Training and Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

TWO Upcoming Family Mediation Training Opportunities!

Autumn 2025 Domestic Relations Mediation

Join us this October for a custody and parenting time mediation training intended to fulfill Oregon's domestic relations certificate training requirements to become a court-connected parenting plan mediator.

Dates: October 10-12, 2025 and October 17-19, 2025. Each Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Each Saturday/Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (lunch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.)

Cost: $1000 (register before October 1 for our early bird discount!)

Virtual event, Zoom link will be provided.

Winter 2026 Domestic Relations Mediation

New this year! Join us for a custody and parenting time mediation course that will fulfill Oregon's training requirements for parenting plan domestic relations mediators, with a particular focus on preparing law students for future family law and conflict resolution work.

All are welcome, a thorough exploration of building parenting plans in Oregon and how family systems, domestic violence, child development, and parental identity can affect our work.

Dates: January 5-9, 2025, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (lunch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.)

Cost: $1000 (register before December 20 for our early bird discount!)

Virtual course; Zoom link provided after registration.

Since this course will have a primary focus of preparing future attorneys and legal experts, if you are an Oregon law student, email me at kat@compassresolutions.com using your law school email to receive a special offer before registering!

TRAININGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS

If your organization is looking for conflict resolution-based training options, here are some of the opportunities we can provide:

30-hour Oregon Basic Mediation certificate course

40-hour Domestic Relations Mediation certificate course

Introduction to Conflict Resolution

Introduction to Court-Connected Mediation

Peer Mediation Tools for Students

Peer Mediation in Correctional Settings

Restorative Justice Philosophies and Techniques

Communication and Active Listening

Crisis De-Escalation Tools

Mediating Highly Polarized Disputes

The Ethics of Mandatory or Evaluative Mediation

Music as a Conflict Modifier: Listening and Discussion

And various Mediation Techniques options, including:

Mediation Style Overview

Muscle Mediation

Narrative Mediation

Transformative Mediation

How to Mix your Mediation Styles

If you don't see what you're looking for or would like to further explore how we can provide training and enhance your program, please reach out! kat@compassresolutions.com

PAST EVENTS

Summer 2025 Basic Mediation Training

Join Kat Fahrion for a 40-hour Basic Mediation training that will fulfill Oregon UTCR 12.100(4) requirements, but with a uniquely youth- and academic-supportive lens. We will explore communication and facilitation tools for impartial conflict resolution through a combination of presentation, discussion, and practice. Open doors to working with courts, community organizations, or your own conflict resolution work.

Court-Connected Parenting Plan Mediation Course

Join us this spring for our third custody and parenting time mediation course. Over Zoom so distance is no object, this course will provide you with information about all the necessary and core optional pieces of a parenting plan in Oregon, guidance on mediation tools and skills that are especially effective when navigating family dynamics, and a reflective look at many of the challenges and ethical conundrums of supporting families through the many complexities of co-parenting.

Polarized Disputes Workshop

2023 OMA Conference, November 4, 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: In a world where polarized thinking has become more and more prevalent, there are many disputes in which the people involved see no room for common ground or understanding and may even see anyone on the "other side" as evil or fundamentally wrong. Join us to explore some of the techniques and resources anyone trying to intervene in a highly polarized dispute might find useful and take a thoughtful exploration of some of the most polarized societal disputes in the US and how we might all move forward.

Narrative Mediation Techniques workshop

Transformative Mediation Techniques workshop

Communication and Active Listening presentations

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