What is Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention?
Conflict exists in all aspects of life. Unhealthy conflict can lead to stress, anxiety, damaged relationships, behavioral problems, violence, and other negative outcomes. Learning skills to effectively resolve conflict in healthy ways can reduce occurrences of situations escalating to violence and can lead to more positive outcomes, overall.
Through our efforts, we seek to reduce incidences of violence and unhealthy conflict management in homes, schools, and the community.
Conflict Resolution & Violence Prevention Services
Our agency offers numerous services that seek to provide conflict resolution skills development and violence prevention education. Services under this pillar include the Mediation & Facilitated Problem-Solving (MaPS) Program, Community Early Intervention, and classroom or small-group multi-week programming in a school setting.
Mediation & Facilitated Problem-Solving (MaPS) is confidential and utilizes one of our neutral, third-party facilitators. The process is participant-driven and encourages the development of active listening and effective communication skills. This collaborative process of problem-solving creates mutually agreed upon solutions with a written agreement with individualized, tangible next steps and goals.
The multi-week programming in a school setting focuses on building skills to assist when conflict occurs. It begins with healthy communication and then how to deal with conflict when it arises in a way that avoids violence by the individual and against the individual.
What are the Goals of our Conflict Resolution & Violence Prevention Programming?
- To provide youth, families, and community members with skills and strategies that promote healthy communication
- Reduce behaviors that lead to unhealthy conflict and violence
- Decrease the need for school-based consequences like suspensions and expulsions
Reduce youth and families contact with the court system*
*Mediation services do not include divorce and custody cases
Want to Learn More About our Conflict Resolution & Violence Prevention related services?
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