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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 to be gained 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.
Professionals in or aspiring to the following positions would benefit from this program:
Enrollment for all courses in the certificate requires the approval of the program director.
Emphasizes human communication in the context of conflict. Addresses challenges to effective communication caused by interpersonal, intrapersonal, intergroup, or intragroup conflict, and the role of communication in resolving such conflicts. Concentrates on methods of communication most effective in dealing with differences.
Goal: To provide students with the opportunity to learn the stages, steps, and skills involved in the practice of mediation as a conflict resolution process, including certification requirements.
Students will learn:
By the end of this course, the successful student will demonstrate the following and evaluate the ability to:
Goal: To provide students with the opportunity to learn the stages, steps and skills involved in the practice of mediation as a conflict resolution process, including certification requirements.
Learning Objectives
Students will learn:
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the successful student will demonstrate the following and evaluate ability to:
This course is an overview of methods of dispute resolution. Introduction to and history of dispute resolution for traditional and nontraditional families, emphasizing mediation. The mediation process as it has evolved. Families in and out of the court system. Simulations of family mediations.
Goal: To provide students with an opportunity to evaluate the methodology of using mediation approaches in marital and family disputes, especially divorce.
To be able to:
By the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
Lawyers’ and clients’ cooperative voluntary conflict resolution process. Emphasizes shared belief that it is in the best interest of parties to avoid adversarial proceedings. Commitment to resolving differences with minimal conflict and working together to create shared solutions to the issues.
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To get started in and receive department consent for the NCRP Certificate programs, please submit a 500-word Statement of Purpose and a current CV/Resume highlighting your prior relevant practice, occupational, and professional experience for consideration for enrollment. The Statement of Purpose should address the following questions:
Please reach out to Dr. Brian Jarrett in the NCRP Program Office to obtain department consent by submitting the above-required documents to:
bjarrett@csudh.edu | 310-243-3237
Have questions about the program? Call 310-243-3237, email learn@csudh.edu, or use our LiveChat ↘ to ask questions or leave a detailed message about this program.
When you're ready to register, call 310-243-3741 (Option 1).
Application Support Coordinator: Oscar Guzman
(310) 243-3129 | oguzman@csudh.edu
Program Director: Dr. Brian Jarrett
(310) 243-3237 | bjarrett@csudh.edu
Academic Advisor: Dr. Rene Castro
Student Success Center
(310) 243-3237 | rcastro@csudh.edu
Administrative Support Coordinator
(310) 243-3237 | ncrp@csudh.edu
Negotiation, Conflict Resolution
& Peacebuilding Program
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747 USA
(310) 243-3237
FAX: (310) 516-4268
ncrp@csudh.edu