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Volume I, December 2001
A Summary of the Dilemma: Angel, one of very few "out" gay students at his high school, has applied to be a mediator. The team of veteran peer mediators who interviewed Angel gave him a poor score. The coordinator, who knows Angel well and feels he would make an excellent addition to the mediation team, is concerned that unacknowledged homophobia prevented the mediators from considering Angel.… read this issue >>
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Volume IV, November 2004
I sometimes arrive at a school to conduct a peer mediation training and find that the coordinator has assembled a homogenous group of trainees: most of the students are high achieving, relatively well- adjusted, and represent the majority racial/ethnic group in the school. Many are even part of the same clique of friends. … read this issue >>
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Volume IV, April 2005
I recently received this email from a peer mediation coordinator: We have some very talented student mediators who recently got into trouble at school. Although the violation was not hurtful toward others, it was a blatant violation of our code of conduct. We believe that the students need to be removed from the team because they can no longer be considered positive role models. However, our population is smaller than most public schools and the pool of mediator candidates is significantly less. Does anyone see a way where these students can maintain their Peer Mediator status without sending the wrong message to other students? Thank you very much!… read this issue >>
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Volume VI, September 2006
Your peer mediators are trained and ready to go. Your outreach campaign is in full swing. At last, the assistant principal responds by referring students in conflict to the peer mediation program. Now what? Time for intake interviews.… read this issue >>
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Volume VI, October 2006
How do you convince a reluctant student to try mediation? There is no easy formula; instead, as discussed last month, first you must develop a strong rapport with students. Only then do skillful coordinators educate about/advocate for mediation in response to each student's unique concerns.… read this issue >>
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Volume VI, May 2007
Have you ever observed mediators say something counterproductive, something that makes it more difficult for parties to resolve their conflict? Perhaps they ask an unhelpful question, or restate something in an inflammatory way, or inadvertently give their opinion. Sometimes, however, the problem is not what the mediators have said. It is that they have said anything at all.… read this issue >>
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Volume VII, October 2007
During a peer mediation training at East Boston High School last week, a number of students bristled at our standard recommendation that mediators create and enforce ground rules. Lest you assume we have a book full of rules, you should know that we suggest that mediators ask parties to agree to follow only two rules as a requirement to participate in the process: no putdowns and no physical violence. (Many peer mediation models have more ground rules.)… read this issue >>
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Volume VII, February 2008
One of the major differences in peer mediation models is whether they employ "private sessions." This month I thought I would explain School Mediation Associates' approach to this issue, and a bit of related history. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, private sessions refer to the separate meetings that mediators can hold with parties. Each party is called in individually to speak with the mediators while other parties wait their turn in an anteroom.… read this issue >>
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Volume VIII, April 2009
Much of mediation's power stems from this fact: Mediators make parties feel like we understand what they are going through. Think about it: By the time people sit down with mediators, they are typically "full" of strong and often difficult feelings. They are hurt, furious, jealous, humiliated, hopeless, afraid. One of the most important messages a mediator gives to parties, therefore, is simply: I feel for you.… 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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