School-to-Home Transfer of Conflict Management Skills among School-Age Children

1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah B. Gentry ◽  
Wayne A. Benenson
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Peer Mediation ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
School Based ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Productive Talk

This study determined the degree to and manner in which elementary students in a school-based peer-mediation program transferred conflict-management information and skills learned and practiced at school to the home setting for use in resolving sibling conflicts. Twenty-seven student “conflict managers” from grades four to six and at least one of their parents were interviewed before and after intervention. Data were collected on (1) demographic information; (2) perceptions of the frequency, intensity, and duration of sibling conflicts; (3) the necessity and kind of parent intervention; and (4) the level of positive conflict-management skills demonstrated by the children. Findings indicated that children perceived a significant decline in the frequency and intensity of conflicts with siblings. Parents perceived a similar decline in the frequency of such conflicts and in their need to intervene. Parents additionally perceived a significant improvement in their child's use of productive talk during conflicts.

scholarly journals Mediation at School in Lithuania (Case Study)

Pedagogika ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gražina Čiuladienė
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Peer Mediation ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Community Members ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediation Training ◽  
School Based ◽  
Project Idea ◽  
Save The Children

Schools implement peer mediation programs in order to fulfill the need for better conflict management among school students. It has been revealed that teaching students to be peacemakers is a very valuable competence benefiting them throughout their lives. Mediation is not used and even known conflict resolution strategy in Lithuania’s schools. Therefore, taking into account the lack of research on school based conflicts this research sets as its object conflict resolution education. It is inspired with the project idea “Mediation at schools” initiated by organization “Save the Children Lithuania” aiming to introduce the innovation – peer mediation as conflict management tool – at Lithuania’s schools. The research was conducted in one secondary school located in Vilnius, the capital of country. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the experience of pupils attending the peer mediation training (8 h) and mediators’ activities organized at school for a period of two months. The study revealed that pupils more often notice conflicts of others than to confess that they have a conflict themselves. When having a conflict with peers pupils are inclined to apply combat or collaboration strategy. 25 percent of the 7th grade pupils would like to become peer mediator. When generalising the findings, it can be concluded that mediation training and activities at schools were evaluated as successul. The challenge is to have positive attitude of peer mediation not only of those participated but as well of all school community members (authorities, teachers, parents, pupils) in order the method to be implemeted for a long period.

Reading Risk in Children With Speech Sound Disorder: Prevalence, Persistence, and Predictors

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 3714-3726
Author(s):  
Sherine R. Tambyraja ◽  
Kelly Farquharson ◽  
Laura Justice
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Reading Difficulties ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Speech Sound Disorder ◽  
Word Decoding ◽  
School Year ◽  
School Based

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which school-age children with speech sound disorder (SSD) exhibit concomitant reading difficulties and examine the extent to which phonological processing and speech production abilities are associated with increased likelihood of reading risks. Method Data were obtained from 120 kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade children who were in receipt of school-based speech therapy services. Children were categorized as being “at risk” for reading difficulties if standardized scores on a word decoding measure were 1 SD or more from the mean. The selected predictors of reading risk included children's rapid automatized naming ability, phonological awareness (PA), and accuracy of speech sound production. Results Descriptive results indicated that just over 25% of children receiving school-based speech therapy for an SSD exhibited concomitant deficits in word decoding and that those exhibiting risk at the beginning of the school year were likely to continue to be at risk at the end of the school year. Results from a hierarchical logistic regression suggested that, after accounting for children's age, general language abilities, and socioeconomic status, both PA and speech sound production abilities were significantly associated with the likelihood of being classified as at risk. Conclusions School-age children with SSD are at increased risk for reading difficulties that are likely to persist throughout an academic year. The severity of phonological deficits, reflected by PA and speech output, may be important indicators of subsequent reading problems.

