Dispute Resolution Training
By Peaceful Waters offers online dispute resolution training for family professionals, healthcare providers, social workers, educators, law enforcement, and other frontline professionals.
Training courses include Reading the Room: Power, Control and Safety Risks in IPV and Collaborative Practice training throughout Ontario in cooperation with collaborative professionals in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Recognized by the Ontario Association of Collaborative Professionals (OACP) and the Law Society of Ontario (LSO), providing hours towards professionalism and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) requirements.
Reading the Room:
Power, Control and Safety Risks in IPV
September 17, 18 & 25, 2026
Designed for consensual dispute resolution and collaborative practitioners, this Intimate Partner Violence and Power Imbalance training engages participants with interactive modules, real-world scenarios and role play practice, so that you can build the skills and confidence you need.
Learn to identify the subtle indicators of IPV and power imbalances, navigate disclosures and connect individuals with critical resources. Whether you practice alone or collaboratively, this training provides the tools you need to serve your clients with skill, insight and sensitivity.
“Should be done again and again. I have learned so much on this refresher…”
~ Participant
“Two very effective and passionate women make this program just fly by.”
~ Participant
“…this training is different… It is not the IPV topic alone, it is the generosity and the non-judgemental way in which you share your knowledge that make the difference for me.”
~ Participant
Our full-colour, 100-page training manual is delivered to your door. It includes training content, notes, process design steps, and a Relational Dynamics Inventory for IPV Screening.
Topics included over the three days include:
- A thorough understanding of the impacts of IPV on individuals, relationships and children
- Competency in screening for indicators of IPV/PI
- Understanding broader relational dynamics that impact power imbalances
- Trauma-responsive skills
- IPV Process design tools
Credits for 3-day training: 13.5 hrs. professionalism, 3 hrs. EDI.
*A 1-day refresher training option is available on September 25 to qualify for/maintain OACP Advanced Collaborative Professional designation. This includes an introduction of the new OACP approved Relational Dynamics (IPV) screening tool.
Credits for 1-day refresher: 2 hrs. professionalism, 1 hr. EDI.
Prerequisite: 21 or 14 hours of IPV and Power Imbalance screening training.
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training 2026
Join this training and draw on decades of experience from professionals in their fields who work collaboratively to achieve improved client outcomes and lasting agreements.
This program is approved by LSO and contains 15 hours and 55 minutes of Professionalism Content and 3 hours and 15 minutes EDI Professionalism Content.
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