Restorative practices

Restorative Justice has been applied in schools across the world to successfully build healthy school communities, support students and teachers, and address discipline issues.

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Language Arts teacher Heidi Fisher employs the Restorative Questions in circle discussions, encouraging students to relate to their reading assignments. Heidi began implementing restorative practices in her classroom at Indian River Middle School, in...

Everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon when the newest, greatest, and latest fad comes rolling along. Restorative Justice or restorative practices as it is sometimes called takes no exception but one, this isn’t another educational fad. Educators are obsessed with the next best thing to educate our kids. This approach has its benefits as… Read More »5 Reasons Implementation of Restorative Practices Fails in Schools

When challenging behavior: What happened? What were you thinking of at the time? What have you thought about since? Who has been affected by what you have done? In what way have they been affected? What do you think you need to do to make things righ...

Shane Safir, Jen Adkins, Timothy Hilton, Crystal T. Laura, and Mark Katz share their commentaries on applying restorative practices in schools.

Learn what Restorative Practices are, how they differ from Restorative Justice and the incredible impacts Restorative Practices can have

This presentation is designed to teach faculty and staff how to successfully and peacefully handle students becoming dysregulated/escalated. It was created with elementary schools in mind. There are opportunities for audience interaction/participation but it is all optional to not force discomfort on faculty that aren’t comfortable role playing. This resource includes: 32 slide PowerPoint. […]

Simple ways to frame what you say to students to encourage and empower them.

When we think of the work of teaching, we don’t think of the emotional side. And we certainly don’t think of the vicarious trauma experienced by teachers.