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Crawford D, Bodine R. 1996. Conflict resolution education: A guide to implementing programs in schools, youth-serving organizations, and community and juvenile justice settings. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, ca.130 pp.

Annotation: This report provides background information to educators, juvenile justice practitioners and others in youth-serving organizations on conflict resolution education; it is the result of a joint project of the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education. It describes four widely used and promising approaches and includes guidance on how to initiate and implement conflict resolution education programs in a variety of settings. It also discusses parent and community education programs, the art of conflict resolution, and the evaluation of these programs. Appendices include assessment forms for programs, curricula, and providers.

Keywords: Conflict resolution, Educational programs, Mediation, Negotiation

New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health, Family-Professional Training Institute. 1995. Making the pieces fit: Building family-professional collaboration—Training families and professionals in communication, negotiation and dispute resolution: Conference planning manual. Albany, NY: New York State Department of Health, Family-Professional Training Institute, 87 pp.

Annotation: This manual provides step-by-step instructions for planning a workshop for the implementation of, Making the Pieces Fit: Building Family-Professional Collaboration, a program designed to provide communications training to families with children who have special needs and health professionals who work with them. Topics covered in the first part of this manual include: preliminary planning; recruitment, screening, and selection of participant families and professionals; planning the first training session; evaluation; and the application process. The first part also includes a work plan checklist. The appendix includes standard forms for implementing a workshop (e.g., a program application, a selection process form, letters of acceptance/non-acceptance, a letter of agreement, etc.). [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, Dispute resolution, Family centered services, MCH programs, Negotiation, Parent professional relations, Professional education, Training materials

Chariot Productions, Visual Communications Group, and Colorado School Mediation Project. 1994. Alternatives to violence: A two-part program on conflict resolution, negotiation and mediation for schools. Niles, IL: United Learning, 1 guide, 2 videos (33 and 31 minutes, VHS 1/2 inch), 25 handouts.

Annotation: This information package contains a resource guide for teachers, two videotapes and twenty-five handouts for students. It assists educators in developing and teaching programs that will help adolescents learn to solve conflict using non-violent means. Part one covers understanding conflict, communication skills, conflict resolution, and peer mediation. Part two covers implementing conflict resolution programs in schools. The program uses sixteen lessons to cover these subjects. The resource guide also includes resource lists for information and training, other curricula, and further readings.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Conflict resolution, Materials for adolescents, Mediation, Negotiation, Problem solving, Training materials, Videotapes, Violence prevention
   

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