Gael Cochrane, Scotland UK

Mediator, Educator

Gail has been developing educational programs and providing training to a wide variety of participants for the past 23 years, she started off working in advocacy and then moved into the working in the field of risk taking behaviors, primarily with young people, youth workers, families, and other professionals working with them. It was when working with young people that Gail developed an interest in trauma informed practice. And then when managing a prison visitor center, this interest deepened.
She's the chair of the Scottish Restorative Justice Practitioners Network and is a member of the Scottish Restorative Justice Forum and the Research Network and the European Forum of Restorative Justice Trainers group and working Group on gender based violence.