FDRIO is Ontario’s professional organization for family mediators, family arbitrators, parenting coordinators and other family dispute resolution practitioners.
Anyone in the FDR field can become a member of FDRIO. Members holding FDRP designations have met our criteria for training, experience and liability insurance and are held to a higher standard.
We offer three Professional Certifications for:
- Family Mediators (FDRP Med)
- Family Arbitrators (FDRP Arb)
- Parenting Coordinators (FDRP PC)
FDRP Certified Specialists must comply with our Standards of Practice, our comprehensive Guidelines for Screening for Power Imbalance Including Domestic Violence, and our Complaints Policy.
Our low membership fee offers outstanding benefits.
And we continue to lead the way in the family dispute resolution field with our three signature events for professional networking, public awareness and advocacy:
- FDR week (the third week of November)
- FDRIO conference (the Monday of FDR week)
- FDRIO unconference (First week in May every other year)