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Miller, Rose W. – Schools in the Middle, 1993
Concerned with increasing numbers of student fights, a Maryland middle school initiated a peer-mediation program to help students deal effectively with conflict. Peer mediators received training emphasizing confidentiality, rephrasing, and cooperation. After one year, the number of suspensions and student arguments decreased, school climate…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment, Intermediate Grades
Download full textOhio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, Columbus. – 2000
Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of living, but managing conflict is difficult for many people because they have not been taught how to resolve differences in cooperative, nonviolent ways. Communication problems can lead to misunderstanding and make conflicts more difficult to resolve. The Governor of Ohio has designated May 1-7, 2000 as…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
Aetna Life and Casualty, Hartford, CT. – 1992
This manual describes the activities of an educational program that is specifically designed for middle-school students with the purpose of providing steps whereby teachers can introduce the process of conflict resolution and the skills necessary for mediation to students within a classroom setting. It also encourages students, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Educational Methods, Instructional Materials
Nor, Laksmi; And Others – Schools in the Middle, 1996
Details how one urban middle school took an active stand against violence by establishing programs in student leadership, conflict resolution, peer mediation, and violence prevention. Highlights benefits, student participation and training, and several innovative alternatives to suspension and traditional school discipline measures of the program,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Education
Storer, John H. – 1992
This document consists of a facilitator's guide and related materials for implementing a program that teaches social, communication, and study skills to middle school and junior high school students. The goal of the program, which incorporates peer tutoring, is the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. This program was developed in Iowa to address…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making Skills, Early Adolescents
Peer reviewedLawrence-Brown, Diana; Muschaweck, Kim S. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2004
This article illustrates the collaborative team process for inclusion as it grew within two schools attempting to improve their efforts to welcome students with disabilities into general education classrooms. Team members learned specialized skills needed for successful collaboration, in the context of bringing about specific changes they deemed…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperation, Disabilities, Inclusion
