Message-Id: <sf814cb9.047@ccgate.dragonsys.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1995 13:41:58 -0500
From: Nancy@ccgate.dragonsys.com
To: carolorm@MIT.EDU
Cc: rdshydur@MIT.EDU
Subject:  mediation at the King School?

Hi-
Richard showed me your posting for a trained mediator to help out 
at the King Open School. Did you get any responses?

The reason I am asking it that our son, Zinky, seems to be getting in
a great deal of trouble these days. I find that Lynne Moore takes a
very tradtional approach with negative types of punishment and that
a kid like Zinky who is contending with pre-adolescence and a variety
of learning disabilities that color his social behavior is not learning from
this more traditional "time out" type of punishment. I would like to see
each social error which is getting him in trouble be an opportunity to
teach rather than punish and I view mediation as a constructive means.

I would like to propose to Lynne after the most recent incident that 
Zinky and the boy who is accusing him go through a mediation session.
One drawback for Zinky is that he doesn't write very well, and would
need assistance with any writing. 

any suggestions?

Nancy Gardner