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5 <br /> The creation of the youth coordinator position would meet or help meet all of the <br /> recommendations of the Task Force on Reducing Violent Crime and Drug Use that relate to <br /> youth (recommendations numbers 16 through 30). <br /> B. Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation <br /> We recommend conflict resolution training for youth, for public officials, <br /> and for employees who work with young people. <br /> Conflict resolution training teaches skills through whole-class instruction and role-playing to <br /> help avoid conflict escalation. SklJs and topics covered include acceptance of others, team <br /> work, self-controlfcalming teclut ques, "I feel" or "I care" messages, active listening, and how <br /> to deal with real and imagined insults, anger, threats, pushing and direct confrontation. Peer <br /> mediation involves the teaching of youth to mediate disputes between their peers. <br /> I <br /> By teaching adults in the community_ to resolve their differences with less, and ideally without, <br /> anger or bitterness, we can provide better models for the youth of our community and reinforce <br /> the training they receive at school. The Committee makes the following recommendations: <br /> I. Approve a written resolution supporting the continued existence of conflict <br /> resolution/peer mediation training at kindergarten through twelfth grade in the county <br /> and cite schools as outlined in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Safe Schools <br /> Grant Proposal to the State Department of Public Instruction. This resolution should <br /> mention specific support for conflict resolution programs for parents sponsored by the <br /> school system. ' <br /> This training would include: <br /> a. the training of staff in secondary elementary schools in conflict resolution and <br /> anger management. <br /> b. the designation of one week:., early in the school year, as "Safe Schools Week", <br /> during,<,) ich school-wide sessions on conflict resolution and anger <br /> management shills would be conducted. Such sessions would be repeated <br /> annually. <br /> c. the establishment of a peer mediation program in all schools. <br /> d. the exploration of innovative ways to train parents in conflict resolution and <br /> anger management skills. Sponsor a "Safe School Day" that parents can attend <br /> and receive training from their children in the forms of plays, demonstrations <br /> and role play. <br /> ?. Encouraee each member of bodies of elected officials on town and county municipal <br /> and school boards to pa:,icipate in a program of conflict resolution training, and yearly <br /> refresher course The techniques learned can aDow elected officiais to better, resolve <br /> disputes internally and in the public arena and, with the manner of resolving disputes, to <br /> sm,e as role models for the entire communty. <br />