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Volume X, April 2011
I recently saw the grass-roots movie phenomenon "Race to Nowhere." The filmmaker, Vicki Abeles, describes it as a "call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens."… read this issue >>
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Volume X, June 2011
In 1984, the people who were interested in peer mediation could fit in one room. I know because I was lucky enough to be there. About three dozen educators and conflict resolution practitioners gathered on Cape Cod, Massachusetts for the first NAME conference. We were excited. We had begun training young people to mediate conflicts, and the results were impressive and inspiring. Though the quantitative research that confirmed our individual observations came much later, we knew we were on to something special… read this issue >>
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Volume XI, November 2011
"If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion." Anonymous It was great to receive so many responses to the "State of Peer Mediation 2011" Survey. Ninety-nine people responded, about 4% of The School Mediator's subscribers. Respondents represent a fairly wide geographic range: they live in 25 different US states and 8 countries.* About 4/5 of respondents are based in the US, and 29% percent of the total live and work in Massachusetts, where School Mediation Associates is based.… read this issue >>
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Volume XI, Feburary 2012
Sam Diener, of the Center for Nonviolent Solutions in Worcester MA, created these insightful talking points to assist educators in speaking with students about the shooting in the Chardon, Ohio high school yesterday. Thanks to Sam for allowing me to publish them. I edited them with his permission.… 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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