Free Continuing Parenting Coordinator Education Opportunities

Continuing Parenting Coordinator Education (CPCE)

Free Educational Offerings Compiled by the Dispute Resolution Center

CPCE Requirement: Complete 16 hours of CPCE every two year in a minimum of five areas: four hours in IPV (two hours must be related to PC), four hours in ethics (two hours of mediator ethics and two hours of PC ethics OR four PC ethics hours), one hour in cultural diversity, two hours in mental health / family dynamics, two hours in Family Law & Procedures, and three other hours relating to parenting coordination.

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March 2025

Mediation in Temporary Custody F.S. 751 & Grandparent Visitation F.S. 752
Fifth Judicial Circuit General Magistrates Keith Schenck & Yolanda Romagnolo, February 2025
CPCE: 1.9 hours in mediator ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr8g88o7v_I

FAPM Inaugural DR Conference
Florida Academy of Professional Mediator, September 2024
CPCE: 2.0 in mediator ethics and 1.0 in IPV hours for selected topics (13 minute board meeting at the beginning of conference not included in the CPCE calculation)
CLE: The Florida Bar has approved the program for 5.0 general hours including 1.0 legal ethics, course number 2409115N.  CLE availability ends March 30, 2026.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QftP6qCXyYg

Cultural Diversity

CPCE requirement is 1.0 hour

Breaking Barriers - Inclusive Communication for People with Disabilities in Court
Elizabeth Moran & Megan Rusciano hosted by the national Center for State Courts (NCSC)
CPCE: 1.0 hour in cultural diversity
http://vimeo.com/910011122

Understanding Implicit Bias: Eliminating Bias
Calvin Martin, Florida Association Women Lawyers, May 2020
CPCE: 1.0 hour in cultural diversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-0e5NyLGL4

Eliminating Cultural Bias in the Courtroom
The Honorable Rosa Figarola, Circuit Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit
CPCE: 1.0 hour in cultural diversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8r03O-2RBE

Negotiating Well Across Cultures
Professor Sukhsimranjit Singh, Managing Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, August 2020
CPCE: 1.0 hour in cultural diversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXj1lnQaIp0

Increasing the Selections of Diverse Neutrals
CCA Diversity Committee, April 2023
CPCE: 1.0 hour in cultural diversity
http://vimeo.com/821418881/01df71333d

Civility and Solutions Podcast Episode 7: Addressing Implicit Bias
Supreme Court of Ohio Court Services Division: Dispute Resolution Kate Munger (Host), Ronnell Tomlinson, Kip Holley, Kyle Strickland, Esq.
CPCE: 1.8 hours in cultural diversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A4WjCpZc5w

Family Law & Procedures

CPCE requirement is 2.0 hours

Family Law Intake Task Force
Kristen Smith Rodriguez, Bailey Smith, and Robert Merlin, 2020 FLAFCC Conference
CPCE: 2.0 hours in family law and procedures
http://vimeo.com/481697932/c0295c0144

Interpersonal Violence (IPV)

CPCE requirement is 4.0 hours of which 2.0 hours must be related to parenting coordination

Recognizing the Inherent Lethality Risks of Coercive Control
Judge Holly Grissinger, 6th Judicial Circuit, and Donna King, Ph.D., J.D., President/Director of Victims Safe Harbor, September 2024
CPCE: 1.0 hour in IPV
CLE: The Florida Bar has approved the program for 1.0 general hour, course number 2402026N.  CLE availability ends March 1, 2026.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8bJu4S_6x0

Let's Be Clear!  Avoiding Conflicting Orders for Parties Navigating through Domestic Violence in Court
The Honorable Gisela T. Laurent, Ninth Judicial Circuit and The Honorable Brenda P. Ramirez, Tenth Judicial Circuit, August 2024
CPCE: 1.2 hours in IPV
CLE: The Florida Bar has approved the program for 1.0 general hour, course number #2408776N.  CLE availability ends February 20, 2026.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umSQcue6LeY

Maryland Judiciary's Screening for Abuse Project
Richard Abbot & Annamarie Walsh, National Center of State Courts, April 2024
CPCE: 1.0 hour in IPV
http://vimeo.com/940934954

Interpersonal Violence Case Law Update
The Honorable Thomas R. Eineman, Circuit Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit, March 2023
CPCE: 1.0 hour in IPV education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdM2V2N9Xvc

