Character Education, Guidance, and Life Skills
PeaceTalks with Michael Pritchard
Episode Descriptions
Volume 1: Preventing Violence
Three basic strategies for avoiding and reducing violence are presented: predicting consequences, cooling down, and walking away.
Volume 2: Resolving Conflicts
Special attention is given to techniques for avoiding conflicts including respecting the feelings of others, communicating positively with "I" messages, and learning to negotiate. Proven conflict management techniques are presented.
Volume 3: Managing Your Anger
This program discusses the friction of daily life and how to diffuse potentially dangerous situations. It teaches how to recognize your anger buttons and clarify your emotions through the anger management techniques of Stepping Back, Cooling Out, and Self-Control.
Volume 4: Dealing With Bullies, Troublemakers, and Dangerous Situations
This video deals with verbal and physical harassment, bullies and gangs, what to do when you feel afraid, protecting yourself in threatening situations, how to help victims, and making our schools and neighborhoods safe.
Volume 5: Respecting Yourself and Others
Ideas are presented here for handling put-downs and insults non-violently. In addition, respecting differences in opinion, race, and culture are encouraged.
Volume 6: Handling Dating Pressures and Harassment
How to say no to abuse and learn the importance of building healthy, positive relationships.
Volume 7: Bridging Racial Divisions
An exploration of how racial divisions affect everyone. Triggers to violence, such as racial slurs are examined. Young people discuss how to build communications across racial and ethnic lines with self, family and community pride being a foundation of respect for others, cultural inclusion, and non-violence.
Volume 8: Handling Peer Pressure and Gangs
Teens reflect on what peer pressure is and how it works. Discussed are pressures to join groups, cliques, and gangs, as well as pressures by friends to do something you think is wrong. Gang involvement, including why kids join, getting out and dealing with friends who are gang members is addressed. Qualities to look for in true friendship are also presented.
Volume 9: Drugs, Alcohol, and Guns: Triggers To Violence
How behavior affected by alcohol or other drugs can become deadly when linked with weapons. The consequences of impaired judgment and how to say no to drugs, alcohol, and violence are emphasized.
Volume 10: Stepping Up To Peace
This important video discusses how to break the chain of violence. It explains the character traits of a nonviolent person: courage, compassion, tolerance, and respect. Learn how to turn enemies into friends and become an advocate for peace.