Conflict Management Education/Peer Mediation
Resource List
If you are interested in borrowing any of the items on the Resource List, please contact Maine Law & Civics Education at 780-4991; email Co-Director Pam Anderson at pamelaa@usm.maine.edu; or write to us at Maine Law & Civics Education, University of Maine School of Law, 246 Deering Ave., Portland, ME 04102. Contact us for an extended list of curriculum library resources.
Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings, by Donna Crawford and Richard Bodine, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Washington, D.C., 1996. This excellent program guide may be obtained from OJJDP at no charge. Check the OJJDP website at http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/pubs.html; search for the title, and download the report in Adobe Acrobat. Also available in a printed version.
Students Resolving Conflict: Peer Mediation in Schools, by Richard Cohen, GoodYear Books, 1995. This is a comprehensive guide to designing and implementing a peer mediation program in grades 6-12. U.S. $18.95. ISBN #: 0-673-36096-2. Website: www.schoolmediation.com.
The School Mediator’s Field Guide, by Richard Cohen, School Mediation Associates, 1999. This is a guide to mediating challenging disputes, including prejudice, sexual harassment and large group conflicts. U.S. $24.95. ISBN #: 0-9664408-0-3. Website: www.schoolmediation.com.
We Can Work It Out! Problem Solving Through Mediation – for Secondary School, by Judith A. Zimmer, Social Studies School Service, 1993.
Let’s Say: “We Can Work It Out!” Problem Solving Through Mediation – for Elementary School, by Judith A. Zimmer, Social Studies School Service, 1998. These are classroom manuals for teaching conflict resolution and mediation skills for students in elementary and secondary schools. Street Law, Inc. developed the program materials. U.S. $40.00. To order call: 1-800-421-4246. For more information, visit Street Law’s website: www.streetlaw.org/wcwio.html.
Kids Working It Out: Stories and Strategies for Making Peace in Our Schools,by Tricia S. Jones and Randy Compton, editors, Jossey-Bass, 2003. This book tells the stories of how students — and the teachers who have worked with them — have learned to deal with conflict and create safe and caring learning environments. It may be purchased from the publisher: www.josseybass.com. ISBN: 0-7879-6379-8. U.S. $33.00.
Conflict Resolution in the High School, by Carol Miller Lieber, Educators for Social Responsibility, 1998. This comprehensive, sequenced curriculum will help secondary educators address conflict resolution, social and emotional learning, and has a section on peer mediation. U.S. $38.00. ISBN # 0-942349-11-3. Purchase online at www.esrnational.org, click on online store.
Conflict Resolution in the Middle School, by William J. Kriedler, Educators for Social Responsibility, 1995. This guide features 28 skill-building sections to help students address the conflicts that come with adolescence. The updated 1997 edition includes implementation models and classroom infusion. U.S. $38.00. ISBN # 0-942349-07-5. Purchase online at www.esrnational.org, click on online store.
Conflict Resolution: A Middle and High School Curriculum, by Jim Halligan, Community Boards, 1998 Revised Edition. This curriculum guide offers secondary school students (grades 6-12) the opportunity to develop their communication and conflict resolution skills. Chapters include background reading for teachers plus classroom activity lesson plans and handouts. U.S. $60.00.
Community Boards also publishes training guides for elementary, middle school and high school peer mediators, which cost U.S. $39.95 each.
For more information and to purchase online, go to www.communityboards.org, scroll down to Violence Prevention for Schools and Youth, and click on Publications for the online store.
Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers, 3rd Edition, by David and Roger Johnson and Edythe Holubec, Interaction Book Co., 1995. This comprehensive program is intended to train students to negotiate constructive solutions to their conflicts, and to mediate the conflicts of their classmates. Lesson plans are included. U.S. $32.00. ISBN # 0-939603-22-5.
Our Mediation Notebook, 3rd Edition, by David and Roger Johnson and Judy K. Bartlett, Interaction Book Co, 1995. This companion student workbook includes worksheets for learning how to negotiate and mediate. U.S. $12.00. ISBN # 0-939603-24-1. Purchase both online at www.co-operation.org/pages/materials.html.
What Can We Do? This is a short video on middle school peer mediation created by the South Portland Public Schools and the Maine National Guard. It may be borrowed from Maine Law & Civics Education. For more information on Maine Law & Civics Education programs, visit http://mainelaw.maine.edu/mlce/.