Youth in Schools & Community

"If you want someone to listen, you have to listen better yourself". (High school training participant)

Young people and the adults who support them can learn creative ways to approach everyday conflicts. Our interactive and age-appropriate trainings help youth and adults recognize that they have choices when faced with conflict.

Who comes to our trainings?

Young people ages 4 to 22.
Parents, school personnel, mentors, youth workers.

What kinds of trainings do we offer?

In the schools:

Conflict awareness and skills (anger management, communication, negotiation).
Peer mediation skills for students. (We can also help develop peer mediation programs.)
Facilitation and group leadership skills.
Staff development.
Conflict Management for Educators.

In the community:

Conflict Management Train-the-Trainer.
Presentations for public housing neighborhoods, after-school programs, university groups, churches, scouts, parents, summer camps.

For more information contact Will Dudenhausen at will@disputesettlement.org

If you need training in camps or other groups for this Summer contact Kerry Paksoy at kpaksoy@disputesettlement.org

Contact

Sample list of clients:

Orange County Family Resource Centers
Orange County elementary, middle and high schools
Chapel Hill/Carrboro elementary, middle and high schools
Durham Academy
Chapel Hill Day Care Center
Pines of Carolina Girl Scouts
Teens Climb High
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Residents Council
Mental Health Association in Orange County
UNC APPLES Service Learning
UNC SCORE Program - Student Mediation Services
Lerner Community Jewish Day School
Planned Parenthood
Durham Teen Court

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