Certificates

Mediation Certificate

Mediation is a rapidly growing field of study. An alternative to the legal system, therapy or counseling, the facilitative mediation process empowers people to resolve conflict in a wide variety of areas including divorce/child custody, health care, workplace, and arbitration.

Colorado State University School of Social Work in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Dispute Resolution (IADR) is now offering a certificate designed to train professionals to negotiate and resolve disputes and is similar to programs often available through law schools.

This unique collaboration between the School of Social Work and IADR provides participants with an outstanding faculty and a challenging and practice-based curriculum that will enhance and advance any career including those in the field of social work.

In addition to a certificate, some of these courses are also authorized for recertification in the fields of law, human resources and family life education allowing you to earn a variety of professional education credits/units. Individual course descriptions will indicate if a course is approved for these types of credits.

Program Outline

The certificate can be completed in two phases. Phase I is foundational and consists of the Core Mediation course.

Students are required to complete two of the Phase II classes to receive the full certificate.

An optional noncredit component is available as an enhancement to the certificate through Phase III, an intensive 2-day mediation skills lab in which students have the opportunity to practice their mediation skills face to face with consultation and feedback from instructors and peers.

Phase I — Foundation Mediation Skills

Phase II — Advanced Mediation Skills

Phase III — Optional Noncredit Mediation Training

If you have completed a 40-hour foundational mediation course, you are free to take any of the advanced mediation skills courses as standalone courses.