HIT: conflict resolution

[Faith Williams <faithw@CAIS.CAIS.COM>]

HIT:  Conflict resolution

This represents a mix of answers sent by LM-Netters and material I found
on gopher.  I have tried to include e-mail addresses so that people can
continue dialogue.  I have written by snailmail to those addresses I was
given and should have more material in a while.  If youUre interested in
an update, let me know.

Thanks to those who offered sympathy so promptly.  Several suggested
taping Bill Moyers on Violence.

We will be receiving some Conflict Resolution training in the aftermath
of our shooting, but I have not yet been told which group weUre
affiliated with.


From: Sandra L. Doggett <sdoggett@umd5.umd.edu>

Faith, I was horrified to hear about the shooting at your school.  This
summer at ALA I heard Deborah Prothrow-Stith speak about violence among
teenagers.  She is a doctor in Massachusetts who got tired of trying to
repair gunshot wounds in teen-agers.  She decided she had to deal with
the causes of violence rather than try to patch them up after the
violence.  She has developed a curriculum to use with teen-agers. I will
give you the ordering info.  She was a tremendous inspirational speaker.
It would be great if you could get her to speak at your school.  She is a
young black female doctor who would be a great role model for your
students.  We are ordering the book for our school.
Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
60 minutes training video
reproducible hand-outs for students
Curriculum guide
$150.00 plus $3.00 shipping

Curriculum guide only $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping

Education Development Center
55 Chapel Street
 Newton, MASS 02158      1-617-969-7100  She has also written a book called:
Deadly Consequences: How Violence Is Destroying Our Teenage Population &
A Plan to Begin Solving the Problem.

Good luck!! Sandy Doggett, Frederick, MD


From: Dorothy Grazier <grazier@saturn.caps.maine.edu>

The American University, Wash D.C. has a resource library on conflict
resolution, runs excellent summer workshops on Peace and Conflict
Resolution.
Anna Nash


From: Shelley Glantz <glantz@MEOL.MASS.EDU>

My high school has a group of students who
have joined together to form an anti-violence group.
They are looking for other groups of this type
around the country or anyone who has information about
such groups.
They are looking for anyone who would like to get information about
starting one of these groups at their own school or who has started a
similar group and has any information in this area. They are especially
concerned about the nation's high murder rate.  If you have any
suggestions about ways to help in the Boston area or any other
suggestions, of would like information, please respond to their advisor,
Herb Yood at my address.
Thanks.

Shelley Glantz, Library Media Specialist
Arlington (MA) High School
glantz@meol.mass.edu

From: Valyn Metropoulos
<valmetro@wln.com>

Faith-
  I am so sorry that you and your school have experienced such
a
tragedy.  Even in our rural state (Montana) we have had shootings
of
students by other students.  I am collecting information on
conflict
resolution and peer mediation in the hope that our school will begin
these programs before we experience violence here.  I will list
the
national resources I have.  I hope you find some to be of use.

NEA Professional Library has School Violence: A Survival Guide for
School
Staff. Stock No. 0243-1. $6.95. NEA Professional Library P.O. Box
509,
West Haven, CT 06516 (800-229-4200).

Violence Prevention, a curriculum
for adolescents-  (800-224-4276).
Educational Development Center,
 55 Chapel Street, Suite  24
Newton, MA 02160

National Association for Mediation in Education (NAME)
425 Amity St.,
 Amherst, MA 01002
(413-545-2462).

National School Safety Center (NSSC) has resources and training in
crisis
prevention and intervention  (805-373-9977).
-NSSC
16830 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 200,
Encino,   CA 91436.
  I hope you find what you need.  My thoughts will be with
you.

