Community Conflict Services of Metropolitan St. Louis
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Community Conflict Services (CCS) is a collaboration of partners who are
committed to using the tools of community mediation, conflict resolution
education and restorative justice practices to build stronger, safer communities.
CCS offers the following services:
COMMUNITY MEDIATION: a process for individuals or parties to address a dispute by
meeting together. This conversation is done with the assistance of a neutral third party,
mediators who are trained for this kind of mediation. Loud noise, barking dogs, wild
parties, parking disputes, supervision of disruptive children are examples of issues that
have been successfully resolved.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION EDUCATION: available for individuals and community groups. The
course allows for a growth of understanding of one’s own personal communication style. It
also offers practice in new skills for communicating, looking at conflict, and resolving
conflict.
SCHOOL-BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE*: programming addresses conflict in schools
through violence prevention and responsible problem-solving.
CORRECTIONS-BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE programming to address the harm caused
to victims of crime and promotes offender accountability.
VICTIM ENGAGEMENT & SUPPORT to ensure that victims have an active voice in repairing
the harm caused to them and feel safe and honored in the restorative justice process.
*More about School-Based Programming:
School-based Restorative Justice programming addresses conflict in schools through
violence prevention and responsible problem solving. By incorporating the Restorative
Justice school program you will engage your students, resolving conflict with them rather
than for them while simultaneously building and strengthening relationships among
students, faculty, and parents.
In a number of school systems around the U.S., using restorative justice practices have led
to significantly less disciplinary referrals, detentions, suspensions, and disruptive behavior,
and greater cooperation among students and staff.
Program Components:
By partnering with Community Conflict Services to bring the Restorative Justice Values to
your school you will be provided:
- Assessment
- Plan for implementation
- Teacher training in the circle processes and in restorative principles and
- techniques
- Restorative Justice Prevention Program
- Community coordination
- Volunteer availability
- Evaluation
Benefits of the Restorative Justice School Program:
- Greater healing of those harmed
- Greater accountability of the harmer
- Lower discipline referral repeats
- Less cost, and
- Safe school environments
Committed Schools provide:
- Support of the Restorative Justice
- philosophy
- Classroom time to implement
- prevention strategies
- Training time to teach Restorative
- Justice values and techniques to all school personnel
Community Conflict Services COMMUNITY PARTNERS Center for Women in Transition Community Mediation Center-Natural Bridge Crime Victim Advocacy Center East-West Gateway Council of Governments Ethnic Mediation Council of St. Louis Imani Family Center Institute for Peace and Justice St. Louis Mennonite Peace Center Missouri Department of Corrections and its Division of Probation and Parole Family Court of St. Louis, Juvenile Division St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Washington University School of Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution Program School Subcommittee Partners: Center for Women in Transition St. Louis Mennonite Peace Center Family Court of St. Louis, Juvenile Division Institute for Peace and Justice Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Progressive Youth Connection |