Framework for Selecting Vocabulary for Preliterate Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1000-1009
Author(s):  
Allison Bean ◽  
Lindsey Paden Cargill ◽  
Samantha Lyle
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
School Based ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Nonverbal Children ◽  
Grammatical Structures ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge

Purpose Nearly 50% of school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide services to school-age children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). However, many SLPs report having insufficient knowledge in the area of AAC implementation. The objective of this tutorial is to provide clinicians with a framework for supporting 1 area of AAC implementation: vocabulary selection for preliterate children who use AAC. Method This tutorial focuses on 4 variables that clinicians should consider when selecting vocabulary: (a) contexts/environments where the vocabulary can be used, (b) time span during which the vocabulary will be relevant, (c) whether the vocabulary can elicit and maintain interactions with other people, and (d) whether the vocabulary will facilitate developmentally appropriate grammatical structures. This tutorial focuses on the role that these variables play in language development in verbal children with typical development, verbal children with language impairment, and nonverbal children who use AAC. Results Use of the 4 variables highlighted above may help practicing SLPs select vocabulary that will best facilitate language acquisition in preliterate children who use AAC.

Preservice Efforts To Promote School-Based SLPs' Roles in Written Language Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lanter ◽  
Claire Waldron
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Written Language ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
School Based ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Written Language Development

Abstract The authors describe an innovative clinical education program that emphasizes the provision of written language services by preservice speech-language pathology graduate students at Radford University in Virginia. Clinicians combined academic coursework in language acquisition in school-age children and clinical experiences that target children's written language development to promote future literacy-based leadership roles and collaborative efforts among school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs). These literacy-based experiences prepare SLPs to serve in the growing numbers of American public schools that are implementing Response to Intervention models.

Development of a Pulmonary Workshop for Organ Recovery Coordinators’ Continuing Medical Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-375
Author(s):  
Nicholas R. Henry ◽  
Donna D. Gardner ◽  
Nathan Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Program Assessment ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Mechanical Ventilators ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Specialized Education ◽  
Organ Recovery

Organ recovery coordinators (ORCs) have varied professional education backgrounds; however, based on their specialized education, their training may not have included in-depth mechanical ventilation and pulmonary management. An 8-hour pulmonary workshop was developed in collaboration between an organ procurement organization and a university-based respiratory care department. The workshop focused on pulmonary management and hands-on laboratory exercises using mechanical ventilators. A program assessment questionnaire was completed by participants following the workshop, which requested their self-reported comfort/familiarity with pulmonary management skills before and after the workshop on a 5-point Likert scale. Following the pulmonary workshop, the mean ORC comfort/familiarity for all pulmonary management skills increased significantly ( P < .01). This program suggests ORCs can develop a greater awareness and comfort with pulmonary management by participating in a continuing education pulmonary workshop. Continuing education initiatives focused on pulmonary management of donor patients using hands-on competencies should be part of the ORCs practice improvement efforts.

scholarly journals Changing the home literacy environment through participation in family literacy programmes

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Michael Swain ◽  
Olga Cara
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Family Literacy ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Home Literacy Environment ◽  
Home Literacy ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
Literacy Environment ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
School Based

This paper presents findings from a study of family literacy provision in England and focuses on the effects of family literacy programmes on the home literacy environment. The fieldwork took place between September 2013 and December 2014 and involved 27 school-based programmes for pupils aged between 5 and 7, and their parents. The study used mixed methods, which involved observations of family literary sessions, a quantitative pre- and post-survey of 118 parents, and pre- and post-telephone qualitative interviews with a sub-sample of 24 parents. Building on previous theoretical work, the study conceptualises the home literacy environment into four areas (family resources; parental literacy behaviours and attitudes; parental beliefs and understandings; and family literacy activities and practices). The paper develops understandings of how parents translate and implement messages from family literacy into the home setting, and it shows how participation in these programmes leads to changes in family literacies across all four areas identified.

scholarly journals Developing Conflict Management Skills in Municipal Employees: a Sociological Study

