Webinar recording | How to assist parents and lawyers to be child focused in family mediations

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

In this panel webinar, April O'Mara, Denise Britton and Donna Cooper discussed some strategies including asking parents to set some overarching goals, looking at the needs of children based on their ages, referring to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and other visual aids.

What does it mean for ADR practice? Findings and recommendations of the Inquiry into the Family Law System (AU)

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Judge Joe Harman, Kylie Beckhouse (Legal Aid) and David Roberts (Relationships Australia) shared their thoughts about the findings and recommendations from the Inquiry into the Family Law System and discussed what it might mean for ADR practice and practitioners.

Good practice in Indigenous-led interventions to prevent violence against women

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While the presentation has a particular focus on the needs of indigenous women, those working with domestic violence in a range of circumstances will find many relevant touch points. 

‘Saving face’ in mediation: perspectives from a Chinese-Australian mediator

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

With the steady growth of migrants to Australia and NZ particularly from Asia, cultural considerations become increasingly important in the resolution of disputes involving parties from diverse backgrounds.

Reflective practice and debriefing

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

Every situation in resolving disputes is unique: expect the unexpected.

Mediators learn as they practice and use reflective practice to learn how they learn.

If we were to practice mechanistically using one tool after the other from our toolbox, we neglect or discount the unpredictable nature of human interactions. Reflective practice offers the means for taking a fresh look at our experiences as dispute resolvers. The practical objective is to become more competent through learning ‘through’ and ‘from experience’.

Working with high conflict personalities and situations

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Full of practical ideas, offered from a generous, reflective practitioner

The journey from Babel to Pentecost: the significance of language in dispute resolution theory

Journal article | May 2019 | Available for purchase & free for members

This article has been extracted from the Resolution Institute journal The Arbitrator and Mediator May 2019.

Written by Dr John Woodward B.Leg.S, LLM, PhD, MCIArb

Tools for a culturally responsive mediation

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

This webinar is suitable for all types of disputes and designed to provide practical tips.

Reflective practice and debriefing

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

This webinar is suitable for all types of facilitative mediation approaches and is designed to provide insight and understanding about the importance of reflection and debriefing for developing ‘competency’ and ‘artistry’ in ‘what we do’ and personal well-being for ‘who we are’.

FDR for property dispute

PDG event | NSW | 7 February 2019 | Accessible to members only

This event looked at how two FDRPs have evolved their practice from law to FDR to now work successfully in the ‘missing middle’ resolving property disputes with Peter Law and Lucinda Aboud