Introduction to Bully Prevention, Conflict Education & Resolution

Help students understand what leads to bullying, how to cope with it, and how to stop conflict before it starts. Unlike other bullying programs, this program looks to address conflict education at the root level before it becomes an issue.

This introductory curriculum teach students how to build positive, healthy relationships by learning how their unconscious conditioning may be affecting their actions. Helps develop social-emotional skills to manage bullying, conflict, and recognize conditioning when it does occur. 

Conflict education and non-violent resolution is an important life skills students will use their entire lives. Students will learn why people bully/create conflict and to recognize many types of bullying/conflict and how to resolve it.

This lesson plan builds emotional intelligence, conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, self awareness, self worth, and important life skills through short stories, inquisitive questions, and age-appropriate roleplays.

This resource has practical tips and role-playing exercises to help give children the tools to avoid being victimized.

These anti-bullying resources can be used any time of the year and support a healthy classroom and life. Lessons can be reused every year.

Topics covered include:

• What is a bully?
• Types of bullying and conflict
• The link between conflict and conditioning
• How experiences affect our future
• Why people bully / cause conflict
• Preventing bullying, conflict, and conditioning
• Nonviolent, peaceful conflict resolution
• Self awareness and respect
• Social-emotional life skills

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What to expect?

Lessons are easy to prepare and can be taught in 15 - 30 minutes per day (or longer). The curriculum includes step-by-step lessons, including questions to ask your students which makes teaching the required information simple. The lessons can easily be adjusted to suit your students' needs

When learning about bullying and conflict, it’s important to create a space where students feel comfortable and safe to express themselves. Best taught in small groups of students.

The resources in this bundle encourages students to explore questions/situations and learn from "mistakes". As a teacher, encourage all responses because there are no right or wrong answers.

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Lessons

Section 1: Our Conditioning Creates Our Thoughts

• Lesson 1. We All Have Experiences with Bullies
• Lesson 2. All Our Experiences Create Memories
• Lesson 3. Bully Memories Trigger Disturbing Thoughts
  

Section 2: Our Thoughts Are Logged Into Our Brain

• Lesson 4. What We Think Triggers What We Feel
• Lesson 5. What We Feel Lights a Biological Fuse
• Lesson 6. Do We Fight, or Do We Run?
  

Section 3: What We Think Affects How We Act

• Lesson 7. It’s Our Brain That’s Causing Us Pain
• Lesson 8 A Brain in Pain Causes Conflict
• Lesson 9. We Get Into Conflict with Our Self and Others
  

Section 4: When Conditioning Is Seen, Thoughts Change, and So Do Our Lives

• Lesson 10. The Power of Observation
• Lesson 11. Inaction Is the Highest Form of Action
• Lesson 12. We Can Stop Any Conflict Before It Starts

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Want more in-depth lessons on bullying, conflict resolution, and conditioning?

Check out our larger bundle.

Want to give your students nonviolent alternatives to fighting a bully? 

Check out “12 Ways to Walk Away With Confidence”

Want support with our resources? 

Check out https://mapstarstraining.org/course/

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Who are we?

The Atrium Society is a non-profit educational organization based in Colorado, USA. 

For almost forty years, we’ve worked with teachers, students, and organizations around the world, teaching bullying, prejudice, and peace education. We also work in the martial arts to teach Mental Self-Defense™ (non-violent methods to protect yourself). 

To learn more about our founders and directors, Jean and Terrence Webster-Doyle, please visit preventingbullies.com/directors.