Conflict Resolution Certificates

Are you a professional looking to advance your career in fields like family mediation, law, public safety, restorative justice, or community conflict resolution?

The California State University Dominguez Hills Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding Program provides professional certificates designed to enhance your expertise in various aspects of Conflict Resolution.

These programs provide practical, real-world skills in restorative practices, community mediation, transformative dialogue, and large-scale community conflict management. By completing one of our certificate programs, you'll be equipped with dispute resolution and mediation techniques that prepare you for roles in various sectors such as courts, schools, government agencies, or NGOs, allowing you to make a meaningful impact in conflict resolution and restorative justice.


Certificates of Completion in:

Family Dispute Resolution Certificate of Completion

Family Dispute Resolution

Through hands on training, students will build resolution skills useful for professionals working in private, government, and court-connected programs and organizations addressing marital and family, child protection, probate, guardianship, conservatorship, and elder-care disputes.

Skills include: methods of communication most effective in dealing with differences; requirements for certification under the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act; methods of marital and family dispute resolution; and collaborative law.

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Labor and Employment Dispute Resolution

Through hands-on training, students will develop dispute resolution skills useful for professionals working in labor relations, employee-employer conflict resolution, and those resolving conflicts in the workplace.

Skills include: negotiation, fact-finding, investigation, and arbitration as applied in both union and non-unionized workplaces; requirements for certification under the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act; compulsory and non-compulsory arbitration of grievances in public, private, corporate, labor, and international disputes; strategic planning for labor organizations; negotiating a labor contract; and conflicts within and between complex organizations.

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Restorative Justice and Community Dispute Resolution

Restorative justice focuses on rehabilitating offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community. This certificate provides hands-on training in dispute resolution and mediation, equipping professionals with skills in restorative practices, community mediation, transformative dialogue, and facilitation for large-scale conflict resolution.

Skills include: requirements for certification under the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act; the impact of system dynamics on conflict management in communities; a restorative model based on the needs of victims, offenders, and the community; and practical strategies to teach students to be peacemakers to reduce violence in schools.

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