Our peer mediation organisation is an alternative to traditional disciplinary structures and helps the school become a safer place. The goal of a peer mediator is to reduce conflict and provide children with problem-solving skills.
Trained peer mediators create a safe atmosphere, allowing disputing students to tell their stories and assisting them in working out a mutually acceptable agreement. Since a solution is not forced on the students, the disputants feel empowered to take responsibility for their actions and to deal constructively with their immediate and future disagreements.
Qualities of a good peer mediator
being a good listener
empathetic
non judgmental
non-directive
discrete
impartial
able to use a problem solving approach to resolve disagreements