Primary School
What Is Mediation
When you have an argument or fall out with someone there are lots of people who can help you sort it out. It might be a teacher, mum or dad, brother, sister or friends. Sometimes people can sort out arguments by themselves but it can be good to have someone else there to help you.
Mediation is where you get a peer mediator to help. A peer mediator is someone who is your age who has been taught to help people sort out arguments. The mediator helps each person who has fallen out to tell their side of the story and to help get an agreement on how to sort out the problem.
A peer mediator does not take sides , they don’t go and tell everyone else what has been said, in other words they keep what is said private. They don’t tell people what they have to agree to, that’s down to each person.
A peer mediator needs to be
- A good listener
- Patient with others
- Good at co-operating
- Able to keep things private
- Caring to others
- Sensitive to other’s feelings