For Mediators:
Continuing Professional Development
Undertake continual professional development to meet your AMDRAS and FDRP accreditation requirements.
These specialist courses and events are delivered by practicing mediators, and allow you to add input on key subjects.
Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Events are a constantly evolving portfolio of short training courses and events. The events are held online on the Australian Mediation Association’s training platform. Our CPD Events are designed and delivered by experts in the field, aiming to deepen and broaden your skills and knowledge as a professional mediator.
The proposed CPD program is intended to cover mediation skills, practice and specific content areas. The CPD workshops will be identified as either skills sessions or speciality sessions to assist in selection. The program will appeal to mediators from all different disciplines.
Please find our 2026 program here
Download – Continuing Professional Guidelines & Template
Registration details and further information on each session is also available.
24 February 2026: Case management in mediation
5.00 – 6.30pm
This presentation will look at the case management required for a mediation practice from the initial phone call, through the intake to mediation and post session. The purpose is to highlight what processes need to be in place to manage both framework and parties’ requirements.
$65.00 (incl. GST)
28 April 2026: AMDRAS refresher
5.00 – 6.30pm
This webinar will revisit the important aspects of AMDRAS training, for those who wanted to get’ refreshed’ and make sure their practice is up to date and meeting the necessary requirements.
$65.00 (incl. GST)
26 May 2026: Do we really understand ‘high conflict’?
5.00 – 6.30pm
Most mediations have at their heart ‘conflict’ but it is ‘high conflict’ that often derails the mediation. This presentation will look at the definition of ‘high conflict’ and how mediators need to identify what are high conflict situations and when high conflict ‘personalities’ impact the process.
$65.00 (incl. GST)
28 July 2026: Relationship Mediation.. it’s needed everywhere
5.00 – 6.30pm
Relationship mediation has come to have a place within the family and FDR space but the purpose, process and skills have application in so many areas of our lives, workplace, community and inter-generational just to name a couple. The presentation will highlight how the process and skills used in relationship mediation can assist and why you may want to add it to your toolbox.
$65.00 (incl. GST)
25 August 2026: How to use negotiation theory effectively in mediation
5.00 – 6.30pm
As a mediator’s role is to guide and coach the parties through the process including the negotiation stage. BATNA, WATNA are terms with which we are familiar, however, how to bring them into the mediation room and assist the parties in generating, evaluating and presenting options is something that needs anchoring in the theory of negotiation. This presentation will consider the theory and how the interventions used by mediators are based in that theory.
$65.00 (incl. GST)
27 October 2026: Complaints.. managing and learning from
5.00 – 6.30pm
No one wants to receive a complaint.. but it can be a learning opportunity if handled right. This webinar will look at how complaints arise and how they may be prevented. It will also look at the process to follow if a complaint will arise. The recent mechanisms put in place by AMDRAS and AGD will be highlighted.
$65.00 (incl. GST)
24 November 2026: AMDRAS Refresher
5.00 – 6.30pm
This webinar will revisit the important aspects of AMDRAS training , for those who wanted to get’ refreshed’ and make sure their practice is up to date and meeting the necessary requirements.
$65.00 (incl. GST)
NB: ALL times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time at all times (non daylight saving time). Check times for your location on the Meeting Planner calculator here
