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Restorative Practices in Schools: Rethinking Behaviour Management

(Thorsborne M and Vinegrad D, teacher resource, 75pp)

restorative practices in schools

A ‘just’ school is a place where victims and wrongdoers and their respective communities of care are active participants in processes that ensure equal justice and fairness. 

Victims are empowered to have their needs met and to have their experience validated. Wrongdoers are able to tell their stories and be given the chance to make amends. And finally, the community of care may seek ways to ensure that the incident does not happen again. 

This book takes you through the restorative practice process with chapters on: deciding whether to conference or not, conference preparation, convening the conference, managing the emotional dynamics, what if? Appendices and case studies.

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Restorative Practices in Classrooms: Rethinking Behaviour Management

(Thorsborne M and Vinegrad D, teacher resource, 80pp) 

Restorative   Practices in Classrooms

Based on the above philosophy, this book shows how the approach may be applied to classroom practice. 

Chapters include;

      • working proactively
  • classroom conferences
  • individual, small and medium group conferences
  • facilitating conferences
  • what if?

Appendices include; 

  • classroom script
  • the No Blame conference script
  • classroom conference report
  • classroom conference evaluation
  • letters to parents
  • case studies and
  • recommended reading.

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Restorative Practices and Bullying: Rethinking Behaviour Management

(Thorsborne M and Vinegrad D, teacher resource, 48pp)) 

Restorative   Practices and bullying

This book is the third in the school series of books on Restorative Justice. The guiding principles of restorative justice provide for a different response to bullying. When harm is done (deliberate or otherwise) it needs to be fixed. These principles are not based on definitions of bullying behaviour or measure of frequency and intensity. The authors believe that restorative practice can bring about repair and healing, and in the long term, make the school a safer place.

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Other useful resources can be obtained from catalogues on the following websites:

  1. www.circlespeak.com.au
  2. www.essentialresources.co.nz
  3. www.essentialresources.com.au
  4. www.iirp.org

USEFUL LINKS TO OTHER MATERIAL AND BLOGS:

1. http://rcrp.blogspot.com

This blogsite is a diary of the visit to a range of schools in Australia which have adopted the restorative approach in a variety of different ways. The author, Bill Hubbard, is the Head of Student Welfare at Rosehill College, Auckland, NZ, was awarded a travel scholarship to explore restorative practice in Australian schools.

2. http://undercoverteams.blogspot.com

This blog is Bill Hubbard's account of the use of Undercover Teams, a process he has developed and used successfully to respond to low level classroom bullying.

3. http://schoolcircles.blogspot.com

Bill Hubbard has created a blog site which will be of particular interest for those in secondary schools wanting to begin the use of circles to develop and maintain positive and healthy relationships within classrooms

4. http://www.vnc.qld.edu.au/restorative_practices.htm

This link is to a list of resources and reading material and has been generously provided by Graeme George, Vice Rector - Curriculum, Villanova College in Brisbane, Australia. It is particularly useful for people who are considering starting out on the restorative journey with their school, as the material has been clustered in one place.

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