HD 351 - Conflict Resolution and Mediation

3 credits
This class is designed for human service professionals, including teachers, educational administrators, and marriage and family counselors, who work with children, adolescents, and families. Participants will examine the nature of human conflict and effective strategies for conflict resolutions, and will explore methods for developing programs which promote the peaceful resolution of conflict. The class will focus on the techniques and models for conflict resolution, mediation, and creative problem-solving in various conflict areas, including the family, the school, and the workplace. Techniques for effective communication, brainstorming and cooperative group decision-making will be explored. Communicating across cultures, and bias awareness issues will be explored within all content areas. Class format will include discussion, lecture, reading, writing, demonstration and role playing.

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