These may seem like obvious choices to some but often conflict may be deescalated creatively using one of these tools. Our hope is to help students to see that by making these types of choices deliberately they can positively affect their own lives.
Below are the tools that can assist them in dealing with day-to-day conflict situations;
· Use Humor
· Compromise
· Avoid the person or situation
· Take turns
· Share
· Postpone
· Negotiate
· Talk-it-out
· Use chance to decide (flip a coin, rock-paper-scissors, etc.)
· Apologize
· Ignore
· GET HELP from and adult if all else fails!!