The need for more training has encouraged us to offer study and training material on our website. It is easy to access and COST FREE. The Conflict Resolution Network presents a 12 skills approach so that you can run your problem - the conflict that you are addressing - past our list of skills.

Of course it takes time and patience to work through the material but we hope you will find it worthwhile. You can do this alone or form a study or seminar group. We encourage you to print out relevant training material and share it with others.

Click on the green links below to access our material.

Start with these shorter pieces:

1. 12 SKILLS SUMMARY
2. FIGHTING FAIR A4 POSTER
3. FIGHTING FAIR GUIDE

If possible, spend a few days thinking and talking about the above material. Then move onto the following more in-depth training.

4. CR KIT
About 20 pages. If studying alone, spend at least the next twelve days getting into this material, one skill at a time.

5. CR TRAINERS MANUAL 
Click the link above to access files to over 500 pages of rigorous preparation for helping yourself and others to a new way of life, in work-place strategies and social contact. A hard copy is also available for purchase .

If you need a break from this in-depth study, read from:

6. GENDER LINKED VALUES AND CONFLICT
20 page summary of the book The Gentle Revolution by Helena Cornelius. Director of The Conflict Resolution Network. It will help you wherever a clash of values is present - and especially when that clash is between more masculine vs more feminine relating styles.

7. CONFLICT-RESOLVING GAME
Excellent to test your skills. It’s best if you can involve a few players.

8. DIALOGUE AND DEBATE
This is great for exploring with others.

9. HANDOUTS AND POSTERS
Downloadable A4 and A5 posters and handouts on conflict resolution skills for your noticeboard or classroom.

10. STANDING UP TO BULLYING - TRAINING SESSION FOR CHILDREN

This lesson plan comes from the manual: Managing Conflict with Confidence, Clare Heaton & Maureen Lynch. (Australia: Pearson Education Australia, 2003). It is targeted at upper primary and lower secondary students (ages 10-15 approx).
It is based on Conflict Resolution Network's 12 skills of Conflict Resolution. 
You can purchase online the full manual from Pearson Australia or Relationships Australia Bookshop
We are most grateful to the authors for their permission to make this session available on CRN's website.

The above link will take you to a chapter on anger management taken (with permission of course!) from the book: Is Everyone at the Table: 18 Life Lessons in Problem Solving by Ernest G. Tannis, a mediation lawyer. It encourages us to find our own intuitively appropriate response to the extraordinary challenges that people in crisis can bring to the negotiating table. The book may be purchased from lulu.com  

If you embark on a self-study process using these online materials, we wish you well on your journey!

You may also like to consider our low cost E-Learning Course on Conflict Resolution. It uses many of these materials plus additional audio and video content and includes assignments to help you check your learning process. Read more about this guided study program with teacher input and a certificate to add to your c.v. on successful completion, at the following link:
Conflict Resolution E-Learning Certificate Course