Why This Matters
Growing up is filled with moments that ask children to communicate, collaborate, and work through challenges with others.
Our programming goes beyond behavior management. We teach children the underlying communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills that help them work through disagreements, express themselves clearly, and make thoughtful choices—skills they will use for the rest of their lives.
Conflict Resolution for Kids is a nonprofit organization dedicated to translating the best of what we teach adults in mediation and negotiation into fun, practical, developmentally appropriate tools that children, families, and educators can use in real life.
The result is stronger classrooms, healthier families, and young people who know how to listen, think critically, and solve problems collaboratively. Our programming has reached thousands of children across the Charleston area and beyond, from kindergarten through sixth grade.
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Where it All Begins: Meet Inchy and Burt
Every great journey starts with a powerful idea made lovable. Inchy the inchworm and Burt the bear are the heart of our programming—characters children trust, root for, and learn alongside. Through their original picture book, Inchy and Burt Make Good Choices, children discover the foundational skill that everything else builds on: learning to pause, find calm, and choose kindness.
This is how we want all children to approach problem solving—and Inchy and Burt make that idea feel safe, exciting, and completely within reach. From this foundation, children move into the hands-on frameworks that give them real tools for real life.
The Four Corners of Communication
Children discover that communication is far more than words. They explore four ways we communicate—bodies and faces, words and tone, creative communication, and actions and choices—building a rich pool of options they can draw from in any situation.
The Choice Map
Students learn to reframe problems as goals, brainstorm options using the Four Corners framework, and think ahead about what might happen before they act. This structured decision-making process gives children the confidence to navigate challenges on their own.
The Simple Mediation Model
When developmentally appropriate, children build upon what they have learned to embrace the fundamentals of helping others resolve conflict—building empathy, listening skills, and leadership that extends beyond the classroom.
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Inchy and Burt Make Good Choices
A book about the power behind calm thinking, kind choices, and small voices.