Forty 7th and 8th grade students attend a peer mediation training session to learn the procedure for mediating conflicts between students. Mr. Andy Sustaida, Region 18 ESC, trains the mediators to use a script to mediate a problem between two students. A student or teacher refers two students to mediation. The counselor screens the referral to decide whether the dispute is appropriate for mediation. The students and mediator teachers are notified of the date and the time of mediation.
Mediation occurs with the two trained mediators and the two disputing students.
When the two disputants find a solution that is agreed upon by both of them, they sign an agreement form. Two weeks later, the disputants return to mediation to attend a short follow-up meeting to make sure that the agreement is successful. Joel Perez, Federal Bureau of Corrections b. Steve Brooks, Owner of Professional Mediation Company in Midland c. Bobby Waldrop, Region 18 Peer Mediation Trainer Perform Peer Mediation skits for all sixth graders in the fall. Andy Sustaida, from Region 18, to speak to seventh and eighth graders about Peer Mediation.