PeaceBuilders

Grades: K-8

Contact: Peace Partners
Peace Partners, Inc.
236 E. 3rd Street, Suite 217
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 877/4 PEACE NOW (877/473-2236)

PeaceBuilders is for students of mixed ethnicity and has been tested in urban and suburban elementary schools. PeaceBuilders should be viewed as a way of life rather than a program because it attempts to change the characteristics of the school setting that trigger aggressive, hostile behavior. This program seeks to increase the availability of prosocial models to enhance social competence and decrease the frequency and intensity of aggressive behaviors. Researchers found that this program improved students' social competence (especially if students had two years of exposure to the program) and buffered expected increases in their aggressive behavior.

CASEL, Marginal
Drug Strategies, 1998
US DOE Expert Panel, Promising Program