Facilitation and Training in Decision-Making, Dispute Resolution, Conflict Management

Alikki Vernon PhD

David Moore and I provide foundation restorative practice training workshop at University College, University of Melbourne three times a year. We also provide this training interstate and internationally.

The workshop provides 3 days of training on restorative practice and relationship management. The workshop is relevant for facilitators, managers, policy makers, and evaluators. Workshop participants: 

§  examine dispute-handling and conflict management techniques for addressing challenging situations in justice-, health-, and education systems, and in family-, workplace-, residential- &/or other communities;

§  identify situations that can be addressed effectively using these techniques;

§  distinguish several formats of the group conferencing process and related skills for addressing conflict &/or complex issues, &/or promoting conflict resilience;

§  practise facilitation techniques that can be applied in a wide range of situations; &

§  understand how these processes and techniques can support broader systems of relationship management.

We also offer tailored and inhouse training in:

• Conflict Transformation through Group Conferencing

• Workplace Conflict Management

• Supported Decision-Making &

• Negotiation

I coordinated the conflict and dispute resolution undergraduate and postgraduate subjects in the La Trobe University Law School for over a decade. I taught appropriate dispute resolution, negotiation, mediation, group conferencing and conciliation. I have also provided mediation training for the University of Queensland, Monash University, and the Resolution Institute, in its Judicial Development Program in the Pacific. 

David Moore PhD

Setting Relations Right: transforming conflict into cooperation through Group Conferencing is a three dayfoundation restorative practice training workshop provided with Dr David Moore. David is internationally renowned for his work in restorative practice. This training provides the foundation for facilitators seeking accreditation through the Australian Association for Restorative Justice (AARJ). We consistently receive highly positive feedback about the immediate practical application of the skills and lessons drawn from the training (see testimonials).  

 All participants receive a copy of Setting Relations Right in Restorative Practice. [This 2024 publication is the foundational text in the series Contemporary Issues in Restorative Practice.