Restorative Based Alternative Dispute Resolution
Conflict is a natural and expected aspect of personal and workplace relations. When navigated constructively, conflict can foster innovative solutions and ultimately strengthen trust among team members.
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- What is conflict? (Lumen Learning)
- Tools and Resources for Conflict Resolution (edX)
- Five Styles of Responding to Conflict (Riverhouse ePress)
- Conflict Styles Assessment (United States Institute of Peace)
- Conflict Management Styles (Reginald (Reg) Adkins, PhD, Elemental Truths)
- What's Your Conflict Management Style? (Walden University)
- 5 Conflict Management Styles and When to Use Them (Business Management Daily)
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- Inclusive Communication: A Training for Higher Ed Leaders, Personal Development & Skill Building
- Using Empathy and Humility to Help Build Community
- Conflict Resolution: It’s What You Said AND How You Said It
- Conflict Management: A Practical Workshop for Leaders
- Learning to Lead Through Conflict
- Build a Team Culture that Embraces Conflict
Browse FTLC and Sprout course offerings
Participate in Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan training
- International Institute for Restorative Practices
- The Restorative Practices Handbook
- What is Restorative Justice? Hartford Justice Center
- Restorative Practices: What Are They and Why Are They Important for Workplace Conflict? Aspen Restorative Consulting, New Zealand
- Restorative Practice: History, Successes, Challenges & Recommendations (Marsh, V., Center for Urban Education Success, 2017)
- Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools, An Updated Research Review (Fronius, et. al., WestEd Justin & Prevention Research Center, 2019)
- Restorative Justice and Student Development in Higher Education: Expanding 'Offender' Horizons Beyond Punishment and Rehabilitation to Community Engagement and Growth (Karp & Frank, Offenders No More, 2016)
Rooted in peacemaking and justice practices of Native American, First Nation, and other Indigenous peoples, Restorative Practices seek to acknowledge harm, repair relationship, and strengthen community.
Introduction to Restorative Approaches
What is ADR?
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a voluntary, informal approach to conflict resolution which utilizes a trained neutral third party facilitator. To learn more about ADR offerings and our restorative based conflict resolution process, please contact your HR Business Partner or submit a referral below.
What is Restorative Practices?
Restorative Practices Tools
Affective Statements
- Affective Statements (Los Angeles Unified School District, 2020)
- Restorative Practices Part 1: Affective Statements and Community Circles (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, New York, 2019)
Fair Process
- Using Fair Process to Make Better Decisions (The Management Center)
- Fair Process: Managing in the Knowledge Economy (Harvard Business Review, 2003)
Social Discipline Window
- Social Discipline Window (United Kingdom Department of Education)
- Social Discipline Window (Dee Lindenberger with Strategic Alternatives in Prevention Education)
General Resources
- Restorative Communication Handout (Spokane Public Schools, 2019)
- A Restorative Conversation Toolkit (Project Nia, Chicago, 2021)
- Restorative Practice Handouts (Jefferson County Public Schools, 2016)
- Restorative Practices: A Toolkit for Educators (Santa Clara County Office of Education, 2022)
- Introduction to Restorative Conversations (Abolitionist Toolbox)
- Restorative Practices vs. Restorative Justice (ReSolutionaries, Inc.)
- Restorative Justice in the Workplace (University of Texas at Austin)
- Gryphon Place Restorative Practices
Restorative Practices at GVSU
- Restorative-Based Alternative Dispute Resolution K. Evans, C. Grooms, Reach Higher Showcase 2023
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Needs Assessment Survey Results, E. Ortega-Schultz, E. Shupe, 2022
- Four Essential Skills for Managing Differences and Resolving Conflict J. Hodge, Ph.D., 2011
- A Study of Mediation Practices in Higher Education Institutions in the Midwest D. Pace, S. Swift, M. Bedikian, CUPA-HR Journal, Fall/Winter 2005