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II. Project Description Goal: To reduce risk behaviors for violence- related injury among adolescents attending Phillips Middle School in -the Chapel Hill /Carrboro system in Orange County. Strategy: Conflict resolution will be introduced to the curriculum. Every sixth grader at Phillips Middle School will be exposed to concepts of healthy conflict resolution through a series of workshops presented by the Youth Coordinator of the Dispute Settlement Center. Pre - testing of attitudes about conflict _will_ be adminis-tered__at._._this _- time- - - -. -- -.. - -- -- -- - - - -. -. -. -- The students will then select from among their peers those who will be trained as Peer Mediators. Those selected will participate in a 16 -hour interactive training session in mediation skills. Those successfully completing this training will be designated as peer mediators and will be available as neutral third parties when a dispute arises. Methods: The Youth Coordinator will use the mediation practices of the Dispute Settlement Center and the North Carolina Mediation Network, as adapted for age appropriateness. Use will be made of materials developed through the National Association of Mediation in Education (NAME), Educators for Social Responsibility, and the Anti - Violence Curriculum developed by the Boston University School of Public Health. The Youth Coordinator has also been trained as a "prejudice reduction" trainer by the National Coalition Building Institute. He will use these techniques to encourage the appreciation of diversity as appropriate. Methods may include: * role plays of conflict situations * games involving use of "I" statements * discussions of ways to express anger * videotapes of mock mediations Target Population: The sixth graders at Phillips Middle School in the Chapel Hill /Carrboro system. Number to be Reached: Approximately 245 students will be directly affected.