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MMP Training Programs
Essential Problem Solving Skills ("EPSS") Our first phase
of EPSS
workshops were held in Moss Point, Mississippi from February 26
- 28, and in Gulfport on May 2 and 3, 2007. At least 3 additional EPSS workshops are currently planned through December 2008.
As
publicized in the
Sun Herald in June, 2006 and reported in the
Mississippi Press on March 1, 2007, the focus of this training
will be to train residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast region in
conflict resolution skills, in order to enhance the capacities of
residents and their communities to work collaboratively and
productively in long term recovery efforts. In addition, we intend
to create a team of community mediators able to respond to
community and organizational conflicts arising during the long
term recovery efforts and beyond.
The EPSS
training workshop
is designed as a “stand-alone” interactive skills training which
will enhance the capacity of each individual trainee to be an
effective problem solver with regard to conflicts in his/her
personal life, employment relationships and community
interactions.
Each
Interactive workshop will include
appropriate role plays and essential skills, including:
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Effective Communication
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Positive Problem Solving, including Bias
and Cultural Sensitivity
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Civic
and Interpersonal Engagement
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Personal and Collective Accountability
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Negotiation, Advocacy and Collaboration
Successful completion of the EPSS workshop will qualify trainees
to apply for our two advanced training programs,
Community Mediation and Conflict Resolution
and
Become an EPSS Trainer. Our first advanced training in
Community Mediation and Conflict Resolution was held in
Gulfport from June 26- 28, 2007. Begining in late September,
2007, concurrent with our next EPSS workshop, some
of our alumni will go even further, through our intensive Trainer
Training to
Become an EPSS Trainer. Those successfully completing either
of these advanced trainings become candidates to work with MMP in
the provision of services to their communities, with other
organizations and on their own. Additional advanced
trainings are planned for December, 2007, as well as June and
December, 2008.
You can
learn more about each of these training workshops, apply for
participation or nominate someone for participation by going to
the following pages:
Essential Problem Solving Skills
Community Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Become an EPSS Trainer
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Communities Grow Stronger!
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