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Conflict Managers Training Manual for Grades 3–6.
1995. Community Board Program, Inc., 1540 Market
Street, Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Phone: 415–552–1250
Audience: Grades 3–6.
Focus: To foster enhanced cooperation and reduce
violence through peer mediation, effective communication,
and peaceful problem-solving skills
and processes.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, group
discussion, experiential practice of skills, recordkeeping,
and demonstrations.
Type of Material: Training and implementation
manual.
Cost: $17.
Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation for Grades
4 & 5. 1995. Linda Dunn, Pat Lewis, Lynda Hall,
Eileen McAvoy, and Cynthia Pitts, Mediation Network
of North Carolina, P.O. Box 241, Chapel Hill,
NC 27514–0241.
Phone: 919–929–6333
Audience: Grades 4 and 5.
Focus: To introduce students to the mediation process
and teach the skills needed to mediate. Mediation
skills are reviewed and refined in the fifth
grade. Can be used to train student mediators in
an individual class or for a schoolwide mediation
program.
Key Teaching Strategies: Discussion/dialog,
simulation games, role-playing, and interactive
and experiential activities.
Type of Material: 135-page scoped and sequenced
curriculum.
Cost: $20.
Establishing a Viable and Durable Peer Mediation
Program—From “A” to “Z.” 1995. Louis A. Siegal
and Lorraine M. López, The Institute for Violence
Prevention, Inc., 155 Landor Drive, Athens, GA
30606.
Phone: 706–548–4932
Audience: Grades 4–12.
Focus: To establish peer mediation programs; logistics,
goals, mediator and adviser selection, training,
publicity, and evaluation.
Key Teaching Strategies: Brainstorming, vocabulary
games, simulation exercises, role-playing,
team-building, theory, and mediation practicum.
B–10
Type of Material: Program coordinator’s manual
and training guide, including sample forms, overheads,
and list of resources.
Cost: All materials, $199.
Fuss Busters Teacher’s Guide: For Elementary
School Peer Mediation. 1994. Barbara A. Davis and
Paul Godfrey, The Mediation Center, 189 College
Street, Asheville, NC 28801. NCJ 160364.
Phone: 704–251–6089
Audience: Grades 3–6.
Focus: To improve students’ and teachers’ communication
and conflict resolution skills through
a series of experiential activities and discussion.
Key Teaching Strategies: Interactive group and
paired activities, role-playing, simulations, and
experiential learning games.
Type of Material: Teacher’s manual with lesson
plans, ABC’s of mediation poster.
Cost: Student manual, $18; three-color poster, $8.
Implementing Mediation in Youth Corrections
Settings. 1992. Jean Sidwell and Melinda Smith,
New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution, 620
Roma NW., Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
NCJ 156847.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: Grades 6–12.
Focus: To implement the mediation process in youth
corrections settings and a training curriculum to
train staff and youth mediators.
Key Teaching Strategies: Small- and large-group
cooperative activities, brainstorming, role-playing,
and other experiential learning activities.
Type of Material: Implementation guide and
mediation training curriculum.
Cost: $35.
Implementing Parent-Child Mediation in Youth Corrections
Settings. 1989. Jean Sidwell and Melinda
Smith, New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution,
620 Roma NW., Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
NCJ 156847.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: Grades 6–12.
Focus: To implement parent-child mediation for
families of youth returning from correctional or
residential settings. Includes a curriculum to train
parent-child mediators.