Problem-Solving Skills
Problem-Solving Skills
These links provide details on key skills related to problem-solving needed by conflict-competent students and teachers.
- Creating Sound Arguments
- Developing Good Positions
- Developing Realistic Plans
- Effective Questioning re Perceptions
- Enacting All Conflict Styles
- Exploring Options
- Facilitating Group Discussion
- Matching Conflict Styles to Situation
- Mediation
- Questioning re Interests and Positions
- Recognizing Conflict Styles
- Recognizing Interests and Positions
- Recognizing Perspectives
- Steps in Decision Making
- Testing Options for Decision
Related Videos of Possible Interest
- Classroom Closeup NJ - Peacemakers
- Elementary Students Using Their Playground Peace Bridge
- How to Teach Math as a Social Activity
- In the Mix: Peer Mediation—A Process of Respect
- Learn & Live: Resolving Conflict at O’Farrell Middle School
- NewsHour segment on the 4Rs Program at Brooklyn’s P.S. 24.
- On-the-Spot Mediation: how to use your skills in everyday life
- Peace Learning
- Positions and Interests - Brief Overview
- Professor Shuldman on Mediation in the Classroom
Related Catalog Resources
Below you'll find a randomized listing of up to 20 related items (we may have more...) drawn from our Resource Catalog.
| Resource Title | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Behavior form | Word document form to be signed by teacher and student regarding student's behavior during a particular incident. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| School discipline vs conflict resolution | Pdf document comparing traditional school discipline and conflict resolution practices. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Documenting bullying at your school: tips for school administrators | Pdf document which introduces the idea of assessing and tracking bullying behavior at school for administrators. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Conflict resolution and peer mediation, volume II: Elementary school guide | 52-page pdf guide used to teach conflict resolution and peer mediation in elementary schools. Includes 10 lesson plans covering topics such as "dealing with feelings," "building self-esteem," "exploring the issue of stereotypes" and "introducing peer mediation to students." Includes bibliography. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Physical and verbal bullying | Web-based interative scenario which explores bullying. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| School conflict management resource guide for grades 7-12, 3rd ed., Fall 2002 | Pdf document of 987 pages exploring school conflict management resources for 7-12 graders, with introduction, table of contents, a for teachers section, eight academic subject sections containing hundreds of age-appropriate lessons, a section-specific table of contents within each academic subject section and a references section. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Acting-out behavior | Word document with assessment of behavior and strategies to deal with a student's acting out. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Statement of restorative justice principles: As applied in a school setting: 2nd edition | 24-page PDF document of "Principles [which] form the basis for restorative practices in all settings, using all models, where the primary aims are to repair harm and promote dialogue ... Restorative practices are underpinned by a set of values, these include: Empowerment, honesty, respect, engagement, voluntarism, healing, restoration, personal...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk | Document summarizing Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's work of the same title, with instructions to increase listening skills, help children deal with feelings, provide praise and use alternatives to punishment, with role playing exercises. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Principled negotiation | Powerpoint presentation about principled negotiation which consists of four principles or assumptions: Separate the people from the problem, focus on interests not positions, invent options for mutual gain and find good criteria for solutions. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| How to intervene to stop bullying: tips for on-the-spot intervention at school | Pdf document with instruction on dealing with bullying at school, how to intervene and follow-up procedures. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Cool school: Where peace rules | Link to "high quality and free video game that teaches kids conflict resolution strategies. Targeted at children from Kindergarten through 2nd grade, the game is set in a fantastic school where all of the objects (chalk, erasers, books, etc.) come to life, depicting conflicts facing children every day. The game uses engaging, colorful characters...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| School conflict management resource guide for grades K-8, 3rd ed., Fall 2002 | Pdf document of 1107 pages exploring school conflict management resources for K-8 graders, with introduction, table of contents, a for teachers section, eight academic subject sections containing hundreds of age-appropriate lessons, a section-specific table of contents within each academic subject section and a references section. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 11 Conflict Simulations for Peer Mediation Role-Plays | An 11-page classroom handout featuring 11 conflict scenarios that can be used by students to develop role-plays depicting a mediation. Includes peer mediation process script that walks students through a basic mediation process. The author explains "these Conflict Simulations were culled from over 150 written and oral interviews about He Said/She...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Getting to wow: Empowering young people to resolve their conflicts peacefully | 9-page PDF article in the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario Newsletter, vol. 15, no. 3, 1997, which presents the Program for Young Negotiators, a Boston-based program which teaches children specific tools from interest-based negotiation to help them deal with their own conflicts. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Issues under the hat | Web-based interactive resource which presents a scenario that "will weigh a school policy in this case disallowing students to wear hats in the classroom against good reasons why in some situations a hat could be allowable. At one point during the scenario, [the participant] will be asked to choose of three available options that might lead to a...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Crisis development | Pdf document in the form of two tables the first table lists student behaviors and staff attitudes, the second table lists student actions and staff interventions, adapted from a document by the Crisis Prevention Institute. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Helping Children Resolve Peer Conflict | Vol 15, Issue 1 of School-Age Connections provides 4-page pdf reviewing research and concepts for understanding children's peer conflicts. Includes 8-step model for assisting children in resolving their conflicts. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| What do third parties do | Word document introducing third party conflict resolution: mediation, facilitation and arbitration. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Role play : The power of dialogue fact sheet | Pdf document that presents a role play dialogue between the parent of a middle school child, a middle school teacher and a principle, with background information on characters and a case overview. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
