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Volume I, September 2001
At this time of year I always remember a conversation I had with one of my mediation heroes, Maija Gray. Maija is an experienced peer mediation coordinator and adjustment counselor at Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School in Easton, MA. I was saying how impressed I was with her program's campaign to educate the school about mediation effort that included creative posters and student presentations. Maija responded, with just a little exasperation: "And we can never rest on our laurels as far as outreach is concerned. We have to do this year after year."… read this issue >>
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Volume I, November 2001
The following situation was submitted to The School Mediator last month. Some details were changed to protect the identity of the school. I am a school counselor and have coordinated a peer mediation program in my high school for four years. We have had a great run, and the administration sincerely feels that peer mediation is one of the best programs we have ever implemented.… read this issue >>
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Volume II, October 2002
I employ four criteria to determine whether a peer mediation program is peak-performing and/or "mature." Formulated using common sense and intuition born of many years helping schools implement these programs, I share them here to continue the dialogue about raising the standards of our field.… read this issue >>
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Volume II, January 2003
I have been thinking about the ongoing challenge of generating administrative support for peer mediation. Last month I discussed the status of a mediation program with the educator who had implementing it. His program-based in a middle school of approximately 800 students-had conducted 30 mediations sessions during its first year of operation.… read this issue >>
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Volume III, February 2004
Biomimicry is a "new science that studies nature's models and then imitates nature's designs to solve human problems, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf." The concept of peer mediation has always seemed elegantly designed to me, as if it too were based on fundamental natural principles.… read this issue >>
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Volume III, March 2004
I live near ground zero in the debate over what has come to be called "gay marriage." Last week, people from across the US and representing both "sides" of this issue squared off outside the Massachusetts State House — 4 miles from where I sit. … read this issue >>
* Topic found in this issue's "Reader Response" section
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Volume IV, October 2004
As I have discussed in a previous issue of this newsletter, outreach is an essential and ongoing activity of any successful peer mediation program. Its major goals are to: * Educate students and staff about peer mediation * Build the school community's trust and confidence in your program * Continually remind potential parties and referral sources that peer mediation services are available… read this issue >>
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Volume VI, March 2007
I recently helped a group of experienced mediators develop a plan to educate their peers about mediation. As we explored the reasons why students might hesitate to try mediation, a girl named Sasha boldly admitted: "I would never go to peer mediation myself." I used to be surprised when mediators said things like this; by now, however, I have heard such comments too often to be surprised.… read this issue >>
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INDEX
Academic Performance
Administrative Support of Peer Mediation
Adult Conflicts
Adultism
Advisor/Advisee
Aggression and Gender
Aikido
Alternatives to War
Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copeland
Association For Conflict Resolution
Australia
Bandura, Albert
Benefits of Peer Mediation
Buddhism
Bullying/Harassment
Community Conferencing Center
Center for Nonviolent Solutions
Centers for Disease Control
Centre for Conflict Resolution in Schools
Chardon, Ohio School Shooting
Childhood, History of
China
Columbine High School Tragedy
Community Boards Program
Compassion
Competition of Peer Mediators
Condon, William
Confidentiality
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Avoidance
Coordinator Responsibilities and Committment
Criticism of Peer Mediation
Cross-talk
Curriculum on Conflict Resolution
Dalai Lama
de Mause, Lloyd
Debrief Mediators
Demonstration as a Teaching Strategy
Dialogue
Diener, Sam
Discipline
Diversity
Doing vs. Observing
Drug Use Among Teens
Electronic Communications
Emotional Intelligence
Empathy
Empowerment
European Centre for Conflict Prevention
Face to Face Seating
Feelings/Emotions
First Names, Teachers' Use of
Fisher, Roger
Frames of Mind, Howard Gardner
Funding for Peer Mediation Programs
Future of Peer Mediation
Gardner, Howard
Gay Marriage
Gender Differences
Getting to Yes
Girls
Gladwell, Malcolm
Global Reach of Peer Mediation
Goleman, Daniel
Ground Rules
Guns
Handling Difficult Topics
Harris, Dr. Robert
Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative
High-Performing Peer Mediation Program
History of Peer Mediation
Homophobia in School
International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP)
Impact of Peer Mediation
Increase Understanding
Influence of Mediator
Instant Messaging
Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
Intake Interviews
Inter-American Summit on Conflict Resolution Education
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Harmony
Interpersonal Intelligence
iPods
Jennings, Peter
Kenya
Leadership
Learning Pyramid
LeBaron, Michelle
Lederach, John Paul
Listening
Little League Baseball
Longevity
Marketing
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
"Mature" Peer Mediation Program
McDuffee, Morgan
Media
Mediators As Parties
Misbehavior of Peer Mediators
Miscommunication
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Models of Peer Mediation
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Music
N.A.M.E.
Negotiation
Non-attachment
Non-Violent Conflict Resolution
Olweus, Dan
Outreach
Parenting
Peacebuilders International
Peer Mediators As Role Models
Perspective
Persuasion
Pestering Program
Phelps, Michael
Pikas Method
Positive Peer Pressure
Principles of Effectiveness
Private Sessions
Psychohistory
Punishment of Peer Mediators
Questions
Race to Nowhere
Ramirez, Manny
Reagan, Ronald
Recovery Time
Re-entry Mediation
Referrals
Relational Aggression
Relationships, Power of
Religion
Research on Peer Mediation
Restorative Practices
Role-plays
Room Set-up
Rumi
"Sacred Cows"
Safe and Drug Free Schools Funding
Sanders, Frank
School Climate
School Connectedness
School Shootings
SCRAM (Schools Conflict Resolution and Mediation)
Selection of Peer Mediators
Self-esteem and Peer Mediation
Self-referrals
Selman, Robert
September 11th
Should Coordinators be in Mediation?
Shy Peer Mediators
Side by Side Seating Arrangement
Silence During Mediation
Skills of Peer Mediators
Slovenia
Social Learning Theory
Somalia
Spirituality
Standards
Steps in Peer Mediation
Sterling, Sy, "Hair Club President"
Stress Among Youth
Suicide
Swimming
Talking to Kids about Tragedy
Teacher Support of Peer Mediation
Terrorism, Responses to
Texting
The Promise of Mediation: Responding to Conflict Through Empowerment and Recognition
The Tipping Point
Tibet
Time
Tissue Paper Flowers
Training
Train the Trainer Programs
Transformative Mediation
Trust
Underperforming Peer Mediation Program
Understanding Does Not Equal Agreement
Ury, William
Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD)
Video Games
Violence
War in Iraq
Wenger, Etienne
Wingspread Declaration of School Connectedness
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