There is a strong scientific evaluation for this program. Sara Keeney, Jean Sidwell, Noreen Copeland, Faith Garfield, and Melinda Smith. The goal of this program intends as a curriculum to teach communication and conflict resolution skills to K-6th grades and also to organize a peer mediation program in the school. Class discussions, drawing, and writing strategies are used along with teacher guides and handouts. 10 activities over 10 weeks for 4-6th graders.
Evaluation suggests positive outcome data from well-designed studies.
Resolving Conflicts Creatively . Educators for Social Responsibility, Metropolitan Area. The goal of this program is to prepare educators to high quality instruction and effective school program in conflict resolution and intergroup relations to students K-12th grade. Also, to transform the culture of participating schools so that they model values and principles of creative non-violent conflict resolution. Role-playing, interviews, group dialogue, brainstorming and other affective experiential learning strategies are used for teaching along with curriculum, videos, and other resource materials.