Mediation Institute Training Update: December 2021
Final FGC Workshop for 2020
Message from Joanne,
Who knew that December would be the month of NMAS training but it definitely is! Our training team have pulled out all the stops and are offering weekend workshops over the next three weekends for our NMAS students.
If you completed the survey to indicate that you wanted to complete before the end of the year you should have already had emails asking you to fill in your name for the sessions you can do. If you haven’t then you should right now as we’ll be opening up to all students on Thursday and some may have changed their minds. You’ll see a red underlined PreXmas Workshops tab on the Role Play Scheduler. Remember to check out the mid week opportunities as well. Contact Ken or Cynthia if you need any help.
Remember to check out the Members Post for more details about professional development updates.
Congratulations to our Recent Graduates
NMAS Graduates
Congratulations to our NMAS Training and Assessment Graduates over the past couple of months.
- Astrid Rath – NSW
- Gordon Liu – TAS
- Jasmine Barnes – VIC
- Luke Mealor – VIC
Reminder to those of you who have just finished that you need to apply for NMAS Accreditation within 6 months of the date on your certificate of assessment.
FDR Graduates
Congratulations to our CHC81115 – Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution Graduates in the recent months. We have a number of students close to finalising.
- Janet Leonie Bailey – VIC
- Caroline Dwyer – SA
FGC Graduates
Most of the students from our most recent Family Group Conferencing Facilitator Course have successfully completed their studies in the past couple of months.
- Rebecca Moses – NSW
- Darleen Barton – ACT
- Regina Brown – New York
- Tim Lyon – New York
- Jess Cain – VIC
- Sally McPherson – NSW
- Stephanie Eghigian – New York
- Lewellyn Blanchard – New York
Family Group Conference Facilitator Members are eligible for Practitioner Membership which includes complaint handling and support.

FDR Students Update
We are delighted to welcome Gerraldine, Rebecca, Chiarina, Feeby Fong, Kate Ladics and Clare Jennings in the last couple of months.
December Tutorials:
- 1st December – Pre-mediation – Reading court documents before 2nd chance Property FDR with people already in court.
- 8th December – Parenting Mediation – launch of new assessment tool and script tool.
- 15th December – Parenting Mediation using FamilyProperty.
Register for FDR tutorials – free for Mi Students and Members2021 – Family Dispute Resolution Tutorials, Hosted online, Running between January and December 2021 | Humanitix
Recordings of past webinars – you will find them in module 2 of your course on a page called 2021 Tutorials.
Peer Group Supervision – 7th December. This is an opportunity for members to come together to discuss cases, books, ideas and resources they are using to support their professional practice. https://events.humanitix.com/mi-peer-group-supervision
Practice Development Mastermind 2022 – Will recommence in January. An opportunity to come together and talk about the business of Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution. Practice Development Mastermind 2021 – Mediation Institute and

NMAS Students Update
We were delighted to welcome Trish, Hanna, Frank, Damien, Temara, Rachel, Mary, Marshall, Jeremy, Connie, Hannah, Tim and Alison in the last couple of months.
- Day – 1st Tuesday of the month, 7th December, Mi NMAS Mediator Assessment Expectations – Mediation Institute
- Evening – 2nd Wednesday of the Month, 8th December – Mi NMAS Mediator Assessment Expectations – Mediation Institute
The rest of the month we have every Tuesday a Q & A session to discuss anything relevant to your course, mediation or even working as a mediator. https://events.humanitix.com/mi-mediators-q-and-a-and-open-mic
Peer Group Supervision – 7th December. This is an opportunity for members to come together to discuss cases, books, ideas and resources they are using to support their professional practice. https://events.humanitix.com/mi-peer-group-supervision
Practice Development Mastermind 2022 – Will recommence in January. An opportunity to come together and talk about the business of Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution. Practice Development Mastermind 2021 – Mediation Institute

FGC Students Update
We have our next workshops coming up in February 2022 with our specialist Family Group Conference Facilitator trainer, Eve Clare.
- 9:00 – 11:30 Thursday 4th February
- 9:00 – 11:30 Thursday 10th February
- 9:00 – 12:30 Friday 11th February
Professional Development
- Peer Group Supervision – 7th December. This is an opportunity for members to come together to discuss cases, books, ideas and resources they are using to support their professional practice. https://events.humanitix.com/mi-peer-group-supervision
- Practice Development Mastermind 2022 – Will recommence in January. An opportunity to come together and talk about the business of Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution. Practice Development Mastermind 2021 – Mediation Institute
What our students say










Opportunity would be to refresh the role play scenarios but I believe that is happening. Also to update the videos of the role plays, I found these to be very helpful, maybe make them shorter Also I would have liked training on the pre mediation - and I believe that is also coming soon !!! Thanks again, you are all so dedicated and passionate and that made the whole experience enjoyable




