Val
Metropoulos
Edna Thomas Middle
School
Corvallis,
MT
valmetro@wln.com

From:
c_riley@mentor.unh.edu

Faith, We have just purchased the book COPING WITH WEAPONS AND
VIOLENCE
IN YOUR SCHOOL AND ON YOUR STREETS.  It's by Maryann Miller, published
by
Rosen in 1993.  It might be a good choice.  Also, this week on PBS,
Bill
Moyers is doing a 4 hr. special:  What can we do about violence?  It has
a
year long copyright clearance, for school use. Good luck.  Cynthia Riley
Somersworth, N.H. High School Library/Media
C_Riley@mentor.unh.edu


From: Steven Weller
<stevenw@iglou.com>

I can suggest a friend of mine, Jan Arnow. Her .sig is given below.
Call
her or send her
email.

She is currently writing her sixth book, _Raising Kids in a Multicultural
World_ due to be published in September by Putnam. She teaches
everything
from workshops to university courses in topics ranging from
violence
abatement to multicultural
education.

Jan Arnow, Director; Institute for Intercultural
Understanding
2025 Maryland Ave. Louisville KY 40205
USA
Phone and fax: +1 502 454 0607   email:
jarnow@iglou.com
"Though I am different from you, we were born involved in one
another."
                                                     T'ao
Chien

--
Steven Weller  <Windsor Consulting Group>         +1 502 454 0054
(voice)
                                                  +1 502 451 5935
(fax)
2014 Cherokee Pkwy, Suite J, Louisville, KY 40204,
USA
<OS-9 Consultancy and Software>    stevenw@iglou.com or
sweller@aol.com

From: Susan Weiss
<sweiss@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us>

We had a drive by shooting/death last year.  Our situation was handled
by
a gang intervention team - and a lot of their work was done behind
the
scenes.  The biggest distraction is the district people who want
to
support.  The building people are the ones who have to handle it.
The
best thing to do is to keep the press off the campus and out of
meetings.  People don't heal under the glare of a media
spotlight.

Get lots of sleep. I crashed three days after the shooting.  When
I
mentioned this at the lunch table, it gave the others permission to
say
that they dropped from the stress and exhaustion,
too.
y
Hang in
there.

Sue Weiss

Material I found by searching for Rconflict resolutionS on gopher.

>From owner-k12admin@suvm.acs.syr.edu Tue Dec 14 20:10:31
1993
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 16:18:18
GMT
From: Kevin Kurtz
<KKurtz@LES.ATI.COM>
Subject: Re: Violence in the Schools & Conflict Resolution

ASCD, in the December Update, has an article about Resolving
Conflict
in the schools. They listed the following organizations which
provide
resources on conflict resolution. Thought others might be
interested:

Children's Creative Response to Conflict
Program
Fellowship of Reconciliation (an interfaith, pacifist
org)
Box
271
Nyack, NY
10960

(914)
358-4601

Community Board
Program
1540 Market St., Ste.
490
San Francisco, CA
94102
(415)
552-1250

Educators for Social Responsiblity
School Conflict Resolution
Program
23 Garden
St.
Cambridge, MA
02138
(617)
492-1764

National Association for Mediation in Education
(NAME)
205 Hampshire
House
Box 33635
Amherst, MA
01003-3635
(413)
545-2462

**********************************
Kevin D.
Kurtz
Assistant
Principal
les Elementary
School
100 Vine
St.
les, CA  93245
(209) 924-3479
Voice
(209) 924-5975
Fax

KKurtz@les.ati.com
**********************************
 >From owner-k12admin@suvm.acs.syr.edu Wed Aug 18 10:26:30
1993
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 10:25:28
-0400
From: Laura Parker
<laura@ora.com>
Subject: Re: Conflict Resolution Resources (fwd)

Educators for Social Responsibility carries a line of conflict resolution
texts
and runs institutes for teachers. I'd be happy to send you a packet
of
informati
 on if you give me your mail
address.

Or, feel free to call ESR at (617)492-1764 and ask to speak with Carla
Bromley.

