TOPIC: Conflict Resolution in Schools

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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

Reports & Briefs

• Youth Gangs and Schools

Introductory Packets

• Violence Prevention and Safe Schools
• Conduct and Behavior Problems

Newsletter

• Bullying and Addressing Barriers to Learning

Quick Training Aids

• Bullying Prevention

Publications

• Fostering School, Family, and Community Involvement
• School and Community Collaboration to Promote a Safe Learning Environment

Technical Assistant Samplers

• A Sampling of Outcome Findings from Interventions Relevant to Addressing Barriers to Learning

Practice Notes

• Bullying: A Major Barrier to Student Learning
• When a Student Seems Dangerous to Self or Others

Quick Finds

• Peer Relationships and Peer Counseling
• Safe Schools and Violence Prevention

• Building the Peace: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
• Conflict Resolution Education: Four Approaches
• Conflict Resolution Program Resources
• Crime in the Schools: Reducing Conflict With Student Problem Solving
• Educating Our Children Together: A Sourcebook for Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships
• Elements of an Effective Prevention Program
• Elements of Style: The What, Why & How of Transformative Peer Mediation
• How to Help Your Child Avoid Violent Conflicts
• Introduction to Partners in Learning
• Lessons from the Playground: What We Can Learn From How Kids Resolve Their Disputes
• Toward Safe and Orderly Schools: The National Study of Deliquency Prevention in Schools
• Using a Transformative Approach in an Elementary School Peer Mediation Program

• Mediate.com
• National Dropout Prevention Centers
• The Peace Center
• Peace, Conflict Resolution and International SEcurity
• School Mediation Associates
• Ten Web Sites for Exploring Conflict Resolution in the Classroom

• Collaborative program development and evaluation: A case study in conflict resolution education. By C. G. Benne & W. M. Garrard. (2003). Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. Special Empowerment and Participatory Evaluation of Community Interventions: Multiple Benefits, 26, 71-87.
• "Conflict in Small Groups: The Meaning and Consequences of Process Conflict." By Behfar, Kristin J., Elizabeth A. Mannix, and William M. Trochim. Small Group Research 42.2 (2011): 127-176. Print.
• Conflict Resolution Toolbox: Models and Maps for Analyzing, Diagnosing and Resolving Conflict. By G. Furlong. (2005). John Wiley and Sons.
• Cross-Cultural conflict resolution in the schools: Some practical intervention strategies for counselors. By J. A. Brinson, J. A. Kottler, T. A. Fisher. 2004. Journal of Counseling & Development, 82, 294-301.
• In Dispute: Conflict Resolution for School Leaders. By T. Stapleford. (2007). AuthorHouse.
• Managing Conflict: 50 Strategies for School Leaders. By S. Edmonson, J. Comb, & S. Harris. (2008) Eye on Education.
• Peer Mediation. By H. Cremin. (2007). Open University Press.