Reducing Levels of Elementary School Violence with Peer Mediation

Author(s)

Rita Cantrell Schellenberg, Liberty UniversityFollow
Agatha Parks-Savage
Mark Rehfuss

Publication Date

6-2007

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Education

Comments

Published in Professional School Counseling 10:5, 475-481.

Abstract

The effectiveness of an existing peer mediation program in a diverse, suburban elementary school was examined. Peer mediation was available to all students (N = 825). Three-year longitudinal data showed significant reductions in the school's out-of-school suspensions after implementation of the peer mediation program. Mediation training also resulted in significant mediator knowledge gains pertaining to conflict, conflict resolution, and mediation, which was maintained at 3-month follow-up. All mediation sessions (N = 34) were successful in resolving conflict, and mediators as well as participants viewed the peer mediation program as valuable.

Recommended Citation

Schellenberg, Rita Cantrell; Parks-Savage, Agatha; and Rehfuss, Mark, "Reducing Levels of Elementary School Violence with Peer Mediation" (2007). Faculty Publications and Presentations. 154.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/educ_fac_pubs/154