Restorative Solutions for Schools

Name: Restorative Solutions for Schools
Brand: Essential Resources
SKU: 0250
Price: 59.95 AUD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781877390425

An introductory resource book

Put relationships first with Restorative Solutions for Schools. This resource offers a vision of a safe and orderly school based on processes that promote positive relationships and empower victims. It covers the philosophy and practical application of restorative practices in schools and includes templates and activities of proven effectiveness. It is a useful and relevant tool for any teacher or school embarking on a restorative journey.

Ages: 5-17 | Pages: 48 | Code: 0250 | ISBN: 9781877390425

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Catherine Skudder

Catherine Skudder has a depth of experience and many qualifications in both teaching and management. Her areas of expertise are special needs education, leadership and management, and behaviour management. She has worked in primary, intermediate, secondary and special schools in New Zealand and Australia.

Jim Peters

Jim Peters is a former secondary school teacher, counsellor and principal. He has had a long association with groups concerned with at-risk youth and was a founding member of the Youth Mentoring Trust. He has been involved with alternative education and with several community and school-based programmes in South Auckland, New Zealand.

Jude Moxon

Jude Moxon is a resource teacher of learning and behaviour based at Massey High School, a large multicultural school in West Auckland, New Zealand. She has extensive experience in facilitating processes that involve low-level and serious harm, classroom disruption and relational conflict.

Contents
Introduction	4
1. Origins of restorative practices	5
2. Principles of restorative practices	6
The restorative justice framework	6
Fundamental understandings about restorative practices	6
Restorative values	7
How does a restorative approach differ from a retributive one?	9
The social discipline window	10
Wrongdoer accountability	11
Benefits of restorative practices in schools	11
3. Restorative conferencing in schools	14
Levels of restorative conferencing	14
An example of a class conference: responses from intermediate school
students	16
4. Implementing restorative practices in schools	17
Case study: implementing restorative practices at Finlayson Park School	22
5. Getting started: establishing restorative practices in the school	23
Fundamental strategies to establish restorative practices	23
Practical strategies for using restorative chats in the classroom	28
Restorative communication	38
Evaluating restorative practices	38
6. Restorative practices at Massey High School	40
The Massey Way	40
Types of restorative practices at Massey High School	41
7. Responses to common concerns about restorative practices	45
Bibliography	46
About the authors	47
Acknowledgements	47