Youth Programs

Our Youth Program is not only for school but also applies to disputes in the community.

Alternatives to Suspension

Youth Mediation
Student Debriefing
Conflict Coaching
Peacemaking Circles

CRC offers mediation, conflict coaching, and restorative practices to school students while they are out of school on short-term suspension.

Youth Mediation

Decreases referrals to Law Enforcement and the Courts.
Provides an opportunity to youth to meet in a safe space to resolve a conflict.
Creates understanding and empathy.
Encourages accountability and responsibility.
Ages 7-18

The Youth Mediation Program is designed to divert youth from the Criminal Justice System. Mediation is a restorative process that provides an opportunity for the victim to meet the offender in a safe space to resolve a conflict assisted by a trained mediator. The models used are victim-offender mediation and basic mediation. Using these models, juveniles are diverted from court, but held accountable for their actions.

What is Mediation?

Mediation is a voluntary, confidential and structured conflict resolution process where disputing parties meet with one or two trained, impartial mediators to talk about their concerns, listen to each other and develop solutions that work for both parties. The mediation process empowers disputing parties by allowing them to actively participate taking full responsibility for resolving their concerns.

Student Debriefing

One-on-one process.
Only one party is willing to, or available to engage in the resolution process.
The mediator assists the youth to understand the recent conflict, explore options to manage the situation, create strategies, and develop an action plan.
Ages 7-18

On occasion, only one party wants to participate or is available in the Mediation process. Student Debriefing provides the opportunity the willing party in a dispute to reflect on the event and provide strategies to prevent future conflicts.

Conflict Coaching

Eight-week program with a curriculum. Meeting once a week.
Student is taught conflict management skills: responses to conflict, active listening, non-violent communication, values, etc.
One-on-one process but it is recommended that one of the parents participate in the program.
Ages between 13-18

This is an eight-week training program. During Conflict Coaching the coach teaches conflict management skills and assists the youth to understand conflict, explore options to manage situations, create strategies, and develop an action plan.

Peacemaking Circles

Community-based diversion program for conflict resolution, healing, support, or decision making.
It follows Restorative Justice Practices based on accountability of the offender to the victim and the community.
Brings together youth offender and parent(s), guardian(s), the victim (if applicable) and members of the community.
An action plan is created.
Ages 11-18

What is a Peacemaking Circle?

Peacemaking Circle is based on the theories of restorative justice and narrative conversations, which focus on healing the harm to relationships that results from wrongdoing and conflict. And, holding respectful conversations that separate the person from the problem. Youth become empowered to solve problems nonviolently rather than relying on people in authority imposing rules and punishment to control behavior and deter wrongdoing.

School Attendance Mediation

Brings together people that can best make a difference in the child’s education (principal, teacher, school counselor, social worker, parent, student).
These individuals gather in a conference room to discuss the barriers for the child attending school and receiving an education.
The discussion is candid and explores the child’s attendance, grades, and behavior.
Also serves as a connection to resources when other difficulties facing the child and family are exposed during the course of mediation (such as homelessness or mental health issues).
Grades K-12

School Attendance Mediation brings together those people that can best make a difference in the child’s education. Teachers are also encouraged to either attend or provide feedback on the student’s academics and behavior. Many times, School Attendance Mediation serves as a connection to resources when other difficulties facing the child and family are exposed during the course of the mediation.

If you school district is interested in how to start a School Attendance Mediation program, please contact the Conflict Resolution Center.

Parent-Teen Mediation

Provides a neutral and safe space where families can engage in conversations to address areas of conflict.
This process attempts to give voice to each member of the family.
Some of the issues on parent/teen mediation are rules and discipline, house chores, use of phone and car, friends, siblings, work and/or school and communication.
Ages 13-18

Conflict between parents and teenagers is normal. Mediation provides a neutral and safe space where families can engage in conversations to address areas of conflict. This process attempts to give voice to each member of the family. Mediator(s) assist parties to open up communication, identify issues, brainstorm solutions and reach mutually acceptable agreements. Some of the issues on parent/teen mediation are rules and discipline, house chores, use of phone and car, friends, siblings, work and/or school and communication.

Juvenile Justice Project

Restorative justice for juvenile offenses

The Juvenile Justice Project uses a Restorative Justice models to address juvenile offenses. Its purpose is to break the pipeline to prison for juveniles. Restorative justice is a philosophy of repairing the harm done by crime by involving the parties affected by the crime. Using Restorative Justice principles, the CRC facilitates Victim-Offender Conferencing: a process in which the victim and juvenile offender, and other parties involved (or affected by the offense), sit down together in a safe environment with a neutral facilitator. At the conference, the juvenile is held accountable for the offense. Parties can discuss the impact of the offense and what should be done to repair the harm that was done.

The CRC also offers Conflict Coaching courses where juveniles learn skills for addressing conflict in a positive manner.

**To learn more about our programs, please contact us.**

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