These curriculum standards are designed to "help insure consistent, quality training for mediators in Arkansas" (p.1) who are to mediate cases referred by the Arkansas Circuit Courts. Among other qualifications, a mediation trainer must have completed at least 40 hours of coursework as well as 25 mediation sessions and have teaching experience. The standards include course content for a 40-hour training program as well as training content, methodology and administration. If the Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission approves the curriculum, a trainer may offer a mediation training for a period of three years, at which time a new application must be submitted.
Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission Minimum Standards for Mediation Training
Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission. Jan. 1, 2009https://www.arcourts.gov/administration/adr/rules