DV Awareness Training for Mediators

The Kitsap DRC is excited to offer this 3-day, 22-hour hands-on training! 

This training will contain all the required information and practice for mediators seeking to become certified to mediate DV cases at the Kitsap DRC. No prior experience or training, besides the Basic Mediation Training, is necessary. The intent of this training is familiarizing participants with the particular challenges that DV dynamics present to victims, children, and to mediators, and to prepare mediators to implement protocols that protect both the integrity of the mediation process and the safety and wellbeing of mediators and clients.

This training will take place Thursday, September 7th-Saturday September 9th, 2023 8:30am-5pm. Lunch is provided.

ALL DAYS OF THIS TRAINING WILL BE IN PERSON. COVID safety protocols such as masking and social distancing may be required depending on attendee needs and public health recommendations.

Highlights will include:

• A Survivor’s Story
• Resources for Survivors
• Power Dynamics in DV
• Law Enforcement and DV
• Impact of Domestic Abuse on Children
• Screening for DV
• What a Mediator Needs to Know
• Power Balancing Tools
• DRC DV Mediation Protocols & (NEW!) Guidelines

Presenters:

• Family Law Counsel
  
• Children’s Advocates
• Law Enforcement
• Domestic Violence & Survivors Advocates
• Offender & Survivor Counselors
• Experienced Family & DV Mediators
  

Skills and protocols presented in this training relate to ABA Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators Standards I and VI.

This training is a pre-requisite for becoming certified to mediate DV cases. This means that you once you've completed this training as a level 2 mediator and all required co-mediations, you will be certified to mediate cases alongside a co-mediator who does not have this certification.

If you wish to attend all 3 days:

Recommended Pre-Requisite: 40-hour Basic Mediation Training; Cost of Full 3-day DVAT, DRC Volunteers = $225

For those wishing to attend the first 2 days only:

Required Pre-requisite = 9-hr Kitsap DRC DV Training for Mediators (offered December, 2021); Cost of Days 1 & 2 only, DRC Volunteers = $150. Email trainer@kitsapdrc.org for discount code.

All attendees who have completed this material with the Kitsap DRC before can audit the training for $20/day. Email trainer@kitsapdrc.org for discount codes.