The Los Angeles Unified School District is experiencing a new wave of unaccompanied minor immigrants coming to its schools--some with mental health issues related to their past lives and their trek into the U.S. The district has a bevy of programs intended to help those students with their trauma, their home relationships, and their legal status.

Explains the need for an expert in quelling violence and explains how this expert would operate. (Author)

Abuse is an environmental factor influencing some children's emergent metacognitive processes and perceptions. Because abused children most often remain in regular classrooms, they rely on teachers' ability to apply interventions responsive to their needs. This is accomplished by combining knowledge of educational best practices with knowledge…

Describes the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP), a student mediation process begun in 1985 as a collaboration between the New York City Public Schools and Educators for Social Responsibility's New York City chapter. RCCP now educates for intergroup understanding, alternatives to violence, and creative conflict resolution among students,…