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School Transition lets students engage with their new school to succeed academically and socially. The National Schools of Character Award winning curriculum develops friendships across grade levels and creates a caring school environment.
Bridges to Safety is a simple and effective guide to help teens teach conflict resolution skills to younger students. With this program of eight lessons and about one hour per week of volunteer time, you will help students build character, model peaceful communication, develop essential social skills, and create a safe and caring school community.

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Sample Grant for a Transition Program Web Page

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Bibliography of Peer Helping, Character, and Conflict Resolution resources. Web Page
Free sample lesson -- Stereotypes and Tolerance Printable Web Page
Free sample lesson -- Responsibility (Grade 3-6) Printable Web Page


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Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center PCRC provides conflict prevention, management, and resolution services and promote the use of non-adversarial processes in a wide variety of situations. Its services empower people, build relationships, and reduce violence.
Challenge Learning Center Challenge Learning Center provides adventure based learning programs that develop individual growth and team effectiveness with a focus on leadership.
Gay/Straight Alliance Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a youth-led organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources.
California Association of Peer Programs The California Association of Peer Programs is a nonprofit public benefit corporation that is dedicated to the initiation, enhancement, and promotion of youth service through quality peer programs.
National Peer Helpers Association The National Peer Helpers Association equips individuals to help others by promoting standards of excellence in peer programs.
Decision Education Foundation The purpose is to improve people's lives by improving the quality of their decisions.
Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network Six Seconds provides emotional intelligence training and materials to create more positive and productive relationships in schools, families, and organizations around the globe.
California Healthy Kids Resource Center Access to reviewed health education materials, research summaries, school health laws and linkds to reviewed health education sites.
National Training Associates a training and consulting firm specializing in the social, emotional and spiritual growth of youth through resiliency and asset building.
Cooperating School Districts/CHARACTERplus Cooperating School Districts is a nonprofit educational consortium providing cooperative purchasing, technology, staff development, legislative, human resource, research and financial services to public school districts.
Character Education Partnership The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue in our nation's youth as one means of creating a more compassionate and responsible society.
Community of Caring Works to implement and encourage five values --caring, responsibility, respect, trust, and family -- in our nation's schools
Search Institute At the heart of the institute's work is the  framework of 40 developmental assets which are positive experiences, relationships, opportunities, and personal qualities that young people need to grow up healthy, caring, and responsible
Center for Educational Research and Development CERD is an innovative Berkeley-based non-profit organization devoted to the healthy development of youth and families through reality-based programs, evaluation, and research/policy consultation.
The Community Boards Program A leading disseminator of peer mediation related materials and classroom conflict resolution curricula in the U.S. and internationally

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