Before Push Comes to Shove: Building Conflict Resolution Skills with Children

In a violent society where there are so few models for positive conflict resolution, teachers can help children learn the skills that they will need to communicate, negotiate, and resolve their conflicts with others. By using the childrens book Best Day of the Week as a starting point, Before Push Comes to Shove shows how teachers of young children can begin to build conflict resolution skills with young children in ways that are meaningful to them and embedded in their everyday school experiences. Nine comprehensive chapters address topics ranging from the basis of conflict resolution education to how to develop a specific curriculum. The last chapter gives helpful resource information.