This video from Edutopia.org shows several RCCP activities, including one that helps young people explore put-ups and put-downs in an engaging way. – Holding a red paper heart inscribed with the words “I am important,” teacher Sarah Button is telling a story to her class of engrossed fifth graders. Each time she comes to a part of the story in which the protagonist, Maria, is on the receiving end of a deflating put-down (“Get up, lazyhead,” “You gonna wear those old rags to school?” “What’s up with that rat’s nest on your head?”), Button tears away a part of the heart. Finally, just a small piece remains. A lesson plan for this activity is available here.

Video from Edutopia featuring O’Farrell Middle School. At this school in San Diego, California, school leaders place equal emphasis on the social, intellectual, psychological, and physical needs of their students.

This is an archive of a October 13, 2009 Webinar hosted by CREducation.org. It featured Melanie Killen, F.J. Lennon and Richard Goldsworthy speaking about their involvement developing Cool School and Harmony Island, two games designed to teach conflict resolution skills to youth.

Stephanie Davies-Arai from Lewes New School in the U.K. explains how Conflict Resolution using a circle process works at the school and the benefits for community and the children’s individual learning.

News Coverage about Cool School game – Human development scientists (Melanie Killen, University of Maryland) and computer game developers (FJ Lennon and others), with funding from the FMCS, designed a video game that teaches kids how to resolve conflicts peacefully amongst themselves. Inanimate objects, such as pencils and erasers, come to life to lead players through a series of common scenarios in which arguments are about to occur. The player is prompted for the non-violent solution and is rewarded for choosing correctly. (You can download the game here.)

Short clip from a longer video developed for the PBS In the Mix program on “School Violence – Answers from the Inside.” Shows a successful mediation result in a high school setting. If you visit the show site, look for the “Show Clips” link to see more video clips from the program.