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Mediation

We help people have difficult conversations.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa
Facilitation

We help organizations mobilize ideas into actions.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success. - Henry Ford
Education

We inspire youth to resolve their own differences.

I do not like that man. I am going to have to get to know him better. - Abraham Lincoln

Welcome to Community Solutions of Central Oregon, where our focus is helping people have difficult conversations.

The need for dispute resolution throughout Central Oregon has never been greater. With ever increasing growth in our region and continued uncertainty about the ongoing health crisis, increased numbers of community, business, housing, and family disputes surface daily.

In line with State mandates due the ongoing public health crisis, precautionary measures in place now include disinfectant office cleaning, appropriate physical distancing, and the provision of disposable face masks for clients, staff, and volunteers during meetings, training, or mediation activities.

We also offer meeting options to include in-person, telephone conferencing, or video conferencing online for select cases. See our 'Adaptive Services' update in the 'News/Announcements' page of our website for further details.

Helping people have difficult conversations,

Gary Winterstein
Executive Director

Basic Mediation Training (BMT) Course 2-2020

Our Basic Mediation Training (BMT) Course 2-2020 details as set! The structure of this course is a result of modifications made in consideration of the ongoing public health crisis. This three-part course provides in-depth learning of the principles, practices, and process used by impartial, third-party mediators. Benefit by improving you own communication skills while at the same time becoming a dispute resolution asset to your neighbors and community. Learn from an experienced cadre of practitioners with 50+ years and 3,000+ cases of combined experience helping people resolve family, neighbor, workplace, business, court, and community-related disputes. For more on our three-part course of instruction, read on.

"Thank you! I would likely have lost an employee."
Workplace Dispute, Small Business Owner, Bend, Oregon

I avoided foreclosure! it was great and the facilitator was wonderful.
Home Foreclosure Avoidance Program Client, Bend, Oregon

Wonderful, kind and understanding mediators.
Co-parenting Dispute Client, Redmond, Oregon

Thank you! Mediation is a valuable service to many people.
Landlord-Tenant Dispute Client, LaPine, Oregon

"[The co-mediators had] good and calm personalities, [and were] focused and helpful with ideas."
Divorce Client, Bend, Oregon

Mediation

Facilitation

Education

Welcome to Community Solutions of Central Oregon, where our focus is helping people have difficult conversations.

The need for dispute resolution throughout Central Oregon has never been greater. With ever increasing growth in our region and continued uncertainty about the ongoing health crisis, increased numbers of community, business, housing, and family disputes surface daily.

Basic Mediation Training (BMT) Course 2-2020