Peers Making Peace is an innovative peer-mediation program that uses a preventive approach for handling conflicts both in and out of school. The program is based on a combination of strategies that include life and social skills training, conflict prevention and resolution, and peer-led modeling and coaching.

The goal of the program is to improve school environments by reducing violence, assaults, and discipline referrals and by increasing academic performance. This is accomplished by training teams of students to act as peer mediators on their school campuses.

The program is designed to affect students in prekindergarten through 12th grade with research-based, age-appropriate, and developmentally sound curricula for each level. Students learn skills such as conflict resolution, nonverbal communication, questioning, and maintaining neutrality. Most mediation takes place before or after school, during lunch, or during activity time. Students take responsibility for solving their own problems, which allows teachers to concentrate on teaching.

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