Conflict Resolution

VOSP -- Conflict Resolution Skills for Preteens

"VOSP is a method of solving arguments used by Girl Ventures, a local program for girls in middle school. During VOSP you use four steps: Voice, Ownership, Shoes and Plan. Using these four steps, you can solve arguments and try to prevent them from happening. Below are guidelines for VOSP. It doesn’t matter what order you go in, but it might help if you tell the other person involved that you are using VOSP."

After being apprised of concern over conflicts arrising between students most notably girls, during a meeting of the SCC, I made statement of intent to research the issue. In doing so I came across the website linked to and quoted from. In an ensuing meeting I mentioned that I'd come across a resource that might very well be suited to address the concerns, including the possibility that information might be presented in a flyer or incorporated into other informative mediums. Upon doing so I was told a focus group has been created to address the issue and was invited to participate. The excerpt from the website consists of the title, being the link, followed by an introduction, to what hopefully becomes a usefull tool for our schools students and parents.