Colorado "Professional Mediators" - Colorado Council of Mediators Announces New Namefirst posted on: 5/15/2004
 The Colorado Council of Mediators has adopted a new name for those mediators meeting its "Recommended Guidelines for Mediator Education and Training."
Effective June, 2004, the Colorado mediators' organization changed the name of Guidelines-qualified members from "Guidelines Member" to "Professional Mediator, CCMO" or "Professional Mediator, Colorado Council of Mediators."
CCMO's governing Board made the change to clarify that Colorado alternative dispute professionals undergoing the requisite training and practicum have a professional "as opposed to merely casual" commitment to mediation as a profession.
Colorado CCMO "Guidelines-Qualified" and "Professional" Mediators
Colorado law does not provide for formal
certification of mediation practitioners. The Colorado Council of Mediators (CCMO) and the Family Law Section of the Colorado
Bar Association developed the Recommended Guidelines
for Mediator Education and Training "to assist consumers,
attorneys, judges, and other professionals in selecting" Colorado mediators.
CCMO's Guidelines (and thus, the new Colorado "Professional Mediator" status) require:
CCMO has independently reviewed our mediators' qualifications in this regard, and determined that they meet all these standards of excellence for Colorado mediators' training, education and experience. Both Larry and Chris have thus been recognized by CCMO as Professional Mediators.
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