Mediation courses
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- Reba Stephney, Program Coordinator
- phone 971-722-5317
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Our mediation course is taught by leading mediation professional, Tsipora Dimant. A hallmark of the training is the individualized coaching provided by a team of professional mediators. The mediation experience comes to life through a comprehensive exploration of concepts, experiential learning, and vivid examples from the instructors’ wealth of practical experience. Learn to use mediation skills to help resolve conflicts in workplace, court, business, or community-related disputes.
In this class you’ll learn how to:
- Structure a step-by-step mediation process
- Increase effectiveness in listening to and communicating with people in conflict
- Help people in conflict reach mutually satisfying agreements
- Enhance negotiation skills – your own and others’
- Work with strong emotions respectfully and constructively
- 欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网 strategies to deal with various elements of conflict
- Understand your own response to conflict
Course planning guide
Winter 2025
Basic Mediation
- Date and time: Fridays and Saturdays, January 24 – February 15, 8:30am-12:20pm
- Instructor: Dimant
- Location: Zoom
- Tuition: $559
- CEUs: 3.2
Mediation Skills for Managers
- Date and time: Tuesdays, January 28 – February 18, 8:30am-12:20pm
- Instructor: Dimant
- Location: Zoom
- Tuition: $279
- CEUs: 1.6
Equity Informed Mediation
- Date and time: Saturday, March 1, 8:30am-4:20pm
- Instructor: Dimant
- Location: Zoom
- Tuition: $229
- CEUs: .8
Upcoming course schedule
Meet the instructor
Tsipora Dimant
Tsipora has been a mediator and trainer for 30 years. She started her mediation career at Small Claims Court, where she mediated hundreds of cases over 15-plus years. She also directed the Dispute Resolution Department at the Better Business Bureau where she oversaw mediations and arbitration services for businesses and consumers in dispute.
In the last 10 years, Tsipora worked as a mediator and conflict coach at OHSU and the City of Beaverton. Recently she helped launch a peer mediation program for the Oregon Education Association, which serves 45,000 members. She is currently mediating divorce and post-divorce conflicts, and teaching mediation courses.
Her work is focused on helping couples learn new communication skills as they navigate the physical and emotional separation.
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