Briefly reviews Positive Peer Culture (PPC) program employed in residential treatment centers, group homes, and schools, that focuses explicitly on peer group to create therapeutic community with unified staff and student goals. Presents question-and-answer session with six adolescent male participants in PPC program. (NB)

Contends that peer mediation offers a way for students to settle disagreements without violence and without involving the traditional system of school discipline. Discusses brief background about peer mediation, then presents one high school mediation program that has been implemented and evaluated. Outlines step-by-step approach to implement a…

Discusses how to use literature to help children of alcoholics. Provides a list of appropriate books. (FL)

An exploration of writing anxiety suggests that it is a normal form of behavior rather than a pathology, but that it varies in degrees of its dysfunctionality. Excerpts from the log books of college students in a writing anxiety workshop illustrate four broad categories of writing anxiety: procrastination, feeling emotionally distressed, thinking…

Problems in mathematics education as a social activity are the major focus of this document. Paragraphs that describe major problems in mathematics education point out at least eleven major issues as seen from the author's perspective. (MP)

Explains how read-aloud sessions can be developed in ways that help children deal with common concerns. Offers an example. (FL)