Peer Mediation, Student Manual: Conflict Resolution in Schools

Program for helping secondary school students acquire skills in conflict resolution.

Fred Schrumpf is an independent trainer/consultant and coordinator for the Regional Center for Social Work and Education Collaboration at Eastern Washington University. He is also a consultant for the National Center for Conflict Resolution Education. He has practiced school social work for 12 years with children in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. He has also taught at the university level. In 1990, Mr. Schrumpf was named Social Worker of the Year by the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

Donna K. Crawford is the former CEO of the National Center for Conflict Resolution Education/Conflict Resolution Education, Inc. She is currently an assistant superintendent for elementary education in a large suburban school district in northern Illinois. She is an experienced mediator, reality therapist, and dispute resolution trainer. Her training in alternative dispute resolution methods includes work with the Justice Center of Atlanta and the Harvard University Negotiation Project. She has also served as a practicum supervisor for the Institute for Reality Therapy in Los Angeles.

Richard J. Bodine is President and Training Director of the National Center for Conflict Resolution Education/Conflict Resolution Education, Inc. He has taught at all grade levels from elementary school through university graduate school and served as an elementary school principal for 20 years. In 1992 he received the Illinois State Board of Education's Those Who Excel award as outstanding administrator. Mr. Bodine has consulted with numerous schools throughout the country. During the past 12 years, he has trained over 10,000 adults and over 3,000 youth in conflict resolution processes. He holds training certificates from CDR Associates of Boulder, Colorado, for mediation, dispute management systems design, and conflict resolution in organizations.