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Training for Restorative Justice Facilitation – Fall 2012 St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program
One of the revenue generating activities for SCVRJP is consultation income. This includes payments made to trainings held on site at SCVRJP and for contracted trainings, where I travel off site and train for another agency. This blog post will feature … Continue reading
Attention schools: 3 reasons for “primary” Circles, before “secondary” or “tertiary”.
The PBIS or public health models work perfectly with Restorative Justice Circles. I am not sure of another process that can be used at each of the Tiers. Restorative Justice Circles work on each and every level with only slight modifications to the … Continue reading
Training school staff, the importance of relationships!
I have a great relationship with a district across the state. Today I travel to be ready for training the next 2 days. As a student, practitioner or teacher of Restorative Justice, my materials might help you expand or deeper … Continue reading
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Restorative (Measures, Practices,Justice ) Circles meet and beat bully behavior with it’s own definition.
This blog title includes the words “measures”, “practices” and “justice” in parenthesis – because Restorative Circles, are a similar but different approach to the Restorative Justice Circles I am blogging about. Restorative Justice started in criminal justice and moved to … Continue reading
5 Steps to Use Restorative Justice Circles for Bully Behavior.
The stories of bully incidents continue to be of concern. I have talked with frustrated parents, confused professionals and educators dedicated to prevent and put right the wrong of behavior that is negative, unwanted, repeated, and involves a power imbalance. … Continue reading
Different types of Restorative Justice Circles and a practitioner perspective.
Just as there are 12 major markings on the face of a clock, I could list 12 different kinds of Circles. In four basic categories those Circles would be community building – peace building – repair building – and celebration. This … Continue reading
Restorative Justice in Schools, further reading resources!
The newest item published for school based restorative justice: http://www.acschoolhealth.org/Docs/Restorative-Justice-Paper.pdf I would also recommend: Taking Restorative Justice to Schools; A Doorway to Discipline by Jeanette Holthum Restoring Safe School Communities a whole school approach to bullying, violence and alienation by … Continue reading
Restorative Justice Circle implementation PBIS viewed from the top, an “Olive” or not?
I printed a flyer: Why_Restorative_Justice_WORKS_for_bully_behavior[1] and it explains the use of Circles for all aspects of behavior in PBIS and http://www.pbis.org/. My first presentation on the concept was at the Minnesota Department of Education, week long training on School-based Restorative Measures. … Continue reading
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Community Circles before Conflict Resolution Circles and always the Restorative Justice Circle process stages.
This post contains some recommendations for those of you using Circle process in a school or classroom setting. You will want to develop the students awareness of the process. By using Circles to “build” community you prevent harm. The more … Continue reading