The purpose of Peer to Peer (P2P) Conflict Resolution Group is to offer transformative crisis prevention help to adolescent males and females between the ages of 13 and 17, who experience conflict and coping issues with their peers. The proposal is being presented with an awareness that adolescents need programs that will provide them with the essential tools necessary to foster healthy relationships with individuals their age, so they can learn to build and maintain a firm foundation of support with peers who can provide positive friendships, trust, and closeness. As adolescents grow older into their teenage years, they begin to explore life more independently and spend more time networking and participating in activities with their friends …show more content…
In addition to having the obligation to instruct students in core subject areas, teachers are also burdened with the daunting daily task of monitoring and modifying behavioral issues that arise between their students. According to Troop-Gordon (2015), author of “The Role of the Classroom Teacher in the Lives of Children Victimized by Peers. Child Development Perspectives,” teachers are tasked with recognizing the peer dynamics of their students, with understanding how to foster good peer to peer relationships that create a positive environment and promotes positive student interpersonal skills – while also directly intervening in peer conflicts among students to prevent ongoing peer victimization that could cause negative risks to children’s emotional health and school adjustment. Being over-worked and grossly under-paid, and having to multitask in so many areas daily, can have a negative impact on teachers’ personal welfare and self-care over a long period of time. Hence, educational programs are needed to help fill the basic social needs of students outside the classroom to alleviate the some of the conflict that arises. Such programs would allow teachers to have more time to focus on teaching instead of getting involved in student disturbances or trying to brainstorm for positive interventions to help break an ongoing conflict cycle that exists among …show more content…
It can potentially produce increased verbal reaction and non-verbal expressions and change in body language among participants, and because it can help participants clarify their goals through visual and practical scales, which can help evoke positive talk. Because the Peer to Peer Conflict Resolution Group is a psychoeducational group dealing with issues of conflict and problem-solving, SFBT would be the perfect theoretical approach due to its focus on what is working instead of identifying problems. Individuals who participate in the group already understand that their behaviors are already potentially receiving negative interactions from other individuals. Therefore, it would bring no value to their learning experience if focus is placed on what they are doing wrong, but the focal point of the group can be built on foundational values – and exploring positive solutions to negative behaviors, using the things they are already doing
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Because of this new demographic, people started seeing teenagers differently than children, as they did before. They had more freedom; they would be able to go out after school, they would start doing some “adult” activities, such as working. They had more independence from their parents. Teenagers would usually want to stay alone in their rooms talking to friends over the rotary dial phone (if they had one) or they would sneak out at night to go to clubs and parties.
Aside from the ineffectiveness of bullying programs, “Targets of bullying behaviors are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, and loss of self-esteem” (Domino, 2013). Not only are schools being ineffective with their programs, the students are facing the effects of this. “Research has advocated that individuals must work together to effectively reduce bullying practices within schools” (Jones and Augustine, 2015). By creating a kindness program, students will be taught to work together to solve problems, and, in end, create a better
Developments within the past decade have opened up new ways for research that can lead to improvements in the life quality of vulnerable students and families. Not only does school violence create a feeling of fear and emotional uneasiness in a school, it also is difficult for the learning process to develop. Situations at home have a big impact on student's safety in school. Examples are a student not speaking up in class for fear of being ridiculed; being called a faggot because of perceptions of a student's sexual orientation; backbiting; verbal teasing and insults; offensive touching such as throws, slaps and pushes; and racial, ethnic, and/or sexist comments that are based on a student's physical appearance?. A lot of the time this is learned and adapted by children from the parents at home. Parents have the most influence on a child, the way the act, talk, or neglect their child. Children are more prone to repeat these emotions and aggressions at recess or just in class with other peers. Communities are also playing big roles in the safety of stude...
As a teen I see the world as an opportunity to better myself mentally, physically and morally. The best part about being a teen today is that there are so many opportunities to take advantage of like getting a job or joining a program that betters you mentally like the University of Maryland’s Young Scholars Program. Or going out of your way to play a sport that you never played before. Today teens have way more opportunities than their older generation counterparts. We have the ability to communicate through multiple means like Facebook, text, face to face, and much more. Teens today have more privileges than previous generations which makes life a little easier, however still must tolerate similar rites of passage like finding a first job and buying a first car which is always fun. As you get older you start to comprehend the additional responsibilities you have gained throughout the
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Teenagers; everyone has been one, is one, or will be one. They are adventurous and silly; they try to be as grown up as possible, yet it never seems to work. Through out each decade, the teenager seemed to evolve into the teens we see today. How have they changed? Are they at all the same? What is so different about the teenagers of today and those of decades past?
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In the twenty-first century, teenagers find it hard to keep their lives. in balance with the. On one side of the scale is their social lives, and on the other. the other, the unappealing load of school life. For many this side of the scales is leaning off balance.
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The article focuses on the importance of teacher-student relationships, especially for students with behavioral problems and learning disabilities. As the article mentions, the quality of interaction among teachers and students has a significant impact on student academic achievement at each grade level. Positive teacher-student relationship is one of the most critical components of effective classroom management. In fact, “When teacher-student relationships improve, concurrent improvements in classroom behavior such as reductions in aggression and increases in compliance with rules can be expected” (Alderman & Green, 2011, p. 39). The article centers on the social powers model, which entail the use of coercion, manipulation, expertness,
In conclusion, adolescent teenagers can experiment with drinking, drugs, sexual relationships or other dangerous behaviors. Some psychological disorders can appear during adolescence like depression and anxiety unless parents or family support them. Society can help adolescents during this turbulent time of growth by creating some programs in the schools for all teenagers who do not have support. Even those who have support like family or friends need to know they have someone else they can go talk to and be able express themselves. Adolescent years are very difficult and teenagers need lots of support.
One of the most effective ways teachers are able to manage a classroom is through developing positive relationships with students (Emmer & Evertson, 2013). When students feel they are valued and cared for by their teacher, they are much more likely to comply with rules and procedures. A classroom teacher has the great responsibility and privilege to be around students for up to seven hours per day, five days per week for around nine months and during that time, teachers must work to develop positive teacher-student relationships with each student (Boynton & Boynton, 2005). When students are able to experience healthy relationships with their teachers, they grow personally and are self-motivated and achieve academic success (Tassione & Inlay, 2014). There are a number of ways to enrich these relationships and they are all initiated by the teacher. While there are many ways teachers will find to develop teacher-student relationships, only a select number of them will be discussed here.
To be a teenager is to be in a time of fluctuation and more often than not in western society, a time of rebellion. There are certain rituals that take place during the teens such as socializing with friends in a place other than school, more responsibilities around the house and less juvenile relationships with members of the opposite sex. Biologically teenagers change dramatically, with girls usually starting their periods and maturing into a phase where their bodies get ready to have children whereas boys develop facial hair, their voices deepen and other matters. They also become more aware of themselves sexually and it is this period in which most people are experimental with their sexuality as well as drugs and their own personal style.
Myths of adolescence are perpetuated because adults do not spend the time and effort learning about normal, expected changes during this period. It is much easier for us to put a label on people rather than to try to understand them. The teen years are truly "high speed, high need" years. Here are some concepts of conflict and some areas to look out for.