Students
at Holland Elementary School are learning that peaceful conflict resolution is always
the key.
Children
at Holland like to solve problems peacefully and on their own. Recently, new
Peer Mediators were trained to assist students in grades three, four and five,
who may be having minor issues with another peer. The six students learned the
procedure to follow to help students come to a resolution to their problems and
how to facilitate the discussion between the students.
The
students attended an afternoon workshop where they discussed feelings, reading
the emotions of others by their body language and how to help others express
how they feel. In order to have Peer Mediation, both parties must be
willing to participate and it cannot be a problem that an adult would need to
handle.
The
school has used this process at Holland for many years and it has proven to be
a successful way to help students get along.
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