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Focus: To teach the mediation process and advanced
mediation techniques such as caucusing. Video contains
a demonstration of each step of the mediation
process.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, discussion,
reading, video, and cooperative activities.
Type of Material: Teacher’s guide, student handbooks,
posters, and video.
Cost: Complete set, $159.95; teacher’s guide
including student pages, $29.95.
Peace by Peace. 1995. The Bureau for At-Risk
Youth, 645 New York Avenue, P.O. Box 670,
Huntington, NY 11743. NCJ 160362.
Phone: 516–673–4584
Audience: Grades 6–12.
Focus: To teach students how to resolve student
disputes by communicating, negotiating, and
showing mutual respect.
Key Teaching Strategies: Guided discovery
techniques, role-playing, and group discussion.
Type of Material: Student workbook and
facilitator’s guide.
Cost: Complete program, $179.95.
Peer Mediation: Conflict Resolution in Schools. 1996.
Revised edition. Fred Schrumpf, Donna Crawford,
and Richard Bodine, Research Press, Inc., P.O. Box
9177, Champaign, IL 61826. NCJ 160449.
Phone: 217–352–3273
Audience: Grades 6–12.
Focus: To develop a peer-based mediation program
for faculty, student body, and peer mediators
through basic and advanced training and through
strategic program implementation guidelines.
Key Teaching Strategies: Experiential learning
activities, simulations, group discussions, and
schedule options for training.
Type of Material: Program guide with forms,
student manual, and video.
Cost: Program guide, $25.95; student manual,
$10.95; video, program guide, and student manual,
$365; video rental, $55.
Peer Mediation Manual for Middle Schools and
High Schools. 1995. Cynthia Joyce, Community
Mediation, Inc., 134 Grand Avenue, New Haven,
CT 06513.
Phone: 203–782–3500
B–12
Audience: Grades 5–12.
Focus: To implement peer mediation training
and school-based peer mediation programs.
Key Teaching Strategies: Interactive training
for extracurricular peer mediation program.
Type of Material: Manual includes exercises,
games, and role-playing.
Cost: $45.
Peer Mediator Training Manual for Elementary
School Students. 1995. Cheryl Cutrona, Devonne
Coleman-White, Mary Beth Flynn, Anna Beale,
Bob Napper, and Troy Martin, Good Shepherd Mediation
Program, 5356 Chew Avenue, Philadelphia,
PA 19138.
Phone: 215–843–5413
Audience: Grades 4 and 5.
Focus: To offer students training in peer mediation
and an understanding of the role that conflict plays
in their own lives.
Key Teaching Strategies: Brainstorming, cooperative
games, role-playing, group dialog, and
team-building exercises.
Type of Material: Training manual, handouts, and
interactive exercises.
Cost: Manual, handouts, and exercises, $20.
Resolving Conflict: Activities for Grades K–3. 1989.
Noreen Copeland and Faith Garfield, New Mexico
Center for Dispute Resolution, 620 Roma NW.,
Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: Grades K–3.
Focus: To integrate the teaching of communication
and conflict resolution skills into language arts or
social studies curriculums.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, group dialog,
brainstorming, learning centers, affective art
activities, and other experiential learning strategies.
Type of Material: Booklet.
Cost: $15.
Starting a Conflict Manager Program. 1992. Community
Board Program, Inc., 1540 Market Street,
Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Phone: 415–552–1250
Audience: Grades 3–12.
Focus: To provide a complete overview of implementing
the Conflict Manager program in elementary,
middle, or high schools.