•  Preschool-Grade 3

•  Grades K-6

•  Grades 6-8

•  Grades 7-12

Staff Development Resources for K-12:

•  Recommended Content of the Three-hour Introductory Session for Staff
  This conflict resolution training for staff was developed by Marina A. Piscolish, Ph.D. for the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management. The training includes components on perceptions and definitions of conflict, personal style assessment, overview of conflict resolution processes, and more.
  
  
• Evaluating Your Conflict Resolution Education Program: A Guide for Educators and Evaluators
  This downloadable evaluation guide was prepared for the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management (Jones and Kmitta, October 2001).
  
  
• Creating a Peaceable School Community These PDF-format, downloadable reports include: Evaluating Your School's Culture and Evaluating Conflict Resolution in Schools (Townley, Western Justice Center).

Resources for Higher Ed:

• Campus Conflict Resolution Resources
  Created to expand the use of conflict management in higher education, this site provides hundreds of links and resources for faculty, students and administrators of post secondary conflict resolution education. The Skills Training Complex section offers many valuable tools for the design and development of conflict management programs, including ADR documents, training kits, curriculum manuals, tips and tools. There is also information on conflict resolution academic and career resources.
  
  
• Conflict Management in Higher Education Report
  This free, quarterly online periodical provides useful resources, information, news, and brief feature articles that will be of interest to people working on conflict resolution issues in higher education contexts.
  
  
• CRinfo/ACR Education Section Gateway
  Tap into CRinfo's wealth of conflict resolution education information.
  
  
• Mediation in the Campus Community: Designing and Managing Effective Programs.
  William C. Warters
  Jossey-Bass, 2000. Sponsored by CREnet.
  Warters offers educators and students a cohesive strategy for the development and integration of higher-learning mediation programs. Among the many resources provided is a 10-step guide to structuring and carrying out a campus conflict resolution program.

Videos:

• View conflict resolution education videos! Watch excerpts from CRU Institute's award-winning videos: "Rumors, Conflicts, Resolutions," "Everyday Conflicts, Creative Solutions," and "Names."

Publications:

Kids Working It Out: Stories and Strategies for Making Peace in Our Schools Tricia S. Jones and Randy Compton, editors.

Jossey-Bass, 2003. Published in Affiliation with ACR. Whether you are a teacher, school administrator, conflict resolution education practitioner or parent, you'll want to check out the new publication Kids Working It Out! This book tells how students -- and the teachers who have worked with them -- have learned to deal with conflict and create safe and caring learning environments. In Kids Working It Out, students and teachers talk about what they need and whether conflict resolution programs have met those needs. They tell how these programs were implemented in their school and how others can make them happen in their own schools and communities.

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You can download the book's appendices which contain valuable resources and listings of CRE programs and organizations.

• Appendix A: Books, Publications and Web sites.
• Appendix B: Organizations and Programs

ACR's Library of Free Resources

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