This course is for those who want to practice mediation in the context of the civil justice system. It is required for mediators and PCs who do not have a law degree and want to be considered for the respective Mediate BC and BCPC rosters.

For many, ending an intimate partnership is a time of danger. ”Family violence” is defined under the BC Family Law Act (FLA) to include all elements of physical and emotional violence and abuse. Research shows that family law professionals often fail to ask questions needed to properly assess risk, and may also fail to recommend […]

This 40-hour training is suitable for experienced family law lawyers, counselors, social workers, family law mediators, family therapists, and psychologists who have or will have special training in mediating and arbitrating parenting disputes also require 40 hours of parenting coordinator training under the Family Law Act.

Are you curious to learn more about implicit bias and how it may impact your role as Lawyers or mediators?

This course is for those who want to practice mediation in the context of the civil justice system.

This course is suitable for therapists, custody/access assessors, mediators, parenting coordinators, child protection workers and lawyers. You will learn about: differentiating types and severity levels of parent-child contact problems: affinities, alignments, justified (realistic estrangement), alienation and hybrid cases; the impact of alienation on children, adolescents and young adults; assessment considerations; differentiated legal and clinical remedies […]

This one-day training will focus on non-evaluative meetings with children. How do we create opportunities for children to describe their experiences of family and social life post separation? How do children and young people want to speak with us? How do we get out of the way of leading the child and hear what children […]