Connected and Respected (Volume 1): Lessons from the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, Grades K-2

This elementary curriculum is based on the nationally recognized Resolving Conflict Creatively Program on conflict resolution and social and emotional learning. The book contains 16 lessons per grade level focused on five themes: Making Connections, Emotional Literacy, Caring and Effective Communication, Cultural Competence and Social Responsibility, and Conflict Management and Responsible Decision-Making. Each lesson also includes connection to children's literature and a listing of major curriculum standards that are addressed in the lesson. The lessons in this volume are specifically geared for students in K-2 classrooms.

Dr. Ken Breeding has spent his professional life in the fields of psychology and education, working to develop and nurture learning communities that promote the development of healthy, whole human beings. He has over 28 years of experience as a teacher, counselor and leader in public schools. He has also taught at the college and university level for almost 16 years. He maintains a small practice in individual and family psychotherapy, but spends most of his time training and consulting with districts in the areas of social and emotional literacy, conflict resolution, and inter-group relationships.

Jane Harrison has more years of experience than she sometimes likes to admit, and most of those have been in the classroom. It was the pursuit of materials to improve the learning climate of her own classroom that led her to begin to implement some of the lessons that you ll see in this curriculum. The changes that she saw in the students, in herself, and in her relationship to the students, are what led her to begin her work with Educators for Social Responsibility. Over the last 10 years, she as worked both nationally and internationally with schools, providing training for students, school staffs and parents and has worked with students from pre-kindergarten through high school, in rural, suburban and inner-city settings. She owes a great deal of gratitude to her own children, who gave her the opportunity to continually improve and refine her own conflict resolution skills, and who now provide her with constant love and support.