Teaching Students to be Peacemakers

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Teaching Students to be Peacemakers

FEATURES: American, Early Years to Kindergarten, Facilitator: Educator, Grades 1 to 3, Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 8, Grades 9 to 12, Low Cost (under $100), Parents Not Involved, Training Not Required

A comprehensive conflict resolution and peer mediation program. All students are trained to recognize and value conflict, negotiate to solve the problem, and mediate the conflicts of their schoolmates. This program provides a structure for managing classroom and school discipline by giving students the procedures and skills they need to regulate their own behavior. Discipline problems are dramatically reduced and students are given important life long coping skills. Lesson plans and lesson structures are included.

WHY EDUCATORS LIKE TEACHING STUDENTS TO BE PEACEMAKERS

Mediation and negotiation are taught in three parts: conflicts, negotiation and mediation.
Teacher handbook is a required resource.
Based on Conflict Resolution Theory.
Research and evaluation summaries are available here.

Source: Cooperative Learning

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