Diversion & Restorative Justice: This internship is designed for students interested in diversion and restorative justice. Interns will gain skills co-facilitating the Minor in Possession class, Youth Services Diversion orientations, and Springfield Restorative Justice. Interns will also receive training in restorative justice and will gain skills for working with youth cited with first and second time violations and non-person-person misdemeanors.
Domestic Relations Mediation: This internship is designed for graduate students interested in the field of family mediation with a focus on obtaining practical skills, observations, and co-mediation experience in family mediation. Interns gain experience co-mediating domestic relations cases with professional mediators, writing parenting plan agreements, providing supervised parenting time services, co-teaching the parent education class, and completing other duties as assigned. Interns will commit to a minimum of six credit hours per term, unless otherwise approved by the supervisor.
Prerequisites for the Domestic Relations Mediation Internship:
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CRES Mediation Skills class (including certificate of completion for 30-hour Basic Mediation training).
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CRES Family Mediation class (including certificate of completion for 40-hour Domestic Relations Custody and Parenting Time training).