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Training & Workshops

C.O.R.E. (Comprehensive Orientation & Required Education)

Our Family offers a social service and behavioral health curriculum appropriate for employees of both for-profit and non-profit agencies.  C.O.R.E (Comprehensive Orientation & Required Education) is a 27 hour training that may be taken in its entirety, or you may choose the topics you need.

Like basic training for all level of workers in social services, C.O.R.E. covers social issues such as homelessness, violence, addiction, domestic violence, child/elder abuse and LGBT awareness. It also includes training in communications skills, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, ethics, boundaries, confidentiality, HIPAA, suicide assessment/intervention and risk management.

Our next C.O.R.E. will be February 1, 8, 15 and 22. Download a registration form.

For more information, or if you would like to discuss possibilities for receiving this training, contact Agency Trainer Kathy Schlitz. (520) 323-1708 x 111.

Basic Mediation Training

Our 40-hour basic-skills mediation course prepares participants to mediate a variety of workplace and personal conflicts. Course includes theory, communication skills, mediation process and techniques, and ethical standards. There is no prerequisite for the course. If you are interested in volunteering with our Community Mediation Program you are required to take this course before submitting an application.

Basic Mediation Training

Next training TBA.

$425. At Our Family Services, 3830 E. Bellevue St.

 

Community Mediation has provided mediation services and training in a variety of civil communications practices since 1979. Contact us for information. Group discounts available.

Eldercare Mediation Training

This Community Mediation course is designed for mediators and professionals who work with the elderly -- lawyers, guardians, psychologists, social workers, CPAs, trustees, nurses, hospice workers, geriatric care managers, and nursing home administrators. It will address family dynamics that impair communication, the aging process and its possible impact on mediation, legal and financial issues, and ways to accommodate cognitive impairment or other challenges. Participants should have basic training and experience in mediation.
 

Eldercare Mediation Training
Next training TBA.
$400. At Our Family Services, 3830 E. Bellevue St.

Contact Community Mediation for information. Group discounts available.

Circles Process Training, Levels 1 and 2:

Circles have been used for centuries by indigenous peoples to build community, resolve conflict, and promote respectful dialogue among people with differing points of view. More recently, circles have been used in business, human services, the legal system and education. Level 1 demonstrates the basic hows and whys of the circle method and is a prerequisite for Level 2 training. Level 2 teaches how to choose and convene the appropriate circle method for the group and facilitation skills specific to the circles process.

Circles Training -- Level 1
Next training TBA.

$20 -- At Our Family Services, 3830 E. Bellevue St.

 

Circles Training -- Level 2
Next training TBA.

$125 -- At Our Family Services, 3830 E. Bellevue St.

Contact Community Mediation for more information.

Facilitation Training

 

Learn skills to help groups set goals, clarify tasks, make decisions and create strategic plans with this Facilitation Training. You will learn evidence-based facilitation techniques that actively engage full group participation, resulting in focused, productive outcomes. Recognizing that the diversity inherent in groups is both the source of creativity and of conflict, these methods create clear goals, open lines of communication, broaden perspectives and inspire people to adapt to their changing environment.

No prerequisites to attend the course. Next course date TBA.

Contact Community Mediation for more information.

Summer Institute

Our Family sponsors professional development training for our peers in southern Arizona’s social and behavioral health service community, as well as our staff and volunteers. Contact Agency Trainer Kathy Schlitz at kschlitz@ourfamilyservices.org or 323-1708 x 111 for details.

 

Restorative Circles Trainings

Restorative Circles empowers individuals, families, groups/organizations, and communities to problem-solve
misunderstandings, difficult situations, and conflicts. Key to Restorative Circles is a structure and process
through which sustainable strategies are developed by the people directly involved in the situation. It brings diverse people together to dialogue with respect and understanding and has been used successfully by a wide range of communities around the world. Trainings facilitated by Duke Duchscherer.

Please note: The two-day introduction is required to register for the three-day training.

Download a flier for training details.


Two-Day Restorative Circles Introduction

$30 -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. January 28 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. January 29, 2012
Khalsa Montesorri School, 3701 East River Road

 

Three-Day Restorative Circles Learning Community

$50 -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. January 30 and 31, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. February 1, 2012

Medicine Wheel Dental & Conference Center, 4650 W. Jojoba Drive

 

 
 
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