Here is a story you can use to help teach about how the Mediation process works for grades 3 to 6. It is also a role-play that teaches a way to compromise with each other so you can come up with a WIN-WIN solution that pleases both disputants. Third-grader Ellen wanted to eat chocolate chip waffles for breakfast. Her mother insisted on serving her a more nourishing breakfast. Ellen was so disappointed about her breakfast choice that she only ate a few bites, glared at her mother, and refused to give her a hug and kiss good-bye before leaving for school. At lunchtime, Ellen visited the guidance counselor to request a Mediation session after school that day with her mother. The guidance counselor called up Ellen’s mother. She definitely agreed to come. Read the story to hear what WIN-WIN agreement got worked out between mother and daughter.
I. Read Basic Needs story: A Mediation session for Ellen and her Mother
A. Teacher reads story to the class called “A Mediation session for Ellen and her Mother.”
B. Story Description: Third-grader Ellen wanted to eat chocolate chip waffles for breakfast. Her mother insisted on serving her a more nourishing breakfast. Ellen was so disappointed about her breakfast choice that she only ate a few bites, glared at her mother, and refused to give her a hug and kiss good-bye before leaving for school. At lunchtime, Ellen visited the guidance counselor to request a Mediation session after school that day with her mother. The guidance counselor called up Ellen’s mother. She definitely agreed to come. Read the story to hear what WIN-WIN agreement got worked out between mother and daughter.
Links to both chapters for A Mediation session for Ellen and her Mother
Chapter 1: Ellen sets up a Mediation session with the Guidance Counselor and her Mother
Chapter 2: The after school Mediation session takes place with the Guidance Counselor, Ellen, and Ellen’s Mother
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