2022 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-481
Author(s):  
Aleksey Shilikov
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Municipal Employees ◽  
Draft Resolution ◽  
The Individual

The article introduces a sociological survey that featured the development of conflict management skills in municipal employees of the Belgorod region. The methods involved a questionnaire survey and a semi-structured interview of Belgorod municipal authorities, teaching staff of the Higher School of Management of the Belgorod State University, and employees of the Institute of Regional Personnel Policy of Belgorod. The reasons behind the conflicts were divided into those caused by the specifics of the municipal service, the peculiarities of team relations, and the individual characteristics of a municipal employee. The results of the study can improve the practical work of municipal personnel departments or be used in teaching sociological disciplines. Further study is required to develop diagnostic methods to identify the conflict management skills in municipal officials, collect information, define conditions and patterns of development, draft resolution procedures, etc.

scholarly journals Creating a virtual, clinical scenario based teaching programme for foundation doctors in Leeds

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S138-S139
Author(s):  
David Hall ◽  
Thomas Lane ◽  
Alexander Harbinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Clinical Scenario ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Core Skills ◽  
Before And After

AimsThrough consultation with foundation doctors on their psychiatry placements in Leeds, we established that they didn't feel the trustwide teaching programme met their needs, with them rating the relevance as 5.8 on a 1-10 Likert scale. They also reported their access to formal and informal teaching had been limited by COVID-19 restrictions. We aimed to create an accessible teaching programme that met their developmental needs as set out by the Foundation curriculum, as well as their confidence and skill set in dealing with common mental health presentations. Our supplementary aims were to promote psychiatry as a career and to provide supervised teaching opportunities to core trainees.MethodHaving assessed the foundation doctors confidence in dealing with different scenarios, we created a 9 week teaching programme covering common mental health presentations they're likely to encounter during their training. The virtual sessions focus on what assessment and management skills would be expected for a foundation doctor, as well as when and how to access support and refer on. The programme was designed to be trainee led with the teaching being facilitated by core trainees as it was felt that they would best relate to the experiences and developmental needs of foundation doctors. This also provided the CTs with an opportunity to develop their teaching skills, something that has become more difficult during COVID.ResultThrough weekly feedback of the sessions we were able to demonstrate that for 8 of the 9 sessions the foundation doctors rated them as being ‘useful’ or ‘very useful’ and we're currently reviewing the topic and materials for the outlying session.Through self-assessed ratings before and after the programme, we demonstrated significant increases in confidence in dealing with all 9 of the scenarios. All of the foundation doctors indicated that they had found the programme beneficial.ConclusionAs shown in the results, the programme has been well received by the foundation doctors who's confidence in dealing with a range of scenarios has improved. The programme has also been well received by the trust who have asked us to repeat the it for future foundation rotations and by core trainees who were grateful of the development opportunities that this provided. Further developments will include extending the programme for the duration of the placement to enable us to cover an enhanced range of presentations and to consolidate core skills.

scholarly journals Instructor, trainer, sifu, coach or professor: Reflections on the use of terminology in police learning settings dealing with physical conflict management

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Mario Staller ◽  
Swen Koerner
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Police Training ◽  
Management Training ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
First Category ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
The One ◽  
Conflict Management Training

Police training and learning settings focusing on physical conflict management skills regularly comprise at least two parties: on the one side the individuals learning and developing their conflict management skills and on the other side the individuals in charge of planning and delivering the training sessions. While the first category refers to learners, the latter category is referred to, among others, as instructor, trainer, coach, sifu or professor, depending on contextual constraints. While it seems arbitrary to use different terms for describing the learner's counterpart in a learning setting, we argue for a sensible consideration of manifest and latent implications of how these individuals are referred to - and how they perceive their role. Drawing from autoethnographic data in various conflict management training settings, we identify functional, dysfunctional and irritating aspects of different terms used. By reflecting through the lenses of functionality from a systemic perspective, we aim at providing insights towards a more nuanced understanding of contextual constraints and reflexive use of these terms.

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