Practical online courses for people getting ready for Family Dispute Resolution (FDR), negotiation, and safer participation. Plain language, your own pace, and nothing you have to rush.
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Good preparation doesn’t guarantee agreement. What it does is make the process clearer, so you know what lies ahead, what matters to you, and how to talk about it with confidence.
Not sure where to start? If safety is on your mind, begin with the free Safety Planning course. If you are sorting out arrangements for children, choose Parenting. If it’s about money and assets, choose Property.
For anyone experiencing domestic and family violence, thinking about separating, or already apart. Build your own draft safety plan at your own pace, then take it to a specialist service or a lawyer.
You’ll look at communication, technology, physical environments, information sharing, support people, and arrangements around the mediation process.
Find out more about the free courseSafety planning is individual. This course is general education. It doesn’t replace a professional risk assessment, legal advice, or specialist family violence support.
Arrangements for children are the part most people care about most, and the part that feels hardest to talk about. This course walks you through the process before you are in the room.
The aim isn’t to tell you what outcome to seek. It’s to help you arrive prepared.
View the parenting courseA structured overview of property and financial matters after separation, so the paperwork doesn’t catch you out on the day.
This course doesn’t provide individual legal or financial advice.
View the property course
Online mediation suits many people, and it’s worth knowing what to expect before you log in. You’ll usually join from a private location, and each participant can be placed in a separate online meeting room.
Online mediation doesn’t remove the need for careful preparation, privacy, and safety planning. Test your setup the day before, not five minutes beforehand.
We build these courses around what people need on the day. That means plain language, no unnecessary complexity, and an honest heads-up about the parts people tend to trip over.
ResFam brings professional dispute resolution experience to the learning, so you understand the process you’re about to walk into. Preparation won’t make the conversation easy. It will make it clearer, and that’s worth a lot.
ResFam was founded by experienced dispute resolution professionals, working across mediation, negotiation, FDR, and professional education. We believe people make better decisions when they understand the process, the issues, and their choices. So we keep adding resources to help you prepare for hard conversations and take part well.