Mediation Works Incorporated (MWI) is presenting a comprehensive thirty-hour mediation training at SNESL, which is being co-sponsored by SNESL and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. MWI’s mediation training program is designed to prepare participants to effectively facilitate the mediation process by exploring all aspects of mediation through lectures, demonstrations, interactive exercises, supervised role-plays, and group discussions. In addition, participants will learn how to deal with difficult personalities and work through ethical dilemmas as they apply the mediation process, all while improving their personal communication skills. Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion in accordance withy M.G.L. Chapter 233 Section 23C (Massachusetts Mediation Confidentiality Statute) and a mediation reference manual. Following the successful completion of the mediation training, participants will have the opportunity to gain valuable mediation experience as observers and co-mediators in small claims disputes in a number of district courts, including New Bedford, Fall River, Plymouth and Taunton. The training sessions will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on June 10, 18, 19, 25 and 26, 2009 and participants must attend each session. The registration fee is $850; contact Chuck Doran at MWI by email (cdoran@mwi.org) or telephone (617.973.9739 x22) for information about limited scholarships in exchange for pro bono work. For registration and further information, see the attached brochure, visit MWI’s website at www.mwi.org/mediationtraining or call (800) 348-4888.