Sample of Youth Workshops offered by Peace Education Program

Conflict Resolution Workshops
Young people who practice problem-solving skills can change the climate of their school and neighborhood. A Peace Education Program trainer can work with your school, youth group or entire community center engaging participants in conflict resolution. Trainings can be one or more hours, and will use games, activities and role-plays to explore the skills of communication, cooperation, problem solving and feelings identification. These trainings are most effective when four or more sessions are scheduled. Workshops are tailored to work with youth of any grade level. We recommend a minimum of 4 sessions with each group.
$75 per session (sessions are 30-60 min each, dependent on age and size of group)
Workshops of 60-120 minutes are $150 per session.

Mediation Training
Train a group of your youth, grades 4 through 12, to be peer mediators. Participants will learn about conflict and conflict styles, communication skills, conflict resolution, conciliation skills and the mediation process. At the close of training, your young people will be able to mediate conflicts between their peers. A peer mediation team can be an important resource for your school, class or community center. The school or center must provide at least one committed staff member to facilitate the mediation program once peer mediators are trained. We recommend three hour blocks for community sites.
Groups of between 16 and 24mediators are most successful.
Trainings are 10-12 hours at $75 per hour.

Preschool Workshops
Early childhood educators know that lifelong habits are formed at an early age. We encourage caring and cooperation with preschool visits designed especially for young children. Identifying feelings and learning to communicate with others form a foundation for building problem-solving skills in preschoolers (ages three to five years old). Games, stories and songs will be used to teach these important social skills. We recommend a minimum of 4 sessions with each age group at $75 per 30 minute session.

Positive Leadership Groups
These small group workshops focus on positive leadership skills. Teambuilding and leadership challenges encourage youth to practice self-control and problem-solving skills. Participants will be taught to lead cooperative games for their peers.
We recommend a minimum of 8 sessions.
Sessions are 30-60 minutes each at $75 per session.
Community agency or school must provide a staff member to be available during group

Please contact Peace Education Program with any questions.
Contracts outside of Jefferson County will be negotiated for travel time and mileage.

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