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SUMMARY:Train-the-Trainer: Trauma-Informed Care - Building a Culture of Strength
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high demand for this workshop and its relevance to many workplaces\, CTRI offers a train-the-trainer program for our Trauma-Informed Care workshop. Training an internal trainer to deliver this workshop enhances organization know-how. It also saves costs at the same time. \nTrain-the-Trainer Program at a Glance\n\nCertification allows you to present this workshop only at your organization of employment\nAttendance at the three-day train-the-trainer session required\n\nYour Commitment\n\nYou and your employer must sign an agreement that indicates acceptance of the commitments involved. Please note that the registration process is not complete until we receive the agreement. Please email it to us at your earliest convenience.\nYou must purchase a resource manual from CTRI for each participant attending in-house workshops.\nYou must facilitate at least one training a year in order to maintain certification.\nYou must present the workshop in a manner that is consistent with how CTRI presents the workshop.\n\nHow Train-the-Trainer Benefits Organizations\nLong term\, the train-the-trainer program is the most cost-effective method to train existing and new staff. With a certified instructor on staff\, organizations can offer as many workshops as needed throughout the year. \nTrain-the-Trainer Workshop in Detail\nOn the first day of the train-the-trainer program\, participants will take the Trauma-Informed Care workshop. Day two begins with a question and answer session\, followed by a detailed review of important workshop content. The day concludes with facilitation strategies\, coaching\, and preparation to present a portion of the workshop. On day three\, each participant will present a section of the workshop. \nWorkshop Outline\n\n\n\n\nDay 1\n\n\n\n8:15-8:30AM\nOrientation\n\n\n9-4PM\nTrainers experience the workshop as a participant\n\n\n4:15-4:30PM\nReview agendas for days 2 and 3\n\n\nDay 2\n\n\n\n9-10AM\nDebrief of day 1 and Q & A\n\n\n10-2PM\nReview of workshop content combined with facilitation strategies\n\n\n2-4PM\nIndividual coaching and preparation to present part of workshop\n\n\nDay 3\n\n\n\n9-3:30PM\nParticipants take turns presenting the workshop\n\n\n3:30-4PM\nFinal thoughts and Q & A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Ideal Train-the-Trainer Candidate\nThis workshop has been successfully delivered by CTRI Trainers across the continent. In addition to exceptional content in the Trauma-Informed Care: Building a Culture of Strength workshop\, CTRI trainers are dynamic and engaging presenters. To benefit from the same quality of workshops that CTRI delivers\, it is imperative that thoughtful consideration be given to who would make a good in-house trainer. Ideally\, they will have the following qualities: \n\nExcellent interpersonal communication skills\nAn engaging and insightful speaker\nAn above average knowledge about violence\nPrevious teaching and group facilitation skills\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: Monica Bhatara\nMonica has over 25 years of experience working in the community-based social services field as a Therapist and Community Educator. She is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor\, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist\, and Focusing-Oriented Therapist. Monica has worked both in clinical settings for various programs and served in a leadership role as Director of Clinical Practice\, providing her expertise to clinical and non-clinical programs that focus on family preservation and reunification\, complex intergenerational trauma\, trauma-informed practice\, and clinical supervision. In addition to training with CTRI\, she has a private counselling practice where she incorporates somatic work\, play and expressive therapies\, and interpersonal neurobiology in her work with children\, youth\, and adults. Monica believes in the power of human resiliency and the importance of building the capacity of paraprofessionals and non-clinical workers because they play a vital role on the therapy spectrum. As a trainer\, she brings stimulating stories and a style that promotes engagement and facilitates learning.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/train-the-trainer-trauma-informed-care-building-a-culture-of-strength/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Family Mediation – Theory\, Skills\, and Practice by MDW Mediation
