Objective: Observe the various levels of a conflict.

Conflicts pass through various levels. Knowing these levels and how to move to a lower level, can help de-escalate a conflict.

• Read Levels of Conflict
• Read Model of Conflict Escalation
• Respond to this idea of levels of conflict as follows:
  • Why might it help to realize that conflict can pass through various levels or stages?
  • What distorted thinking occurs at higher levels of conflict?
  • Comment on this observation: This cycle is not inevitable; only inevitable if there is no intervention
  • Where have you seen conflicts “get out of hand” because they weren’t contained at lower levels?