MY FLORIDA MEDIATOR
REGISTRATION: Click here to learn more about Dependency Mediation. Before registering for this course, please review the below information which includes the mediation certification and course eligibility requirements, course fees, etc. By registering, you are asserting that you meet the below educational requirements for certification or have the permission of the instructor to take this course. Registration Fee: $1,125 until two weeks before the beginning of the course and $1175 less than two weeks before the course starts. Your registration is not confirmed until you receive email confirmation directly from My Florida Mediator. Registration will not open until course dates are posted.
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IMPORTANT FLORIDA MEDIATOR CERTIFICATION INFORMATION: This course meets the Florida Supreme Court training standards for certification as a dependency mediator. There are additional requirements for certification by the Florida Supreme Court which are described in the Florida Rules for Certified and Court Appointed Mediators. Click here to learn about all the requirements for mediator certification.
MEDIATION CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY: Registration is reserved for individuals who possess a master’s or doctorate (e.g., Ph.D., J.D., M.D., Ed.D., LL.M) degree. Individuals with a bachelor’s degree who have either five years mediation experience or a graduate certificate in conflict resolution may also register. Others may enroll with the permission of the instructor. The number of course participants is limited.
REGISTRATION FEE: Register at least two weeks prior to class start date for $1,125 and after that date the fee is $1,175. No refunds within one week of class start date. If you withdraw at least one week prior to class start date, a $35 administrative fee will be charged. Substitutions allowed until one day prior. Enrollment is limited to 40 participants. My Florida Mediator reserves the right to cancel any programs in which case fees are fully refunded. Register online with a credit card, debit card or PayPal to confirm your space. A confirmation letter will be sent upon receipt of your registration and payment if space is available. Registration is not confirmed until full payment is received.
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Thursday, Noon to 5:00 pm
Friday, 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, Noon - 5:00 pm
Friday, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
TEACHING METHODOLOGY: This course combines lectures, discussion and role playing to promote comprehensive understanding and practical skills development in the growing field of family mediation.
PRIMARY TRAINER: Gregory Firestone, Ph.D. is President of My Florida Mediator and previously served as Director of the University of South Florida Conflict Resolution Collaborative. He has served continuously on standing alternative dispute resolution committees of the Florida Supreme Court for more than two decades (including seven years as Vice Chair of the Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy Committee) and as Official Observer (on behalf of the Association for Conflict Resolution and the Academy of Family Mediators) to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Uniform Mediation Act Drafting Committee. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Family Court Review and has received numerous awards including the 2012 Florida Supreme Court Sharon Press Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution Award and Florida Academy of Professional Mediators Merit Award. Dr. Firestone is a mediator, mediation trainer and dispute resolution system consultant, retired clinical psychologist, and has maintained a private mediation practice since 1984. Gregory Firestone is a practicing 1) Florida Supreme Court certified Appellate, Circuit Court, Dependency, and Family Mediator, 2) Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Advanced Practitioner, and 3) Diplomate Member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediator. Dr. Firestone has lectured and published widely in the field of mediation and is coauthor of Mediation Works: Make it Work for You, a family mediation orientation video produced by the Florida Supreme Court Dispute Resolution Center.
ADDITIONAL FACULTY
C. Michael Kelly, Esq. is a Florida licensed attorney and Board Certified Specialist in Juvenile Law in private practice. Previously, Mr. Kelly was an attorney for the State Attorney’s Office specializing in actions for termination of parental rights and a senior attorney for the Department of Children and Families handling all dependency matters from shelter to termination of parental rights. His practice now focuses on representing children and parents in dependency matters, children with special needs and adoptions.
Michelle Artman Smith, Esq. is Alternative Dispute Resolution Director for the 12th Judicial Circuit of Florida. She is a licensed attorney and Florida Supreme Court Certified County, Family, and Dependency Mediator and serves on the Florida Supreme Court Mediator Qualifications and Discipline Review Board.
CONTINUING EDUCATION (Details below based on 9/2024 Course)
Attorneys: Approved by the Florida Bar (2207190N) for 42 general CLE Credits including 3.5 Ethics Credits, 1.5 Bias Elimination Credits, 42 hours of Juvenile Law Certification Credits and 42 hours of Marital and Family Law Certification Credits.
Psychologists and Mental Health Professionals: Continuing Education, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Continuing Education, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Designation: As an organization approved by the American Psychological Association, Continuing Education, Inc. is offering this activity for a maximum of 40 hours of continuing education credit. Each psychologist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Continuing Education, Inc is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 40 Clinical continuing education credits. Does not apply to the following states/provinces: New Jersey, New York, Yukon Territories.
Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea and My Florida Mediator. The Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Continuing Education, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Mediators: Portions of this mediation certification course are eligible for CME credit. Mediators are required to self-report hours applicable to their areas of certification at the time of their renewal. For more information on CME requirements, visit www.flcourts.org, select Alternative Dispute Resolution found under the Resources and Services tab.
COURSE LOCATION: This course will be offered via Zoom. Course attendees must participate via a computer or tablet with reliable high speed internet connection. More details can be found here.
WHAT IS DEPENDENCY MEDIATION? Click here to learn more about Dependency Mediation.
Dependency Mediation Certification Training
Dates TBA
Primary Trainer: Gregory Firestone, Ph.D.
Offered Online
Approved by the Florida Supreme Court
- Offered online via Zoom.
- Free help scheduling required mediations to observe/co-mediate.
- Free CLEs, CEUs, and CMEs awarded as described below.
- Additional Expert Faculty described below
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