Observations and performances by students themselves, both through an informal process and evaluation revealed that the majority of participating students exhibited discipline problems and suffered with low self-esteem.

 

Houston All-Stars, in 2002, invited a variety of conflict resolution programs, as well as, various other artists from the community who were able to utilize a number of atisitic disciplines such as; art mediation, photography, dance, drama, music, etc.. The purpose of these programs was to give each student an opportunity to exhibit creative technigues, and demonstrate the proficiency of beginning and completing a task.

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Teaching students to play chess and have fun is part of our mediation program. In music, students learn songs and sing together in harmony. Students also learn to draw and paint on cloth, giving them a chance to work together and have fun. The art mediation teacher assign students work that require an explanation of their efforts

 

   CHESS                                                        MUSIC

   CLOTH ART                                      ART MEDIATION

 

Mediation students learn to solve common problems without using violence. In dance they learn to dance together and perform on stage. Art students are disciplined to work quietly while painting beautiful pictures. In photography students are required to draw pictures they would like to capture on camera.

  MEDIATION                                     DANCE

  ART                                                 PHOTOGRAPHY