Over the years we have found many ideas and suggestions that help re-enforce the material and aid its delivery. We are always in search of new suggestions and feedback. Our current list of suggestions is:

• Use “ I “ messages in the classroom as a routine way of expressing your feelings.
• Use the SOLUTION STOPLIGHT when the need arises.
• Present certain feelings (e.g. angry, jealous, or frustrated) and have the children make up their own story with characters having these feelings. How do the characters deal with these feelings?
• Encourage students to use conflict resolution themes in their creative writing assignments.
• Have students write letters to someone in a younger grade teaching them how to use “I” messages.
• When reading to the students, point out how characters may be feeling or acting on those feelings. Let children feel a connection in their own lives with what the character is experiencing.
• Discuss healthy and unhealthy choices that the characters in the stories are making.  Let the children suggest better choices for next time the character meets this problem.
• Rewrite the ending of a story using healthy coping skills.
• Have the children role-play asking for help in different situations.
• Suggest various situations and have children work in teams to brainstorm ideas to resolve them so that they will be win-win. Have the teams share with the class.