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CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

What is Conflict Resolution?
Find out exactly what conflict resolution is and learn how to teach children conflict resolution skills.

ACR's Education Section
Access training tools, evaluations, and other resources for K-12 educators developed by the Association For Conflict Resolution.

Recommended Guidelines For Effective Conflict Resolution Education Programs In K-12 Classrooms, Schools, and School Districts
These guidelines, approved by the Association For Conflict Resolution's Board of Directors, outline how elementary and secondary school teachers, administrators, conflict resolution education practitioners, and policy makers can measure progress toward effective conflict resolution education programs.

Conflict Resolution In Our Schools: The Challenges That Lie Ahead
Recognize the benefits of conflict resolution and explore how professional development can enable schools to effectively implement these programs.

Research Results From The Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers Program (TSP)
Does conflict resolution and peer mediation training really work? David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson, co-directors of the University of Minnesota's Cooperative Learning Center, present solid research results on the effectiveness of the Center's Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers Program (TSP)--a 12-year spiral program in which each year students learn increasingly sophisticated negotiation and mediation procedures.

An Interview With Ellen Raider, From The International Center For Cooperation And Conflict Resolution
Ms. Raider presents ways schools can address the challenges to developing successful conflict resolution programs.

Funding School-Based Conflict Resolution Programs
Use these tips to help find funding to support your local conflict resolution initiatives.

Beyond Conflict Resolution
Paul Kivel examines the limitations of add-on conflict resolution programs and presents additional steps that are necessary to truly to transform a school community.

Infusing And Integrating Conflict Resolution Into The School Curriculum And Culture
Review these tips for integrating and infusing conflict resolution concepts and skills into the classroom and your entire school community.

The Guidance Channel's Top Ten Conflict Resolution Websites
Bookmark these websites the The Guidance Channel Zine has identified as having the most comprehensive information on conflict resolution.

Influence of Conflict Resolution Training Edustat
Realize how conflict resolution training has made difference.

Peer Review Panels: Managing Conflicts In The Workplace
Explore how a peer review panel may be used to resolve conflicts in your school.

Peer Review Panels: Managing Conflicts In The Workplace
Explore how a peer review panel may be used to resolve conflicts in your school.

Recommended Standards For School-Based Peer Mediation Programs
These standards were developed over the course of several years by a committee of conflict resolution practitioners brought together in 1995 by NAME (National Association for Mediation in Education, a predecessor of CREnet, one of the merger partners of ACR).

Implementing A Peer Mediation Program
Examine the essential ingredients for establishing effective peer mediation programs and review this step-by-step guide to the mediation process.

Peer Mediation: A Low Maintenance Solution That Really Works
Discover the value of peer mediation and gain a better understanding of the actual process.

Finding Solutions Through Peer Mediation
Discover how peer mediation programs can offer schools an alternative to the traditional disciplinary practices and help schools become safer places.

Peer Mediation Training and Process
Review the key steps of the peer mediation process.

Developing A Support System For Your Peer Mediation Program
Access tips to develop support for your peer mediation program.

Communication: Essential For Resolving School Conflict
Learn how communication and teamwork can resolve most conflicts between students, teachers, and parents.

Effective Communication
Become a better communicator and teach your students key communication skills.

Learning Prosocial Skills
Discover why teachers and other educators need to have the skills to teach their students effective prosocial interpersonal, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.

Peer Mediation: Guide For School Support Personnel
Discover how peer mediation teaches students to find ways to resolve conflicts and encourages them to solve their own problems in a constructive fashion.

Responding To Student Stress: Guidelines For Educators
Dr. Ellis Copeland of the National Association of School Psychologists describes school-based prevention and intervention strategies for student stress.

An Interview With Sandra Negley, MTRS, CTRS, Author Of Crossing The Bridge...A Journey In Self-Esteem, Relationships, And Life Balance
Ms. Negley describes how stress impacts both children and adults, and explains how to alleviate stress by ending negative self-talk, having a more optimistic attitude about life, and making time to enjoy life.

Helping Children Manage Stress
Find out how educators and parents can teach kids how to reduce their mental stress.

Top Ten Stress Management Websites
Bookmark these websites for the most comprehensive information and useful resources for managing both student and teacher stress.

Tattling Vs. Reporting
Learn why children tattle and review ways to teach children the difference between tattling and reporting.

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