Using ESR’s Connected & Respected, Lessons from the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (Volume 1 for K-2 or Volume 2 for 3-5) in your classroom can help students develop the skills to reduce violence and prejudice, form caring relationships, and build healthy lives. The lessons are drawn from our research-proven Resolving Conflict Creatively Program. Each of the [...]

Book by Book: An Annotated Guide to Young People’s Literature with Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution Themes is a valuable resource for librarians, teachers, guidance counselors, and parents to find books to complement the standard language arts curriculum for teaching important peacemaking and social and emotional learning concepts.  Written by a veteran peace educator, Book by Book [...]

ESR author Ken Breeding is featured in an article on social and emotional learning called School Counseling Curriculum Objectives on the School Counselor website. “Breeding said that it’s evident that when students are taught SEL skills, violence, acting out and other disruptive behaviors are ‘tremendously curtailed.’ And it’s no surprise that students who lack these [...]