Skills for Resolving Conflict
 | Skills for Resolving Conflict (Wertheim, Love, Peck & Littlefield) Skills for Resolving Conflict, Second Edition is a practical textbook for workshops or courses on negotiation skills, conflict management and conflict resolution. The book is also ideal for individuals wishing to improve their own skills, and for organisations aiming to enhance team building or negotiation approaches. The book provides a detailed description of how to resolve conflict using a co-operative problem solving approach to both interpersonal and workplace settings. It guides readers through a step-by-step process, starting with basic concepts and skills and moving on to more advanced ones. Exercises are included to encourage application of the concepts to real life situations.
The Second Edition has been carefully up-dated and revised, and includes valuable new material on forgiveness and reconciliation. Numerous new workplace applications throughout the book are designed to illustrate the value of co-operative problem solving. This new edition also includes fully up-dated references, important websites, and lists of related resources and conflict resolution programs. It formed the basis of many of the concepts in the Enhancing Relationships in School Communities program.
Order from Eruditions Publishing: http://www.eruditions.com.au/wertheim.htm#top |  | Skills for Resolving Conflict – DVDA negotiation between a teacher and a parent. DVD and Supplementary Guide describes and demonstrates a cooperative problem-solving approach to handling interpersonal difficulties and conflict.
Skills for Resolving Conflict DVD flyer 2010 (pdf) |
Children's Peace Literature Award
Psychologists for Peace biannually presents an award to one or more authors of a children's book in which the main character resolves a conflict through actively choosing peaceful as opposed to violent methods. The aim of the Award in to encourage and publicise such books, so that children and adolescents have peaceful models on which to base their own behaviour. The attached recommended-reading list for primary and secondary school students provides information about the 2009 winners of the Award and descriptions of their books.
Psychologists for Peace Educational materials
Psychologists for Peace – an Interest group of the Australian Psychological Society, produces an inspiring selection of educational materials that can be used by children, teachers, parents, schools and communities in learning to solve problems peacefully. To order any of these products, please visit the APS Online Shop. 
Poster 1 (also a storybook): Wise Ways to Win 'Wise Ways to Win' describes the basic steps for resolving conflict, such as understanding the needs and concerns of the parties, brainstorming options, creating win-win solutions, and considering alternatives in case the other party does not cooperate. The steps are illustrated through a light-hearted story of a dispute between a koala and kookaburra: Available as a step-by-step poster (segment only shown above). | 
Poster 2: Bullying: Spotting it, Stopping it "Bullying is when a person hurts someone else on purpose, time and again. The hurt can be physical or emotional... Bullying can happen at school, at home and at work as well as in sports and politics. Everyone has a right to feel safe." This poster shows the steps taken by Possum, his schoolmates, his teachers and parents, to address and prevent bullying.
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Poster 3: Rebuilding relationships Unhealed hurts from the past often prevent good relationships in the present because the old hurts keep re-emerging and causing anger and pain. Then, people may be too upset to use effective conflict resolution skills for solving current problems. The poster is beautifully illustrated in full colour using Australian bush animals to carry the message.
|  Poster 4: Handling Anger Wisely The step-by-step process detailed in the poster 'Handling Anger Wisely' helps you identify times when you get angry, expose self-talk that feeds your anger, create more useful self-talk, plan new ways to express yourself, calm yourself down when provoked, evaluate how it went and plan for next time. The poster is illustrated with the story of a koala and her baby who are grumpy and impatient, often throwing tantrums. The other animals become so sick of these angry moods that they send Koala to see Owl. |  Poster 5: Celebrating children’s peace books This poster celebrates some of the wonderful children’s books that promote peace or encourage the non-violent resolution of conflict. The quotes used in the poster have been taken from winners of the PFP children’s peace literature award. |  Poster 6: Wise Ways to Create Cultures of Peace The first decade of the millennium is the International Decade for the Culture of Peace. PFP's 'Creating Cultures of Peace' poster is a positive and relevant contribution to the promotion of peace for years to come. The poster explores how we can be a part of creating cultures of peace in our homes, schools, workplaces, communities and, indeed, across the planet! |  Poster 7: Creating Peaceful Families The Gumtree Orchestra decides to have a concert, but they are dreadfully out of tune with each other. Kids bang and clang and parents yell. This poster shows how each family learns to be more co-operative and peaceful, and make beautiful music! The guidelines come from research on how parents can successfully raise children, but they can also be used by kids and teenagers to get along better with their family, friends, and teachers. |  Poster 8: Visions of Peace "Peace is being different and letting others be different from you"; "We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore."; "We can start building a peaceful future by first creating images of it in our minds."; "I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: 'Mother, what was war?'" Visions of Peace is a beautiful, colourful picture poster bordered with quotes. |  'Peace is Possible' badges and stickers By inviting people to believe that 'peace is possible' we help each other move out of helplessness and hopelessness and into action. Everything we do to encourage others to believe non-violent solutions are possible and to actively express their concerns helps to bring about changes that will ripple through all levels of society. |
Cultural Diversity
CEIEC Diversity Dolls: Dolls with a difference to make a difference. These dolls offer a powerful tool for working with young children on issues of diversity, discrimination and equity. The CEIEC Diversity Dolls were developed through research on how to raise these issues respectfully and appropriately with young children. For further information about the dolls and training available http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/ceiec/resources/dolls.html.
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