Dianne Schilling

Teaching the Skills of Conflict Resolution Dianne Schilling

The high-impact activities in this best-selling book are organized to focus on the critical skills and awareness necessary to help students prevent conflict and to successfully manage and resolve conflict when it does occur. To achieve its goals Teaching The Skills Of Conflict Resolution incorporates a variety of proven instructional strategies. Activities include simulations, role-plays, reproducible experience sheets for students to complete, a host of engaging small and large group activities and discussions, and Sharing Circles. Your students are learning while participating in these multi-experiential hands-on learning experiences designed to help them understand how their thoughts and feelings affect their behavior and what to do to have more self-control. Teaching the Skills of Conflict Resolution is dedicated to the premise that children can adopt a win/win spirit and can learn to effectively manage and resolve conflicts, and that the pro-social attitudes and skills required are transferable to every part of their lives for as long as they live. Areas of focus include: ? Respecting Similarities and Differences ? Understanding and Controlling Feelings ? Communicating Effectively ? Cooperation and Team Building ? Strategies for Resolving Conflict