UMaine Extension to offer mediation training, Livermore Falls Advertiser reports 

Livermore Falls Advertiser reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a 40-hour basic mediation training beginning 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sept. 23 at the University of Maine. The training continues Sept. 24–25 and Oct. 2–3. The hands-on, interactive training will include demonstrations, discussions, exercises, videos and role-play practice with mediation scenarios. Scheduled instructors are Karen Groat, director of Family and Community Mediation; Leah Boyd, mediator, facilitator and certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication; and additional guest mediator coaches. The $775 cost per person — $885 if after Aug. 23 — includes a certificate upon successful completion. Maine Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit is available for an additional $35. More information about the training and registration are online.