Helping Young Children Resolve Conflicts

This article gives teachers a structure to deal with conflicts in the preschool classroom focusing on a flexible plan and guidance techniques to support young children.

This articles gives adults a series of strategies to help guide children to resolve their conflicts, including focusing on feelings first, pinpointing the source of the conflict, and brainstorming solutions.

This resource explains why teaching conflict resolution is beneficial for young children.

These briefs describe effective practices for supporting children’s social-emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors.

This explains that there are simple steps that adults can begin using immediately to assist children in learning how to resolve conflict. The steps take practice by the children who are learning them and patience by the adult who is modeling and teaching the steps.