Rather, they will ask questions and restate things in ways which emphasize opportunities for empowerment and recognition, and gently encourage the parties to follow those leads if they feel comfortable doing so. Training can also be transformative in nature, or it can be more problem solving oriented. Transformative training, in a sense, is similar to what John Paul Lederach refers to as elicitive training. Rather than coming in as an expert who has all the answers, Lederach helps people work through a series of exercises to figure out answers for themselves. Thus, he elicits from them their own knowledge and skills about effective means for handling conflicts.
Elicitive training is especially useful as both a training tool and an intervention tool.
If people learn how to handle their own conflicts, using their own techniques, these are most likely to be applicable to future conflict situations they are likely to encounter. This article talks about using mediation training as intervention among school children in Northern Ireland. One useful approach is learning about other cultures in advance of a conflict situation, so that culture conflicts can be recognized and limited before they escalate. This article also emphasizes the use of mediation training as intervention among adults and children alike in Northern Ireland. This article discusses the use of training to bring about conflict transformation in Somalia.