Conflict Resolution Week Four PDF

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How to deal with conflict, and the steps of conflict resolution...

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Conflict Resolution Week Four

Reacting to Conflict Adults can react to conflict in a variety of ineffective ways - Authoritarian - Avoidance Are these effective strategies? Why do some educators use these strategies?

6 Strategies of Problem Solving with Young Children Step One: Approach Calmly -

Place yourself between the children Get to their level Neutralize any item the children are arguing over Stop any hurtful actions

Steph Two: Identify the children’s feelings - Use of active listening skills - Acknowledging feelings of all children involved What is active listening? What are examples of non-verbal active listening?

These things are important too… -

Neutrality Open mind No judgment Respecting everyone involved

Step Three: Gather Information - Ask all of the children involved to identify the problem - Listen to everyone’s perspective

- Why is it important to get the information about what happened from the children themselves?

Step Four: Restate the problem - Restate the problem as it was identified by the children - “So, the problem is…” - Why is this an important step in the process?

Step Five: Ask for and agree on solutions - Encourage children to problem solve on their own - “What could we do to solve this?” - Importance of making sure that everyone involved is in agreeance - Provide support and suggestions if children are unable to come up with ideas on their own

Step Six: Provide follow up support - Acknowledge and comment on their solution and ability to follow through - Maintain Involvement - Maintain Proximity

Take a look… - VIDEOS

Think about it… - Conflicts escalate when we _____________. - Conflicts de-escalate when we ___________.

An example of a conflict, using the placement document - Luxie (age 3) and Noah (age 3.5) were outside on the preschool playground. Noah attempted to sit on a tricycle and Luxie walked up and pushed him off of the tricycle. John (student ECE) quickly walked over to them.

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- Use the placement conflict resolution document to write out the steps that you as the student ECE (st) would take to help these two children solve this problem - This process is not about who is right and who is wrong. It is not about placing blame - It is about teaching children they have the power to solve their own problems - It is also about teaching a child about cooperation and that they can learn about what they consider fair -

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