Category Archives: Elementary Classroom Circles
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
UW Extension and Restorative Justice have SO much in common!
I recently attended a summit on the social-emotional well-being of children and families in Pierce & St. Croix Counties. These are the same counties that SCVRJP has been serving since 2001. I certainly appreciated hearing the term, the focus and intention
Trained teachers offer what Restorative Justice Circles “bridge”.
I appreciate Sharon Bowman, she has a resource-filled website, great articles and books. If you follow her on LinkedIn, great powerpoints shared. Friend and mentor, pictured here, helped me learn how to work and train teachers. In turn I
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
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
Common sense circle caution, using restorative justice process with youth.
My favorite way to do restorative justice is with Circle process. I have developed a clear structured style of using 4 stages. If you aren’t familiar with that, you could read all the entires in the category: circle stages. The
5 crucial Restorative concepts for schools and trainers.
School-based Restorative Justice – Restorative Practices – Restorative Measures . . . In my opinion, they all funnel down to practices in school designed to influence the general culture (everyone in a community) and provide individual interventions (case specific). When
Restorative Justice Circles, congruent with evidence-based trauma support treatments.
The training title: Understanding and Treating Traumatized Youth: An Integrated, Evidence-Based Approach The training was provided by Cross Country Education (www.CrossCountryEducation.com). We learned that trauma treatment has 3 phases (originated by Judith Herman). The first phase is Safety & Stabilization.
A “do not miss” training opportunity! Restorative Justice addressing bully behavior.
My friend Nancy has been hosting week-long sessions in school-based Restorative Justice/Restorative Measures. I have helped her out the last few years. The finale of the week is the Circle Networking Day, she fwd’d me this information today: The Circle