Peer Mediation

PeaceBuilders is an extremely effective peer mediation, youth violence-prevention (anti-violence) and bullying prevention (anti-bullying) program and curriculum. But it is so much more.

Faithful teaching, modeling and practicing the PeaceBuilders principles creates a positive culture and climate change that transforms any site where adults work with youth into a peaceful, positive and productive place to live, work and learn - creating a culture of calm that is incompatible with violence and bullying.

As a science-based, research-based and research-validated character education curriculum and professional development program, PeaceBuilders sites enjoy the benefits of building resilience and resiliency skills in youth, and giving both youth and those with whom they work the tools they need in areas such as conflict resolution, peer mediation, academic improvement and improved standardized test scores.

PeaceBuilders fits perfectly into the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Response to Intervention (RTI) logic models as a primary intervention, (universal intervention). It is perhaps the ideal behavior intervention seamlessly crossing the lines of the PBIS and RTI pyramid.

The elegantly simple set of six principles, when taught, modeled and practiced with consistency, improves the lives of young people and gives them the critical skills they need to survive and thrive in their schools, homes and communities, and prepares them to become the successful, productive, and well-adjusted adult leaders of tomorrow.