-Laura Parker
Roerden

           Subject: Re: Violence in the Schools & Conflict
Resolution
 >From owner-lm_net@suvm.acs.syr.edu Mon Jan 31 19:23:38
1994
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 17:19:39
-0600
From: "Carol J. Nelson"
<NELSONCJ@CNSVAX.UWEC.EDU>
Subject: Re: CONFLICT RESOLUTION

I am responding to a request a bit ago for a student based
process
for conflict resolution.  I thought all Netters might be interested
in
this
information.

Our district is just starting to use a Pease Maker (Peace
Maker)
program from the Cooperative Learning
Institute.

The books is, TEACHING STUDENTS TO BE PEACEMAKERS, David
and
     Roger Johnson, ISBN
0-939603-15-2.

Training is also available.
Contact:

David and Roger
Johnson
Cooperative Learning
Institute
Univ. of
Minnesota
202 Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive
SE
Minneapolis, MN
55414
612 624
7031.

These are the people who brought you cooperative learning.
Apparently,
the cooperative learning approach can lead to conflict.
Therefore,
they have developed some approaches to dealing with
conflict.

Carol Nelson/ Eau Claire Area School
District/
      Eau Claire, WI/ NELSONCJ@CNSVAX.UWEC.EDU


TITLE::Tug of War: Strategies for Conflict Resolution
Updated:October 28, 1994
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Tug of War: Strategies for Conflict Resolution

Videotape for Middle School and High School
Students and Service Providers:
Introduces conflict resolution strategies as four
students try to resolve their disagreements.
Describes a four-step process to deal with
conflict.

Order from:
HRM Video
175 Tompkins Avenue
Pleasantville, NY 10570-9973
Tel: 800-431-2050
Fax: 914-747-1744


The Creative Resolution of Conflict
Thomas Crum, 1987. 56:50 minute videotape

This videotape meaningfully and humorously demonstrates Crum's
concepts of the martial art of Aikido as a metaphor for
working with conflict. $89.95

Order from:  The Mediation Center, 440 E. Broadway, Suite 340,
Eugene, OR  97401; (503) 345-1456; FAX 345-4024;
Internet: jmelamed@igc.apc.org

 CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONSORTIUM at the Univ. of Colo.
Many Consortium documents including Information Exchange
files, newsletters, working papers, and brochures are available
for free downloading over the Internet using anonymous FTP or
Gopher. Simply log into the CRC or Conflict Resolution Consortium
directory at CSF.COLORADO.EDU and download the READ.ME file for
more information. For information on using the Internet consult
your department of computing and network services. A flier with
more information on this service is available from the
Consortium.

From the Capital Area branch of ChildrenUs Creative Response to Conflict
(7710 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912 (301-270-1005), I received a
book that looks promising, Helping Teens Stop Violence: A practical guide
for counselors, educators, and parents (Sacramento, CA: Griffin, 1992).

Their list of resources (no ISBN #Us; sorry):
Vernon, Ann. Thinking, Feeling, Behaving:  An emotional education
curriculum for adolescents, Grades 7-12.  Champaign, IL: Research Press,
1989.

Kriedler, William.  Creative Conflict Resolution:  more than 200
activities for keeping peace in the classsroom. Glenview, IL:  Scott
Foresman, 1984.

Auvine, Brian et al.  A Manual for Group Facilitators  (New Society
publishers).

George, Nelson, ed. for National Urban League.  Stop the Violence:
Overcoming self destruction.  NY:  Pantheon Books, 1990.

Gabelko, Nina, and John Michaelis.  Reducing Adolescent Prejudice: A
handbook.  NY:  TeacherUs College Press, 1981.

Mills, Gretchen et al.  Discussing Death: a guide to death education.
Palm Springs, CA: ETC publications, 1976.

Donnelley, Nina Herrmann.  I never know what to say.  NY: Random House, 1987.

VIDEO:  A Class Divided (A frontline program available from PBS, or else
the original film, Eye of the storm, in 16mm.)




Faith Williams, librarian at Cardozo H.S., 13th & Clifton Sts., N.W.,
        Washington, D.C. 20009  <faithw@cais.com>