PROS
PROS
A collaborative project of the Early Settlement Mediation Programs administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts, Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the Law-Related Education Program of the Oklahoma Bar Association
Contact to Request Training:
1. EARLY SETTLEMENT MEDIATION for your region of Oklahoma
2. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS—Sue Darst Tate
1915 N. Stiles, Suite 305, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Telephone: (405) 521-2450 Email: sue.tate@oscn.net
3. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION/LRE—Michael Reggio
P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152
Telephone: (405) 416-7023 or 1-800-522-8065 & ask for Law Related Education
What Peer Mediators—PROS—Do:
Help the students who have a conflict talk and listen so the students who have the problem can take responsibility for solving their own problems.
What Students Learn:
Communication Leadership Responsibility
LIFE SKILLS FOR DEALING WITH CONFLICT
PROS
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. Decrease violence and fighting
2. Reduce name-calling put downs
3. Decrease the number of suspensions
4. Increase self-esteem and self-respect among peer mediators
5. Enable teachers to deal more effectively with conflicts
6. Improve school climate
PROS PROGRAM BENEFITS
· Students become active in the problem-solving process!
· Leads to a greater commitment to making solutions work!
· Provides positive role models for solving conflict!
· Students learn how to get along with each other better!
· Arguments decrease, so students spend more time on learning!
· Students recognize that adult intervention is not always needed!
· Prevents the escalation of disciplinary problems!
· VIOLENCE IS REDUCED!
WHY OKLAHOMA STUDENTS NEED
PROS:
Students spend much of their daily lives dealing with conflict.
Unless peaceably resolved CONFLICTS ESCALATE.
Out of hand, conflicts generate anger, frustration and violence
Students need conflict resolution skills they can use for life!