Virginia State Mediator Certification UDRP offers free trainings and workshops led by our own staff. We are happy to partner with GMU community members to design material to fit your particular needs. UDRP offers several types of workshops to enable students, faculty, and staff to improve their knowledge and skills in conflict resolution. They explore how anger can be productive or non-productive, and are given tools for using anger energy in creative and positive ways. They are encouraged to view conflict as a potentially positive force, and are given tools for making their conflict interactions as comfortable and constructive as possible.
Participants learn the tools for a rational, logic-based approach to handling conflict situations.
Participants discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the rational approach, and under what circumstances it might or might not be appropriate. If appropriate, the workshop may also function as a problem-solving forum for handling existing conflict or impediments to group effectiveness. As a final option, participants may choose to focus the workshop on team renewal and visioning their direction for the future. This workshop does not require participants to be part of an already existing group. They learn ways in which the negative impacts can be minimized and the positive impacts enhanced.