Anne Isbell

Anne Isbell, Executive Director of the Community Mediation Foundation of Huntsville, and Vice Chair for the Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution, is an expert in training students to handle conflict without violence.  Anne has worked with schools in Huntsville, Opelika, Montgomery, Scottsboro and other Alabama cities, and has accumulated proof that peer mediation will change the climate in a school.

During peer mediation training, students learn about the causes of conflict and the rules for fair fighting.  They are taught to attack the problem not the person, and to brainstorm for solutions that satisfy.  Students who are trained to be mediators are able to facilitate discussion about the real issues that concern those in conflict.  They learn to come to the table and lead the negotiation for resolution.   Peer mediators become leaders, facilitators, peacemakers.

To learn more about peer mediation or to contact Ms. Isbell about having peer mediation in your school, visit our new postings at the website www.alabamaadr.org