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    2/09: Settling school disputes before they escalate - Los Angeles Times read
    2/06: STAR students offer mediation to peers read
    2/04: LA Times: Settling school disputes before they escalate read
    2/03: Bermuda: Perinchief: Government is facilitating mediation between gangs read
    2/03: Bermuda: Anti-gang strategy to be unveiled today read
    1/30: Coalition calls for mediation, not prosecution, in school board protests read
    1/18: GA: State offers mediation for Charter School read
    1/09: Ray Shonholtz Dies read
    1/01: Mediation may resolve teens’ battery cases read
    12/28: 'Restorative justice' scheme aims to help pupils avoid exclusion read
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Lorraine Segal
Seven Tips for Setting Boundaries and Consequences with Teens
Lorraine Segal
One huge source of conflict and stress for parents of teens is figuring out how to set appropriate guidelines and consequences and then follow through successfully. Here are some tips and suggestions based on communication and conflict resolution principles.

Stephanie West Allen
Respect Mediation? Love It? Prove It, Shove It, Move It: Mix Things Up, Break the Patterns
Stephanie West Allen
Body posture influences quantitative estimates. We predicted that people would make smaller estimates while leaning slightly to the left than they would while leaning slightly to the right, and this prediction was borne out by our results.

Phyllis Pollack
What's Your Generation?
Phyllis Pollack
The second issue of ADR Times Perspectives (Vol. 1, No. 2, Nov. 2011, hit my e-mail inbox the other day. Having enjoyed the first issue, I eagerly thumbed through this second issue and found an interesting article by Jasper Ozbirn entitled “Generational Gaps in the Workplace” (at pages 8-9.) According to its author, the purpose of this article is “. . .to provide the briefest of primers on how generational differences can play out in the workplace to create a conflict.” (Id.)

Joe Markowitz
Don't Shoot
Joe Markowitz
First, recognize that the number of people responsible for the vast majority of violence in most cities is relatively small. So concentrate on those people. Next, let the street gangs know that violence will no longer be tolerated.

Lorraine Segal
“Use Your Words” Works for Adult and Teen Conflict, Too
Lorraine Segal
Adult brains have well developed habitual pathways for responding to high conflict situations, which we tend to follow unconsciously even if they don’t serve us any longer

Patricia Porter
AudioBlog: Sibling Rivalry
Patricia Porter
Summer is ending and the school year draws near. Our kids have had lots of fun times together. Siblings can be the best of friends, but conflict and disagreements are also a natural part of their ever-changing relationships. We may not always realize it, but we have many ways to help our kids learn how to "fight fair" - to work out disagreements without punching or shouting.

Patricia Porter
AudioBlog: Restorative Practices: Can Ancient Traditions Of Accountability And Peacemaking Create Safer Schools Today
Patricia Porter
Many schools need more practical and effective measures for ending violence and disruption and for promoting more cooperative behavior. Restorative Practices derive from indigenous cultures and are based on time-honored principles of respect, resolution and community.

Donal O’Reardon
Mediation in the Classroom: How Critical Thinking Can Facilitate Conflict Relsolution
Donal O’Reardon
This article examines how critical thinking in the classroom can facilitate conflict resolution.

Vivian Scott
The One (Mediation) That Didn't Get Away
Vivian Scott
After this mediation I closed the door and cried for the pair’s past, for my gratefulness at being allowed to see such pure emotion, and for the richness this experience brought to my life.


Thoughts on Mediating Custody
Jessica Spear, Jeffrey J. Beaton
As a mediator, I have been involved in thousands of custody cases with their many nuances. Frequently, the perspectives of the participants amount to little more than parents playing out traditional gender roles. The mothers often argue a “tender years” position, and the fathers counter with a desire to be more than a mere “weekend dad.” The mediator’s role becomes especially frustrating when the parties truly believe an intractable position is in the best interest of the child.   6 Comments

Lorraine Segal
Prisoner of a Teen Brain
Lorraine Segal
I read in the newspaper a few days ago that the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled to uphold a life sentence without parole to a teen, Omer Ninham, who murdered a 13 year old when he was 14.

Phyllis Pollack
Back to Basics
Phyllis Pollack
Contrary to what occurs in most pre-schools, while these pre-schoolers had lots of energy and were very active, they did not fight, yell or whine.   1 Comment

Lorraine Segal
Finding New Solutions for Parent-Teen Conflict
Lorraine Segal
Successful communication and conflict resolution with teenagers can be immensely challenging. When parents find an approach that helped, it is natural to hope it will work again.

Joe Markowitz
Communication
Joe Markowitz
Twins, especially before they learn to speak our language, seem to share their own secret language, and communicate in ways that outsiders cannot understand.

Andrea Schneider
Israel Reflections: Dinner with the Baraks
Andrea Schneider
As followers of the blog know, one of the high points of our trip to Israel was dinner with Justice Aharon Barak and his wife Judge Elika Barak. We were also joined by their daughter, Tamar, who is a mediator. Interestingly from the dispute resolution perspective, Justice Barak was the judge who brought mediation to Israel through the Supreme Court, permitting cases to be referred to mediation

Vivian Scott
Play Nice, Mommy
Vivian Scott
If a conflict arises between you and someone else, she’s not against you, she’s simply for herself. That means that if she’s disagreeing with you she’s probably defending something that’s important to her; like maybe respect or security. Seeing things from her perspective (which is not the same as agreeing, by the way) helps you figure out a solution that would work for both of you. Also, the words you choose can make a big difference in resolving issues. Use “and” instead of “but”; “I” instead of “you”; and be especially careful with words like “always”, “never” and phrases such as “that was the worst thing I’ve ever experienced.” That kind of language just makes the conflict about the words and doesn’t get to the core of what you really need to resolve.

Lorraine Segal
Punishing Bullied Teens
Lorraine Segal
Recent research is teaching parents, professionals, and teens a lot more about bullying. The spate of recent suicides (bullycides) has caused more schools to take it seriously and help all of us recognize that bullying is not conflict between two individuals that can be resolved with improved communication, but is instead a deliberate campaign of intimidation and terror to injure an individual who is the target.

Keith Seat
States Continue Use of Mediation for Consumer Restitution
Keith Seat
An increasing number of states are now using forms of mediation for purposes of processing consumer restitution requests and complaints.

Lorraine Segal
Freaky Friday And Building Parent-Teen Empathy
Lorraine Segal
When children become teenagers, parents and teens alike may find the transition difficult and filled with conflict.The movie Freaky Friday offers an example of how empathy and understanding can grow even between a feuding teen and parent.

Heather Scheiwe Kulp
Youth Diversion Programs Receive National Support
Heather Scheiwe Kulp
At the American Bar Association’s Mid-Year meeting, the delegates adopted Resolution 107B, which urges governments to support the creation of programs that divert alleged juvenile offenders into alternative dispute resolution systems. These systems, including peer courts, victim-offender mediation, restorative justice conferences, truancy mediation, and community mentoring/service, not only work to keep youth out of jails, but can also prevent juvenile records, which impact future educational and employment opportunities, from developing.

Lorraine Segal
Interest-Based Negotiating For Parents And Teens
Lorraine Segal
Although it may sound like something only for unions or businesses, interest based negotiating is a cornerstone of improving communication and resolving conflict in personal relationships, including those between parents and teens.

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