Students Offering Support

Conflict Managers on the Playground (K-6) and Bridges to Safety-This 7 hour training 
incorporates elements of the Bridges to Safety program simultaneously with the
conflict manager training so that at the end of the day, students would be prepared to do the beginning lessons of Bridges to Safety with younger students in the school. The extra hour would be spent training and helping the coordinator devise an implementation plan for Bridges to Safety. (grades 4/5 visiting K-2 classes)

Peer Mediation (7-12))  and Bridges to Safety – This 12 hour training  incorporates elements
of the Bridges to Safety program with peer mediation training so that at the end of the
training, students are prepared to do the beginning lessons of Bridges to Safety with
younger students in the school as well as peer mediation.

Philosophy behind the Bridges to Safety combined offerings – Schools get the initial Conflict Mediation
training and always intend to get back to BTS in the second semester. They really need to
start with BTS because this is the way the students get to know the mediators and they are
then more likely to use the program. Anecdotal evidence shows that initially managers and
mediators have trouble getting business. This is exactly why BTS was  developed– to give the
students a way to introduce themselves to their peers in a non-threatening way.