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  Family Holiday Conflict - Getting Ready for the Holidays - Part I

  Texas Conflict Coach

  Date / Time: 11/5/2009 12:30 AM UTC

  Category: Self Help

  
  

  SPECIAL NOTE: Part 2 - Family Holiday Conflict - Preparing for the holidays was recorded. Due to technical difficulties, it is located at http://ow.ly/DyyL or click on the link in the right-hand column of the title with the same name. o Have you ever felt you have to perform like Martha Stewart and be the perfect hostess? o Or, maybe you wanted to start a new tradition but it is met with resistance because “we’ve always done it this way!” o Do you get tired of the constant battle of who to visit, so instead you rush around to 3 or 4 family households in a day? Exhausting! o We all certainly have those relatives we see during the holidays that make us want to cringe. They’ll never change! Our conversation will focus on what to do to prepare for those family gatherings so that you don't lose your cool. Donna Tuites is a licensed professional counselor of mental health (LPCMH) in the State of Delaware. She is also a certified employee assistance professional (CEAP). She has been in private practice with a group of other licensed professionals since 2006. Prior to that she worked as an employee assistance counselor and administrator in the Office of Women's Affairs, both at the University of Delaware, for 23 years. Her areas of specialization include women's issues, blending families and step-parenting, parenting skills, assertiveness, communication skills, and managing anxiety in everyday life.

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  Original Air Date: 7/22/2009 11:30 PM UTC

  Reframing Campus Conflict

  Are you a parent of a college student or an educator dealing with campus conflict? Maybe YOU are a student whose gotten into some trouble on your campus? If so, this shows for you. We spoke with Dr. Nancy Giacomini and Jennifer Meyer Schrage, J.D., editors of their new book "Reframing Campus Conflict: Student Conduct Practice through a Social Justice Lens."
  Giacomini and Schrage addressed how the culture and diversity of the student population has changed over the years, and how unfortunately, the system for dealing with student conduct and conflict incidents has becoming increasingly legalistic. How do we reframe campus conflict so that it is inclusive, fair and is an alternative to the costly legal system. Nancy Geist Giacomini, Ed.D. is a private educator, mediator, facilitator and author based in Chester County, PA. Nancy completed her Educational Leadership Degree at the University of Delaware while a Conflict Resolution Program (CRP) Associate in the Institute for Public Administration. She taught in the Master’s Program, mediated special education disputes for the Delaware Department of Education, and facilitated state-wide dialogue. Jennifer Meyer Schrage, J.D. provides leadership to the Office of Student Conflict Resolution (OSCR) within the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Michigan. During her tenure at UM, Jennifer led the OSCR Team in departmental realignment and championed a nationally recognized full-spectrum menu of conflict resolution pathways, including mediation, restorative justice and related innovative methods. This Spectrum Model was introduced at the 2008 Gehring Academy (Schrage & Thompson, 2008), featured at the 2009 annual conference and has evolved into a collaborative publication due out this summer. For more information about conflict resolution at the University of Michigan go to http://www.oscr.umich.edu/ Association for Student Conduct Administration http://www.theasca.org/
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  • Tags:
  • Nancy Giacomini
  • higher education
  • Jennifer Meyer Schrage
  • campus conflict
  • student conflict
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• Original Air Date: 7/8/2009 11:30 PM UTC

  Conflict Resolution in Teacher Education (CRETE)

  In this episode, we focus our conversation on Conflict Resolution in Teacher Education (CRETE). The mission of the CRETE project is to provide pre-service and in-service teachers with skills and knowledge of conflict education and social and emotional learning necessary for creating constructive learning environments. The Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education (CRETE) curriculum combines the best of theory and practice to build and enhance skills in conflict management and classroom management including: bullying prevention, communication, positive discipline, managing disruptive students, building classroom and school community, and restorative practices. Conflict Resolution Education (CRE) has proven effective in reducing negative student behavior, improving classroom climate, enhancing students' social and emotional competencies, and providing students critical skills for cooperatively managing conflicts with peers and adults (Aber et al, 2003). Our guest speaker Margaret Leeds has been actively involved in the field of conflict management as mediator, trainer, and consultant since 1992, when, as Assistant Principal at Beverly Hills High School, she initiated the school’s Peer Mediation program. This indoctrination to the mediation process led to extensive formal training in the field of conflict resolution, including a Master of Dispute Resolution Degree from Pepperdine University Law School and, ultimately, to her current career as a conflict management consultant. Formal training and experience in conflict management, coupled with thirty-seven years as a distinguished educator and school administrator (recipient of 1987 National Educator Award), have prepared Ms. Leeds to be of particular value to universities and school districts who are confronted with conflicts that are endemic to academia. You can reach Margaret at maleeds@prodigy.net Web Links www.creducation.org www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
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  • Tags:
  • Margaret Leeds
  • Conflict Connections
  • conflict resolution
  • teacher education
  • Tricia Jones
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