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There are many answers below with training dates and fees.  Or call!

Click here for tuition and special discounts, like our early bird and active college student. Or call, Dr. Barbara Manousso at 713/557-1010.

ZOOM live: we are doing business, family, and divorce mediations with interactive/real time course training  online.  Call us at (713)557-1010 text/talk!

For the best in mediation training, select a mediation training program with proven leadership and lecturers who identify themselves with academic credentials and professional standing, like the staff of Manousso Mediation and Arbitration, LLC: Solution2Conflict, who are actively engaged as practitioners and leaders in the mediation and ADR field.

Have you listened to Manousso Musing on PodCasts or YouTube?

Make sure that your trainers meet the qualifications for and are members of professional mediation organizations, such as Texas Mediators Trainers Round Table (TMTR) and Texas Credentialing Association, or you won’t be getting a quality training.

Manousso Mediation and Arbitration, LLC. is an accredited sponsor of continuing education credits (CEU), approved by the State Bar of Texas, Committee on MCLE, as well as other professional organizations, such as CEU for CPA, LPC, and HR.


Arbitration Training ONLINE with ZOOM: live and interactive.

($550.00) Ask about special discounts.

Earn MCLE/CEU 10 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR on Friday, 12 April 2024, from 9:00 AM until 6:00 PM, plus writing a brief opinion that will be explained in class.


Basic Mediation Training ZOOM LIVE and INTERACTIVE. 40 hours.

($975) Ask about special discounts.

Earn MCLE/CEU 40 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR, includes Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR training), handouts, and notebooks:

Our next class will start be from Wednesday to Friday, April 17, 18, 19, 2024, and then the next week on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 23rd and 24th, 2024, from 10 AM to 6:30 PM daily.

All classes will be ZOOM live and interactive. Students must be ON CAMERA and attentive for the whole program for certificate and MCLE/CEU affirmative.


Advanced Mediation: Family-Divorce-Child Custody training live, interactive, on ZOOM. 30 hours.

($895) Ask about special discounts.

Earn MCLE/CEU 30 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR.

Class will be held from <Tuesday to Friday – on March 19, 20, 21, 22, 2024, from 10 AM to 6:00 PM.  Join the eleven lecturers and interactive class on ZOOM!
New: Domestic Violence for Advance Family Training required by TX legislation
the four (4) hours required by Texas statute is yours for $150. (This Domestic Violence training is INCLUDED in our Advance Family 30 hours of training above.)

If you have taken the 30 hours of Advance Family training, but only need this DV-4 hours, then register under Advance Training drop-down ^ button.

If you are already an attorney or mediator who does not have the Texas Statute Required domestic violence (DV) training, you can take the DV only  class that will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, from 1 PM until 5:00 PM. Please send an email note with your name to mediation@manousso.us with
Subject: Domestic Violence Certificate


Parenting Coordination and Facilitation Training

($525) Ask about special discounts.

ZOOM live and interactive: Sign up for this and Advance Family at the same time and use the early bird discount (SAVE $$$) for both classes

16 hours-MCLE/CEU 16 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR

In 2024, Friday and Saturday, September 20th and 21st, 2024, from 9:00AM until 5:30PM, daily.  >> AMICUS training: The PCF skills are excellent for Amicus attorneys in communicating with high conflict clients.


Elder and Adult Family Mediation Training

($600), specially discounted for family mediators.

If you have questions, call (713)557-1010. Classes are held ZOOM live and interactive.

20 hours-MCLE/CEU 20 and 3 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR on Tuesday, May 7th, 1 PM to 5 PM, Wednesday, May 8th, from 10 am until 6:30 PM, Thursday, May 9th, 2024, from 10 AM until 6:30 PM

Note our NO refund policy, once you have paid for a training, but you can always reschedule online classes with a rescheduling fee of $150, if you cancel within 72 hours.

Our classes can be taken in any order, although you can’t mediate until you meet all the requirements of Texas statutes.

Classes will be held on ZOOM, so it is required for certificate attendance that students use a computer and remain on camera, ATTENTIVELY, for the duration of the training.  

Handicap accessible training venue: ZOOM live!

Texas Justice Center for Mediation and Arbitration in Bellaire off I-610 West Loop.

Ranch Office Conference Room and Virtual Office

Ranch Office Conference Room and Virtual Office

Heights Mediation Center

Brochure

The Texas Mediation Center in Bellaire and Heights Mediation Center are modern, well located, facilities dedicated to ADR meetings, where you can proudly invite your mediation and arbitration clients.

See brochure.

Parenting Coordinator and Facilitator Certificate
Manousso Mediation is pleased to offer Parenting Coordinator and Facilitator Certificates.
18 MCLE/CEU and 4 in ethics approved by Texas Bar and offered.
Parenting Coordinators and Facilitators assist the family courts by providing mediation for high conflict couples who need guidance in child custody issues and scheduling. The Coordinators and Facilitators are appointed by judges and paid by the families according to Texas and state statutes in other states as well.

Parenting coordination and parenting facilitation are specialized mediation services offered to divorced, and divorcing, parents who need assistance in child-centered dispute resolution and custody issues, while developing and implementing workable parenting plans when parents are distracted by their high conflict relationship. Both services may be ordered for families through the court for these high conflict families and are codified in the Texas Family Code.

