peer mediation TED350

1. Peer Mediation
Victoria Moore
Barbara Jane H.
Jessi L.
Caroleena G.

2. What is Peer Mediation
 Peer mediation is problem solving youth to youth.
 There is 2 or more disputants and at least one mediator
 Safe and private
 No teacher or principle
 Mediator must be trained

3. How is it used or started?
 There is a series of trainings to become a peer mediator.
 First you must generate support
 Secondly PLAN
 Last training and working

4. Generate support
 Peer mediation is a community effort
 Requires a lot of teamwork
 Get people involved

5. Plan
 There are a lot of steps, to implement
 Takes a lot of hour before you can start
 Use a lot of resources to get the program up and running

6. Training/Case work
 Making the program/process known
 Utilize the program

7. What is peer mediation training?
 40 hour training on how to be a mediator
 Students and staff must be trained
 Topic:
 -SOCS model
 -Active listening
 -Mediator format
 Being able to detect emotions

8. What is the peer
mediation format?

9. 1. Questionnaire
 One disputant makes it known that there is a problem by filling out a
questionnaire

10. 2. Introduction
 The mediator introduce themselves and state purpose and disputants introduce
themselves as well.
 Ensure safety and privacy.
 Guidelines/ ground rules are then set and made clear.

11. 3. All sides of the story
 All sides of the story are to be told
 Must follow all ground rules
 Mediator uses active listening and feeling detection
 Each must restate what the other person said

12. 4. Identify the problem
 Mediator summarize the facts
 Together the problem is identified
 The mediator ask what who and why questions
 Ask about emotions to be direct

13. 5. Solution
 Each party come up with a solution
 Together they collaborate on a solution that poses a win-win situation

14. 6. Implication/Revisit
 A solution is agreed upon
 All parties agreed verbally
 Then there is a written contract that each party must sign

15. Pros
 Increases instructional time
 Helps student understand what the issue was
 Les students resolve conflict
 Teaches 21 century life skills
 Empowers the students
 Increase self-esteem

16. Con
 Stops the mediator from learning
 Does not always work
 Lack of resource
 Amount of effort to put the program into place
 Evaluation process

17. Major Points
 Youth and Youth problems solving
 Focus on collaboration, listening skills, an conflict resolution
 Private
 Win-Win