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The School Mediator's Field Guide:

Prejudice, Sexual Harassment, Large Groups and Other Daily Challenges

by Richard Cohen

"Once again, Richard Cohen has written a thorough and very helpful book that breaks new ground in the field." Sara Keeney, New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution

An essential resource for every teacher, administrator, counselor, and student who mediates in schools. Learn how to mediate the range of challenging school-based conflicts. Chapters include:

• Mediating Conflicts Involving Prejudice
• Mediating Conflicts Involving Harassment: An Overview
• Mediating Conflicts Involving Sexual Harassment
• Mediating Conflicts Involving Homophobia and Sexual Orientation Harassment
• Mediating Across Cultures
• Mediating Conflicts Between Students and Teachers
• Mediating Conflicts Between Students and Their Parents
• Mediating Conflicts Involving Large Groups
• Mediating Conflicts Involving Youth Gangs
• Other Challenges: Interpreters, Returnees, Witnesses, Preventing Violence, "Walk-Outs," Cancellations, "No Shows"

The School Mediator's Field Guide includes case examples and handy checklists for each type of conflict. Whether you are a school-based mediator or you coordinate a peer mediation program, you will refer to this book again and again.

"The writing is elegant, the research is well suited for the topic, and the coverage is comprehensive. The School Mediator's Field Guide is a superb resource!" Randy Compton, Colorado School Mediation Project

"A very, very important book." Ulric Johnson, Teens Against Gang Violence

(Published by School Mediation Associates, June 1999, 256 Pages, ISBN #: 0-9664408-0-3, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-90358)