DESCRIPTION:Dates: September 19-20\, and October 23-25\, 2024 (40 hours) \nCost: $2\,000 \nMulti-course discount: Deduct $100 off the price of your second\, and each subsequent\, course. \nPre-requisites: Law degree or mental health professional\, unless otherwise approved. *Completion of the Screening for Power Imbalances and Family Violence course is highly recommended. \n\nElevate your family mediation skills over five intensive days\, as you learn best practices for designing and delivering family mediation services.\nThis 5-day course will cover the key components of Family Mediation and provide a solid foundation of theory and practical application. At least one third of the Family Mediation Theory and Skills course will be experiential learning\, and will combine lectures\, small group work\, and role plays\, to cover issues such as: \n\nAn introduction to Family Mediation\nThe importance of Screening\nConflict intervention models and theories\nPsychological issues in separation\, divorce\, family dynamics\, and power imbalances\nIssues and needs of children in separation and divorce\nMediation processes and techniques\nAn overview of Family Law including parenting\, support\, the evaluation and division of assets and debts\, and other issues relating to separation and divorce\nGetting to an agreement\nFamily Mediation in practice\n\nEnroll now at mediationinfo@mdwlaw.ca
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/family-mediation-theory-skills-and-practice-by-mdw-mediation/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:6-Part Mediation Guest Lecture Series by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association
DESCRIPTION:Episode 1: “Mediators; Not Judges\, Not Arbitrators\, Not Decision makers. What\, really\, is mediation?” 19th September 2024\nBrian Speers Register here\nAs mediation in civil justice has evolved over the past 25-30 years its relevance and process and core values have changed. What was once a voluntary process may now be mandated. What was essentially a facilitative process can now be highly evaluative. And that may be in response to client expectation or preference. But has mediation evolved well? The mediation process should be adaptable – but has it become adapted to something which is no longer mediation? This lecture will consider how mediation has evolved\, particularly in the UK\, and will propose that a recognized mediation profession should be the next stage of the evolution. \n  \nEpisode 2: “Can ADR transform a Society? The Jamaican Experience” 3rd October 2024\, 1pm BST\nJohn Bassie Register here\nThe various forms of ADR mechanisms are touching global societies and groups. Jamaica has been experiencing growth with ADR for over 30 years. This will provide a review of ADR’ s effect on the Youth\, communities\, the Legal system and Private Sector and a peak into the future expectations. \n  \nEpisode 3: “Mediation – The Changing face of Access to Justice” 17th October 2024\, 1pm BST\nRené M. Baptiste CMG Register here\nReferring different matters to Mediation is growing in importance allowing parties more freedom to be actively engaged in resolving their issues. Is it the alternative for Smaller States and their citizens? \n  \nEpisode 4: “Peace jurisprudence and constitutional reform- incorporating Mediation Principles into Supreme Law” 31st October 2024\, 1pm GMT\nJustice Vasheist V Kokaram JA Register here\nConstitutions must respond to developing norms of shared regional and international values of human rights and the rule of law. It is a visioning of a community of human beings collaborating to create an optimum environment for the celebration of our human dignity\, flourishing of our human potential\, sustainability of our human development and preservation of our species. But what all of our aspirations involved in constitutionalism cannot avoid is conflict which inevitably emerges in whatever political systems are designed. In my presentation I explore our baseline jurisprudential approach to the management of conflict and demonstrate the relevance of the DNA of mediation to develop new constitutional values and our instincts for peace. Can positive peace outcomes be achieved\, reinforced and sustained when we reorient our constitutional frameworks to a “meditative” and positive approach to conflict? What approaches to peacebuilding can be embedded within our task of constitutional reform to avoid conflict\, minimize its occurrence and harness its positive lessons? \n  \nEpisode 5: “Mediation Advocacy: The Ignored Middle Child?” 7th November 2024\, 1pm GMT\nGregory Vijayendran SC\nRegister here \nOpportunities abound these days to pursue a credentials and career as a mediator. As the “eldest child” in the room\, mediators guide\, facilitate\, nurture and set the agenda and pace of mediation. Clients new to mediation or relatively inexperienced are the “youngest child” who often need handholding and careful navigation about the process and practice of mediation. But what of the advocates themselves? Are they the proverbial “ignored middle children”? The speaker will touch on culture\, language\, ethos\, principles and best practices of mediation advocacy – a topic sometimes understated but mostly forgotten. He will contend that mediation advocacy plays a vital and overlooked role in mediation’s success \n  \nEpisode 6: “Interplay of Psychology\, Neuroscience and Conflict in Mediation” 14th November 2024\, 1pm GMT\nA. J. Jawad Register here\nMediation operates on a paradigm of conflict resolution unlike litigation or arbitration that operate on the paradigm of dispute adjudication. Mediation perceives conflict as a problem arising from the different perspectives and perceptions of the parties to the conflict and the emotions that get triggered due to such differing perceptions. It is therefore important for a mediator to understand these drivers of the conflict and move the parties to a position of understanding each others perspective. Therefore understanding the interplay of psychology\, neuroscience and conflict in mediation forms an integral part of mediation training.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/6-part-mediation-guest-lecture-series-by-the-commonwealth-lawyers-association/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Deposing Difficult Witnesses
