Safe and orderly environments in our Nation's schools are essential
to promoting high standards for learning and ensuring that all
children have the opportunity to develop to their fullest
potential. No teacher should ever fear to walk into a classroom,
and no child should ever stay home from school because he or she is
afraid. Too often, however, young people face conflicts before,
during, and after school. They are subjected to bullying, teasing,
and senseless, sometimes fatal, disputes over clothing and other
possessions. Many of these conflicts either begin at school, or
they are brought into school from the home or the community. A
growing body of evidence suggests that we are not powerless to
prevent these destructive behaviors. We can intervene successfully
to prevent conflicts from escalating into violent acts by providing
young people with the knowledge and skills needed to settle
disputes peacefully. Conflict resolution education can help bring
about significant reductions in suspensions, disciplinary
referrals, academic disruptions, playground fights, and family and
sibling disputes. It is important to understand that conflict
resolution education is a critical component of comprehensive,
community-based efforts to prevent violence and reduce crime.
Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in
Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile
Justice Settings was developed for educators, juvenile justice
practitioners, and others in youth-serving organizations to
heighten awareness of conflict resolution education and its
potential to help settle disputes peacefully in a variety of
settings. A joint project of the U.S. Department of Justice and the
U.S. Department of Education, this Guide provides background
information on conflict resolution education; an overview of four
widely used, promising, and effective approaches; and guidance on
how to initiate and implement conflict resolution education
programs in various settings. As adults, we cannot solve young
people's problems for them. We can, however, provide them with the
knowledge, skills, and encouragement to resolve conflicts in a
nonviolent manner, using words instead of fists or weapons.
Conflict resolution education includes negotiation, mediation, and
consensus decision making, which allow all parties involved to
explore peaceful solutions to a conflict. When these
problem-solving processes to conflict and strife become a way of
life, young people begin to value getting along instead of getting
even or getting their way. We urge you to help make our schools and
our communities safer places. We invite you to use this Guide as a
means of working with your schools, community organizations, and
other youth-serving and juvenile justice settings to give our youth
the skills, techniques, and tools they need to learn and to resolve
disputes in a safe and nonviolent environment. This Guide was
developed through a collaboration of the Departments of Justice and
Education to advance the development of conflict resolution
education programs in schools, youth-serving organizations, and
community and juvenile justice settings. It is designed to be a
reference tool that offers both basic information and the
experience of experts in the field of conflict resolution to assist
educators and other youth-serving professionals in building
effective conflict resolution education programs. The Guide is
based on a shared vision that youth of all ages can learn to deal
constructively with conflict and live in civil association with one
another. Its goal is to build the capacity of educators in a
variety of youth-serving settings to understand and act on the
knowledge that conflict resolution skills are essential to
successful relationships in all facets of our lives.
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