Conflict Resolution Statement Form & Contract for Counselors working with Teens!

This resource is perfect for counselors working with 4th-10th graders, or who have to deal with constant conflicts or girl drama. The 8-step process is as follows:

Step 1: When a group of students approaches you about drama, try to narrow down who the conflict is really between. It usually starts between two people before others get involved in the drama.

Step 2: Have the two people that were involved in the original conflict fill out the “Conflict Resolution Statement” at separate times and then send them back to class. This form is designed to walk them through the conflict by helping them develop empathy, compromise, and self-reflection.

Step 3: Study both sides to figure out what the actual conflict is about. Do they both have the same view of what the problem is? Does one person view the conflict as much more intense than the other? Try to boil down what the actual issue is about.

Step 4: Call both parties into your office to resolve the conflict once you have a good sense of what the issue is. Establish ground rules such as “use I statements”, “no talking when the other person is talking”, etc.

Step 5: Have students read their statements aloud to each other. Tell them it is not helpful to sugar coat or backtrack on what they wrote, it is helpful to be honest and forthcoming. Reading their statements will foster empathy because they will see how the conflict has impacted the other person, what their viewpoint is, and how they want the situation resolved just as much as the other person.

Step 6: Facilitate a conversation about what you see the problem is as an observer from the outside. Point out similarities in how the conflict is affecting both parties and/or how they want to resolve the situation.

Step 7: Ask both parties to decide on how this will be resolved (make them come up with the solution so they have buy-in). Have them fill out the “Conflict Resolution Agreement”.

Step 8: Contact parents and follow-up with the two students at a later date to make sure the agreement is being followed.

*conflict resolution process adapted from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835442/

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⭐ 8-Step Conflict Resolution Process

⭐ Conflict Resolution Statement form

⭐ Conflict Resolution Agreement

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