students to school and avoid legal intervention. Jerome's skills in working with schools and families come from years of planning.
Jerome Thompson bios:
* Retired Attendance Officer for a school district in Texas
* Licensed Social Worker
* Master's Degree in Criminal Justice
* Certified Domestic Violence Counselor
* National Dropout Prevention Center Trauma Skilled Specialist Certification
* Learning to Learn Online
* Train the Trainer
* Child Custody Mediation
* Basic Mediation
* Family Mediation
* Truancy Mediation
* Texas Association of Mediators
* National Association of Certified Mediators trainer
Mr. Thompson spent over 11 years working with families in Texas Children's Protective Services.
Over his twenty years of experience working truancy cases, Jerome recognized the need for more structured training for district clerks, attendance officers, outreach specialists, and others. Jerome created the department training manual for current and new attendance officers, ensuring the skills and knowledge needed to do the job. He also developed training specifically for attendance specialists, assuring staff have the necessary skills to work with students, families, and school attendance conflicts.
CURRICULUM
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School Basic Mediation Course
One time Purchase
School Basic Mediation training participants will actively practice and engage with the curriculum. Learning is experiential, and activities like role-playing allow everyone to experience what it's like to be a mediator rather than comprehend the theory behind it. By the end of the process, all participants will have gained the knowledge and experience necessary to serve as professional facilitators and mediators.