When parents have intense and prolonged inter-parental conflict, not only does it impair their ability to deal with each other, it distorts their ability to deal effectively with their children. This is very costly to the family in terms of money spent in litigation, emotional distress, and ineffective parenting. Money and time resources are distracted and usually wasted. Parenting coordination and parenting facilitation helps the parents and their child(ren) move forward to healthier and more satisfying decisions.

In some cases, the behavior of one or both parents may lead to the alienation of their children. Parenting coordinators and facilitators are often appointed by the family court to help families save money, to make quality decisions for the best interest of their children, and to keep their divorce child-centered in a win-win way.

Manousso Mediation’s parenting coordination and parenting facilitation training is designed to provide 16 hours of parenting coordination and parenting facilitation training, so that you can earn a certificate and serve as a parenting coordinator or facilitator in Texas, and many other states as their statutes allow, and covers the following objectives, as required by Texas family statute:

Learn tools for developing reasonable child-centered and custody options and the ethical challenges of parenting coordination and parenting facilitation;
Understand the roles and skills of parenting coordinators and parenting facilitators;
Better understand the dynamics and issues in co-parenting and the needs of parents and children within on high conflict families;
Study the development and evolution of parenting plans, parenting coordination, and parenting facilitation techniques.

Click here to register for the Parenting Coordinator and Facilitator course

Curriculum
Parenting Coordinator and Facilitator Course Curriculum: 16 hours

i. Texas State Laws governing Parenting Coordinator/Facilitator

ii. Coordinator/Facilitator Program Goals

iii. Coordinator/Facilitator Program Expectations

iv. Parenting Assessments/Risks

v. Grieving Cycle

vi. Risk Factors

vii. Good Parenting Skills

viii. Anger Management Skills

ix. Negotiating Skills

x. Parenting Plans

xi. Developing Parenting Plans

State of Texas Parenting Coordinator Training Requirements: No educational requirement
1) 40 hours dispute resolution techniques: Basic Mediation Course

2) 24/30 classroom hours of training in family dynamics, child development, family law and the law governing parenting coordination, and parenting coordination styles and procedures: Advance Family Certificate

3) 16 hours of training in the laws governing parenting coordination and parenting facilitation and the multiple
styles and procedures used in different models of service, includes the 8 hours of family violence dynamics.

State of Texas Parenting Facilitator Training Requirements: Must have at least a Master’s level* or J.D.
1) 40 hours dispute resolution techniques: Basic Mediation Course

2) 24 classroom hours of training in family dynamics, child development, and family law: Advance Med Certificate

3) 16 hours of training in the laws governing parenting coordination and parenting facilitation and the multiple
styles and procedures used in different models of service, includes the 8 hours of family violence dynamics.

It is the same training for a coordinator or facilitator. Your level of education
will determine whether you will be a coordinator or facilitator.

Some courts will only use coordinators, since it is a 100% confidential process, while some courts want only facilitators, since the mediator might become a witness. Most courts use a combination of mediators – facilitators and coordinators, depending on the case.

Being only a coordinator is not a lesser version, only another classification and requirement of process.

*Your master’s degree must be in a discipline that involves families, psychology, social work, or the like.

Lecturers

Shawn Edwards, Esq. is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider for Parenting Coordination, Parenting Facilitation; mediator and facilitator in civil litigation; domestic/family relations; technology and electronic discovery. A licensed attorney since 1995, her experience is in family law, civil litigation, and managing complex litigation. Ms. Edwards presented on the topic of Parent Coordination and Facilitation for the Texas Association of Mediators conference in the Woodlands (February 2012) and is scheduled to speak at the Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts conference in New Orleans (September 2012) and the Creativity and Madness conference in Hong Kong (March 2013).
CEU and MCLE will be offered for this certificate.


Toni Jo Lindstrom, M.A., L.P.C. is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice for over 20 years working with individuals, families, school districts, family courts, and other mental health care providers to build healthier, happier families. She developed The Right Track© program – a behavioral directed approach which teaches divorcing or split parents how to remain child focused in a simple, straight-forward manner. Now retired, Ms. Lindstrom teaches Parent Coordination/Parent Facilitation courses, lectures worldwide, and mentors Parent Coordinators and Parent Facilitators in their first year of practice.Retired.


Dr. Scott Creighton is a professional mediator and arbitrator. He graduated Nova Southeastern University with his Doctorate (Psy.D.) and Masters (MS) in Clinical Psychology (1990). He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at McLean Hospital, Massachusetts (1990 – 1992), and appointed Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School (1990 – 1994). He served later as adjunct faculty at Wheelock College and Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. He practiced privately as a psychologist from 1994 – 2012, working individually/collectively with families, schools, youth, parents, educators, prominent public officials and international celebrity figures to address matters solely related to psychological functioning (assessment, treatment and aspects of prevention). He worked concurrently in a non-profit program (Institute for Child and Adolescent Development) as Staff Psychologist, Director of Training and later Clinical Director. He relocated to Houston and incorporated ADR into his experiences, completing certificates in Basic Mediation, Advanced: Family-Divorce-Child Custody Mediation, Adult and Elder Mediation, Arbitration and Parent Coordination/Facilitation through Manousso Mediation and Arbitration. He provides mediation course instruction with Dr. Manousso’s training programs on family dynamics and personality styles. He is a mediator and arbitrator for BBB in Houston, and completing coursework in Criminal Justice related to court procedure, criminal and family law, and juvenile justice. He presented at the 2017 TAM Conference, “Mental Health in Mediation: Exploring Social Psychology and Personality Disorders in the Mediation Process.”