Training & Education

Why choose Nebraska Mediation Association for your basic and advanced training? Nebraska has a rich 30-year history of progressive use of alternative dispute resolution. Mediation is supported in statute, policy, and practice in our state, and our experienced trainers offer perspectives from practice that will help you apply your training in many different professional and personal settings. Our curriculum options have been developed over time to provide you with a training experience that balances foundational theory, the latest best practices, and experiential components.  

BASIC MEDIATION TRAINING

Learn general mediation skills to enhance your dispute resolution and negotiation skills that can be applied in your personal and professional life. While these skills can be applied in any walk of life, the most common participants in our basic mediation training include:

• Those wanting to become mediators
• Attorneys and other legal professionals
• Human resource professionals
• Employees from academic institutions
• Those serving in ministries
• Nonprofit employees and volunteers, especially those serving youth or persons in generational poverty
• Those working in healthcare
• First responders and their support staff, including law enforcement officers
  
  

BRIDGE TRAINING

Bridge Training is a one-day training with instructional hours and roleplay scenarios that was developed to meet the needs of two groups of participants:

• Those who need to brush up on their skills because of the amount of time that has passed since they have their basic mediation training, have practiced, or have participated in CMEs (continuing mediator education); and,
• Those who took a basic mediation course that was not pre-approved by the Nebraska Office of Dispute Resolution and would now like to become Parenting Act-approved or practice in areas of Restorative Justice in the state
  
  

FAMILY MEDIATION TRAINING

Family mediation training is an advanced training designed for individuals who want to work with families where parents have separated or are in the process of separating. The main focus of Family mediators in Nebraska is the development of parenting plans for minor children when parenting from two households. For most families, approaching a parenting plan from the perspective of how they can best co-parent builds a plan for family success. Families experiencing a higher level of conflict may rely on a mediator to help them develop a plan for parallel parenting. Participants in this training typically fall into one of three categories.

• Those seeking to become Parenting Act-approved mediators in Nebraska
• Active Nebraska attorneys who are not planning to apply for Parenting Act-approved mediator status but who seek to improve their skills as parenting plan mediators
• Individuals seeking to practice as mediators outside of Nebraska who will not be seeking Parenting Act-approved status in Nebraska
  
  

CONTINUING EDUCATION

CME (Continuing Mediator Education) Opportunities Include

• Live Webinars
• Archived (Video) Webinars
• Conferences