Divorcing Clients Need Special Care.
Be the professional they are looking for.
Add value, credibility, and stand out in your industry with the Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS) program–a comprehensive training for professionals in various industries who wish to provide better services for their divorcing clients.
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In a world of consolidation, commoditization, fierce competition, and very little differentiation, there is only... The Client Experience
Step up & Stand Out.
The Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS) Training is for professionals in the legal, financial, mental health, and real estate fields who provide services for divorcing clients.
CDS® graduates are equipped with valuable divorce-specific information and a customized communications skillset to work with and collaborate on low and high conflict divorce cases. This unique program will provide you the tools to overcome common obstacles most professionals experience with divorcing clients and ultimately improve the experience for all parties involved.
Why Become a CDS®
Not having the right information or proper tools for divorcing clients will usually lead to unhappy clients, with even unhappier results.
The process is already challenging enough, the last thing you want is to complicate it for you, your client and their families. Our research and first hand experience has led us to understand the main challenges professionals have when providing services to divorcing clients and that is exactly why we developed this exclusive training.
- Become better equipped in assisting your divorcing clients
- Understand the legal, financial, mental health, and real estate implications in the divorce process.
- Be skillful at managing emotional states.
- Know which questions to ask and how to ask them.
- Successfully manage client expectations.
- Be seen as a divorce specialist within your industry.
- Stand out from your competition.
- Connect and build trusting relationships with other divorce industry professionals from across the country.
- Become a part of a national directory of Certified Divorce Specialists.
- Receive a discounted rate for NADP membership.
Divorce Professionals Are In High Demand. Don’t Get Lost In The Crowd.
CDS On-demand Training
General Pricing
$895*
NADP Member Pricing
$795*
Includes:
- Part I - Pre-recorded Communication Skills With Senior Trainer Liz Becker
- Part II - Pre-recorded Fundamental Legal, Mental Health, Financial & Residential Aspects of the Divorce Process Presented by CDS™ Trainers
- Post Training Online Assessment
- First Year Designation Fee ($95)
- CDS Training Printed Manual
- CDS Certificate (Must Pass Assessment With 75% Or Higher)
- Monthly CDS™ Alumni Online Meeting
- Listing In The CDS™ Online Directory
- Personalized Marketing Materials
Upcoming Training Dates
What CDS® Graduates Are Saying...
CE/CLE Approved Credits
- Florida Bar Certificate of Accreditation for Continuing Legal Education
- CLE Credit: General (18.5) Mental Illness (2.5) Professionalism (1.5)
- Certification Credits: Marital and Family Law 18.5
- CLE Reciprocity May be available in your state
- CDFA (Certified Divorce Financial Analyst)
- CE Credits: 16.0