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Violence Intervention Curriculum for Families incorporates
lessons for parents alone and for parents and
youth together, based on the belief that healthy
interaction between parents/adults and children is
essential to improve family functioning and reinforce
the skills taught. Violence Intervention Curriculum for
Juveniles is directed to those who work with highrisk
youth in schools and community, probation,
detention, and correctional settings.
Key Teaching Strategies: Exercises in anger management,
consequential thinking, problem solving,
communication, conflict management, and negotiation
skills. The curriculum reflects varied approaches
that emphasize individual learning styles
and also encourage participants to integrate concepts
through active learning.
Type of Material: 200- to 225-page curriculum
and 30-minute instructional videocassette (in color
or black and white).
Cost: Violence Intervention Curriculum for Families,
$109; Violence Intervention Curriculum for Juveniles, $99.
We Can Work It Out!: Problem Solving Through
Mediation, Elementary Edition. 1996. Linda
Barnes-Robinson, Sue Jewler, and Judith Zimmer.
We Can Work It Out!: Problem Solving Through
Mediation, Secondary Edition. 1993. Suzin Glickman
and Judith Zimmer.
National Teens, Crime, and the Community Program,
c/o National Institute for Citizen Education in
the Law, 711 G Street SE., Washington, DC 20003.
Phone: 202–546–6644
Audience: Grades 5–12.
Focus: To promote cooperation over competition
while pursuing a nonadversarial method of conflict
resolution. The lessons teach students to generate
nonviolent options when faced with conflict; develop
critical thinking, questioning, and active listening
skills; analyze and solve problems; find common
ground when they disagree; and manage conflict in
their daily lives. Lessons culminate in a mock mediation
where students role-play the parts of disputants
and mediators and are evaluated by members of the
community involved in related fields.
B–8
Key Teaching Strategies: Critical thinking, problem
solving, cooperative learning, role-playing,
interviews, group dialog, brainstorming, and other
experiential learning strategies.
Type of Material: Curriculums for grades 5–7
(elementary edition) and 7–12 (secondary edition).
Cost: Elementary edition, $40; secondary edition,
$40.
Winning Against Violent Environments (W.A.V.E.)
Program. Cleveland Public Schools Center for Conflict
Resolution, 1651 East 71st Street, Cleveland,
OH 44103.
Phone: 216–432–4605
Audience: Students grades K–12, staff, and families.
Focus: To teach young people to create peaceful
and healthy environments in which to live through
problem solving, respect for cultural diversity, and
communication.
Key Teaching Strategies: Experiential and cooperative
learning activities, group interaction, teambuilding
activities, and role-playing.
Type of Material: Student training, handbooks,
handouts, organizational development, classroom
management, curriculum infusion, and other
resource materials.
Cost: $75 per student for training and all materials.
Materials are available only with the training.
WinWin! 1994. Fran Schmidt. Peace Education
Foundation, 1900 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL
33132–1025.
Phone: 800–749–8838
Audience: Grades 9–12.
Focus: To tackle tough problems like violence,
anger, cultural differences, and sexual harassment
while teaching conflict resolution skills. Presented
in a magazine format.
Key Teaching Strategies: Brainstorming, cooperative
activities, problem solving, role-playing,
simulation, reading, and experiential learning.
Type of Material: Teacher’s guide, student handbooks
(magazine format), poster, and video.
Cost: Complete set, $214.95.