* Part 146 Approved Course
†Many of the course providers listed on this page also offer apprenticeships. The ADR Office encourages participation in apprenticeships as they are a proven way to master mediation skills. Currently, the ADR Office does not approve apprenticeships under Part 146; it does however, approve apprenticeships offered by Community Dispute Resolution Centers. Please contact the apprenticeship providers directly if you want to learn more about their apprenticeship opportunities.
*Part 146 Approved for 24 hours of Initial Mediation Training
Location: Edith Macy Conference Center, Westchester N.Y.
Organization: Center for Understanding in Conflict
November 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, 2019
Trainers: Katherine Miller and Sequoia Stalder
Contact email: katherinemiller@understandinginconflict.org
Contact phone: 914-738-7765
For more information, please visit: https://understandinginconflict.org/event/working-creatively-with-conflict-40-hour-mediation-and-conflict-resolution-training-east-coast/
*Part 146 Approved for 24 hours of Initial Mediation Training
Location: Jamestown NY
Trainer: Elena Bayrock Sapora
September 25, 26, 27 & 28, 2019
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
For more information or to register, please visit: http://www.cfsbny.org/programs/mediation/docs/Detailed%20Training%20Information.pdf
or call Melissa Povoski-Smith 716-483-7596 or email: mpovoskismith@cfsbny.org
4 DAY (30 hours) Basic Mediation Training
30 hr. Basic Mediation Training*
with Sequoia Stalder, Esq.
September 23, 24, 25 & 26, 2019
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
For more information or to register, please visit:
4 DAY (30 hours) Basic Mediation Training
or call Liz Bonici (718) 947-4036, or email: ebonici@nycid.org
*Part 146 Approved for 24 hours of Initial Mediation Training
40-Hour Basic Mediation Training*
September 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
with New York Peace Institute
Location: Brooklyn, NY
For more information, or to register for this program, please email Elena McCalla
or call (212) 577-1740 ext. 113, or visit our website: https://nypeace.org/become-a-mediator/
*Part 146 Approved for 24 hours of Initial Mediation Training
32 hr. (4 Day) Basic Mediation Training
Mediator Essentials: Skills for Facilitating Negotiated Agreements
August 20, 21, 22, 23 & October 22, 23, 24, 25 from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
with the American Arbitration Association
Location: New York, NY
For more information or to register, please call (212) 716-3977, or email: AAAEducation@adr.org, or select the link provided below:
AAA Education Website
ONGOING TRAINING
In partnership with the Ackerman Institute, FamilyKind is pleased to offer the FamilyKind Mediation Mentorship Program (MMP), an intensive training designed to give mediators the tools and support they need to open a private practice and to provide high-quality mediation services throughout New York State. To participate in the program participants must have completed 60 hours of mediation training in a certified program relating to family and/or divorce; this must include at least 40 hours of Basic Divorce Mediation Training. Prior experience mediating cases either as part of an apprenticeship or other training program is required to co-mediate in this program.
For more information please visit: http://www.familykind.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Mediation-Mentorship-123115.pdf and contact Co-director Wendy Silva, at mediationmentorship@familykind.org.
Additional training and events may be listed with the New York State Dispute Resolution Association and the Collaborative Family Law Center.