DESCRIPTION:Learning Options: \nLive webinar with chat\, includes 60 day replay\n\n9:00 am – 10:30 am (Pacific)\n10:00 am – 11:30 am (Mountain)\n11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Central)\n12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Eastern)\n1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (Atlantic)\n1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (Newfoundland) \n*This program features real-time audio and video of the presenter with synchronized presentation slides\, and a chat feature that allows for live Q & A. SK attendees please verify whether you align with Central (MB) or Mountain (AB) time based on season and location. \n\n\n\nSeminar Partners is an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario and a pre-approved CPD Provider of the Law Society of British Columbia. \n*The circumstances under which CPD credit will be recognized for watching archive programs vary by province. If you are viewing the recording of the live webinar\, please verify with your law society the circumstances under which they will recognize CPD hours for the recording. \n\n\n\nTechnical Information \nLive webinars allow you to hear faculty and see their presentation slides\, and ask questions by chat. There is no video feed of the presenter(s). You will need a current web browser (Chrome (Chrome works best)\, Safari\, Firefox)\, a wired (better than wireless) connection to the Internet of at least 2 Mbps. You can test your internet speed/bandwidth here. If you miss the live program\, you can access the archive\, at your convenience\, for 60 days. \n\n\nSatisfaction Guarantee\nAt Seminar Partners\, we’re proud of the quality of our programs and presenters. An overwhelming 98% of our participants say they would recommend the program they have taken to their colleagues. If\, after having attended a program in its entirety\, you are not satisfied that the program has enhanced your understanding of the subject\, and you notify us of this in writing the same day\, we will give you a credit toward another program of comparable price. \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend \nThis intermediate to advanced level program is for lawyers who want to move beyond the basics of deposing witnesses to a new level of proficiency. \n\n\nAbout the Program \nEvery litigator knows that depositions can make or break a case. The answers you get from a witness often increase the likelihood of winning your case or push the opposing party towards settlement. But what happens when you meet a witness whose sole task is to test your patience and skill? The ability to effectively deal with these witnesses is what separates a great litigator from a good one. This highly practical\, focused presentation with experienced litigator Michael Lesage will show you how to stay in control and get the information you need from difficult witnesses. Drawing on personal experiences and publicly available transcripts\, Michael will address common recurring witness behaviours\, including hostility\, forgetfulness\, obfuscation and evasiveness. By the end of the program\, you’ll have fresh ideas to help you: \n\ncontrol the direction of the conversation with a witness;\ndeal with different “types” of difficult witnesses;\nrespond effectively when a witness tries to throw you off balance; and\nprepare for the unexpected.\n\nEvery litigator needs a plan for navigating difficult situations in discovery. Don’t miss this opportunity to get lawyer-tested techniques for getting the most from difficult witnesses during deposition. \n\n\nMeet Your Presenter \n\nMichael Lesage is the founder and principal of Michael’s Law Firm\, with offices in Niagara\, Hamilton\, and Toronto. After receiving his B.A. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario\, he attended law school at the University of Pittsburgh\, and worked for a large litigation boutique on matters ranging from complex class actions to medical malpractice to personal injury cases. After graduating from law school\, Michael practiced commercial litigation\, professional malpractice\, insurance and personal injury law at a prominent Florida litigation firm. There he achieved the coveted “Peer Reviewed” rating from Martindale Hubbell. In 2012\, Michael returned to Ontario as counsel for one of Toronto’s largest injury firms. He subsequently started his own firm\, doing primarily business and commercial litigation. Michael speaks and writes on law and litigation related topics\, including for Canadian Lawyer\, Law Times\, The Lawyer’s Daily\, Advocate Daily\, and as author of Chapter 3\, in The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Personal Injury Practice in Motor Vehicle Cases 2018.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/deposing-difficult-witnesses/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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