March 2006

Information about Conflict Resolution Education Programming

In response to frequent questions from our members and friends about peacemaking and conflict resolution education, we have updated our information sheet with a number of websites and other contact information for resources.

Finding Technical and Implementation Support for School-Based Peer Mediation or Conflict Resolution Education Programs:

We estimate that about half of the schools in the country now have peer mediation programs or other conflict resolution programming.   If a school already has peer mediation or other conflict resolution programming, they probably would welcome offers of support from interested friends and neighbors.  Excellent resources for peer-mediation program “start-up” and on-going implementation exist for schools seeking to create peaceable schools. We highly recommend finding a local expert to help you think about a design for a new program or to provide ongoing training and technical support.  Here are some places to look:

Conflict Resolution Education Resources

• Creative Response to Conflict (CRC) is an early organization in the field of Conflict Resolution Education.  Their manual The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet is still my favorite for the philosophy and activities to use to teach nonviolent conflict resolution in schools: CRC, http://www.crc-ny.org/ ; 845-353-1796; email ccrcnyack@aol.com . They also have branches across the country and provide training for teachers in-service education and for students.
• Educators for Social Responsibility – excellent conflict resolution and peacemaking resources for students of all levels:  http://www.esrnational.org/
• Help Increase the Peace Program (HIPP) is an American Friends Service Committee conflict resolution and social justice program for youth and a sister program to CRC (above). They have an excellent manual and offer training. http://www.afsc.org/hipp.htm
• Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management (OCDRCM)  website has lots of information about and curriculum for school-based conflict resolution: http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/index.htm - check out the tabs on Schools and Resources

Peacemaking resources

If you are interested in peacemaking in a broader sense or education resources on international peacemaking there are numerous curricular and organizational resources:

• Center for Teaching Peace – Colman and Mav McCarthy’s organization. Call or Email for information about Mr. McCarthy’s books and the curriculum he uses: colman1@earthlink.net 4501 Van Ness St., NW, Washington, DC 20016, (202) 537-1372
• Hague Appeal for Peace: http://www.haguepeace.org/.  See especially the  curriculum: Learning to Abolish War. 
• U.S. Institute for Peace http://www.usip.org/; Annual high school essay contest with curriculum: http://www.usip.org/ed/npec/index.html
• Teaching about the United Nations: https://unp.un.org/

• UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/ and United Nations Peace Education Site:  and

 http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/peace/frame2.htm

• U.N. Declaration of Decade of Peace and Nonviolence http://www.unesco.org/education/ecp/index.htm
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/index.htm

Curriculum and training materials

There are dozens of excellent published curriculum resources on peer mediation, conflict resolution and peacemaking for all ages from many publishers – here are a few:

• Educators for Social Responsibility - http://www.esrnational.org/

• Peace Education Foundation - http://www.peaceeducation.com/
• Research Press : http://www.researchpress.com/; go to Subject Index and click on “Bullying/Conflict Resolution, Violence Prevention” and search through list. Also see Myrna Shure's highly regarded work - research and writing in early childhood problem solving: I Can Problem Solve.
• Street Law:  http://www.streetlaw.org/.  Look for We Can Work It Out.  They also have excellent materials on Law-related education and human rights. 
• Teaching Tolerance: http://www.tolerance.org/

U.S. Government sites with school safety and violence prevention  information:

• Center for Disease Control (CDC) Office of Injury Prevention and Control website on youth violence includes an overview, CDC activities and a prevention strategies and links page: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/yvoverview.htm
• “Creating Safe and Drug Free Schools: An Action Guide” from the US Dept. of Education has a section on conflict resolution education beginning on Page 58 of the PDF version. http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/safescho.pdf
• Early Warning, Timely Response – PDF file:   http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/172854.pdf
• Health and Human Services information about how to stop bullying: http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp
• Office of Justice Programs Resource Guide Chapter 5 on Preventing and Responding to Youth Violence: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/resguide/chap5.htm

Websites for research and evaluation information on conflict resolution:

• Conflict Resolution Information Source (CRInfo) has a section especially for Educators and a set of Education links:  http://www.crinfo.com/
• OCDRCM (Ohio) also has information on program assessment and evaluation of conflict resolution education programs by Tricia S. Jones Ph. D. and others: http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/schools/assessmentevaluationscm.htm.
• Website of my collection of research information on conflict resolution education (2000):http://mblakeway.home.igc.org/CREResearchBibliography.htm; See also 2002 version in searchable format at http://education-research.crinfo.org/..

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