What can workplace mediators learn from the practice of Family Dispute Resolution?

Dispute Resolution Article | April 2022

Written by Elizabeth Rosa

Mapping the family relationships’ system: The strategic use of a genogram

Journal article | June 2021 | Available for purchase & free for members

This article has been extracted from the Resolution Institute journal The Arbitrator and Mediator June 2021.

Written by Mieke Brandon

Child Inclusive and Developmentally Focused Dispute Resolution: Two evidence-based methods

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

The online training for both, housed on the Children Beyond Dispute website, is discussed.

Which Gen are you? Mediating and working across the generations

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

Madeleine Taylor, who has mediated and coached teams, managers and staff to better manage conflict in the workplace explores the generational differences, the impact of overindulgence as a factor in workplaces and strategies for coping for all of us.

Collaborative practice for wills and estates – a new way to help families resolve conflict over inheritance

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

This webinar is for lawyers, counsellors and dispute resolution practitioners who interact with families wishing to prevent or resolve disputes over inheritance. 

Integrative Law for Family Lawyers, Mediators, FDRPs and allied professionals – new ways for law in support of human resilience; practitioners and clients

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

This webinar recording is an exercise in Integrative Law in action.  Learn how these practitioners have responded to practice challenges by developing their own unique models and discover the tools you can use to chart your family practice pathway.

Family Law in the Future: The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Journal article | March 2020 | Available for purchase & free for members

This article has been extracted from the Resolution Institute journal The Arbitrator and Mediator March 2020.

Written by Judge Joe Harman

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)

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

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

Webinar recording | Online | Available for purchase

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.