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Assessing for Family Violence in Dispute Resolution Matters - Customised training solution

Learn about the impact of family violence on the family dispute resolution (FDR) process.

 

This will cover the identification of family violence, skills in how to ask the difficult questions and what this means for the client’s capacity to negotiate. It will also address how to tailor the negotiation process to maximise suitability and how to manage the clients’ participation in the process. Some dilemmas that involve impartiality and neutrality, whilst maintaining the best interests of children in parenting matters will be discussed.

 

Family violence can be a difficult subject to discuss with clients in any service. Within a dispute resolution context, it is particularly important to ask questions to identify family violence. Family violence changes the power balance of the negotiation process and impacts upon clients’ capacity and suitability to undertake the FDR process.

 

Learning outcomes

Participants will gain increased skills in:

  • asking questions in a sensitive manner
  • asking questions in a neutral and impartial manner
  • setting up dispute resolution processes to ensure safety and capacity
  • preparing clients for managing the FDR process when they have experienced family violence
  • gaining a deeper understanding of the impact of family violence in FDR process and appropriate strategies where parents continue to interact with each other as part of their arrangements
  • knowing when and how to refer on appropriately.

Ideal for

FDR Practitioners, mediators, lawyers and people working with separated families.

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