Mediation@MIT Basic Mediation Training Guide
Since 2002 Carol Orme-Johnson and Mark Cason-Snow of Mediation@MIT have made available their full campus mediator training Trainer’s Manual, complete with overheads and handouts. According to the developers, “this Manual is intended to serve as a guide for the trainer(s) leading a Basic Training in Mediation for participants with no prior mediation experience. It reflects the style of mediation and the style of teaching we use at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This version contains the changes and improvements we have made in training over 250 faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduates over the years. ” (from the Introduction)
While Mediation@MIT has graciously given us permission to post a PDF version of the manual, please review the conditions of use below before down loading the files:
CONDITIONS OF USE
This Manual is offered for use by accredited institutions of higher education in their campus mediation programs. The underlying premise and purpose of its publication on the Web is to make materials used in the Mediation@MIT Basic Mediation Training freely and openly available to others for non-commercial educational purposes. MIT grants others the right to use the materials, either as-is, or in a modified form. Users may edit, translate, reformat, add to, or otherwise change this material, or combine it with or incorporate it into their own materials. However, there are three requirements that a user must meet as a condition of using the materials:
- Non-commercial. The use must be non-commercial.
- Attribution. Any and all use or reuse of the material, including use of derivative works (new materials that incorporate or draw on the original materials), must be attributed to Mediation@MIT.
- Share alike. Any publication or distribution of original or derivative works, including production of electronic or printed class materials or placement of materials on a web site, must offer the works freely and openly to others under the identical terms stated here.
Download the Trainer’s Manual (as a pdf file) or view it online
Download the slides and scenarios (as a pdf file) that accompany the Trainer’s Manual or view it online.
Mediation@MIT also created a video that was used with this training. A clip from it is available for viewing here.