Trauma Responsive Parenting Coordination
Amanda Wall, Esquire, November 2023
CPCE: 1.2 hours in IPV education related to parenting coordination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7RqwQt5rCw

Elder Abuse Webinar, Part I & Part II
Jennifer White, Program Director, March 2021
CPCE: Part I 1.8 IPV hours, and Part II 1.7 IPV hours, total for both: 3.5 IPV hours
Part I:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F082uttrm0g
Part I:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkA05bL6Wl0

Coercive Control
Professor Emeritus, Evan Stark, Ph.D., Rutgers University, March 2021
CPCE: 2.7 hours in IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2gvvJxpnE

Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence
Diane Balkin, J.D., September 2020
CPCE: 1.1 hours in IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xg5EQ44tpI

Domestic Violence Training
Mountain Park Health Center, May 2020
CPCE: 1.0 hour in IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ROmETOyrVY

Human Trafficking and the Courts
Robin Hassler Thompson, May 2020
CPCE: 1.0 hour in IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhZM_FwJTdI

Florida Courts Opioid Initiative
CPCE: Three modules, each worth 0.60 hour in IPV, 2020 (free account required)
http://courtslearn.com/

Walking the Walk: Self-Care in the Face of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
Office of Court Improvement, Florida Supreme Court, 2020
CPCE: 1.3 hours in IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_uTHgqeUg

Elder Abuse
The Honorable Michelle Morley, Circuit Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit
CPCE: 1.0 hour in IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKgGeT5o-_U&t=21s

Adjudicating DV Cases - Training for Judges
National Center for State Courts
CPCE: 3.3 hours in IPV, 2.3 hours in IPV education for Modules 1-3, and 1 hour in IPV education for Module 5
http://aja.courtlms.org/

Mediator Ethics

CPCE requirement is 4.0 hours; 2.0 hours mediator ethics and 2.0 hours of parenting coordinator ethics OR 4.0 hours of parenting coordinator ethics

MEAC Overview 2023
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, February 2024
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics
CLE: The Florida Bar has approved the program for 1.0 hour in legal ethics, course number 2309990N.  CLE availability ends June 30, 2025.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Lwip014-c

Multi-lingual Mediation: Scenarios & Solutions
Ana Cristina Maldonado, Will Work for Food, July 2023
CPCE: 1.0 hour in both mediator ethics and cultural diversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQoTE-eaLg

MEAC Overview 2021 - 2022
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, February 2023
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJLptuVQ4C8
Handouts:  http://www.flcourts.gov/content/download/857910/file/handouts-certificate-of-attendance-meac-overview-2021-2022.pdf

Mediator Ethics, Professionalism, and Discipline
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, December 2022
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smtqu8TZsBw
Handouts:  http://www.flcourts.gov/content/download/852243/file/handouts-certificate-meidator-ethics-professionalism-discipline-december.16.2022.pdf

Crossroads of Mediator Ethics & Interpersonal Violence (IPV)
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, April 2022
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics and IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYq4fGKsQLo
Handouts:  http://www.flcourts.gov/content/download/834514/file/handouts-certificate-of-attendance-crossroads-of-mediator-ethics-and-ipv.pdf

Mediator Ethics: Best of MEAC
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, January 2021
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06QslMM6Tdg
Handouts: http://www.flcourts.gov/content/download/700370/file/handouts-certificate-of-attendance-best-of-meac.pdf

Mediator Ethics: Mediation Confidentiality 101
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, October 2020
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnKx3_-GI-E
Handouts: http://www.flcourts.gov/content/download/700390/file/handouts-certificate-of-attendance-mediation-confidentiality-101.pdf

Mediator Ethics & Vulnerable Adult Abuse: Understanding Our Responsibilities
Florida Dispute Resolution Center Annual Conference, August 2020
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics and IPV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu7L0_uFqgY

Mediator Ethics: Making It Matter - Techniques for Becoming an Amazing Mediator
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, August 2018
CPCE: 1.0 hour in mediator ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaNjEAj-2lw

Ensuring Self-Determination Mediation: Ethical, Effective Practices
Timothy Hedeen, Professor, Kennesaw State University, April 2012
CPCE: 1.2 hours in mediator ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0iQ4_5ET_c

Mental Health / Family Dynamics

CPCE requirement is 2.0 hours