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Shifting from Retribution to Repair: A Discussion with Margaret Thorsborne


Marg Thorsborne and Joe Brummer: Becoming A Trauma Informed Restorative Educator

Joe and Marg discuss critical areas of Restorative Practices and Trauma-Informed readiness.

Margaret Thorsborne in conversation with Michelle Stowe

Margaret Thorsborne  – Becoming a Trauma-Informed Restorative Educator – interview with Nick Burnett

margaret thorsborne interview

Michelle Stowe Interview with Margaret Thorsborne


Dr. Jennifer Fuller Interview with Margaret Thorsborne

Marg Thorsborne Interview

Leading in a Restorative School


TEDxDarwin | The healing power of dialogue

University of Queensland Business Leadership MicroMasters

The Power of Dialogue V1


University of Queensland Business Leadership MicroMasters

Restorative Approach to Serious Conflict V2


The Nature of Emotional Harm


Nelson Marlborough Health Services Board Talk

Leading in a Restorative Community

Session Interview

Book Interview


Follow Margaret on Twitter

From offering year-round feedback to showing your own vulnerability, here are some steps you can take to deepen trust this school year, via @LearningForward.

It is biologically impossible for a pupil to absorb or process information in educational settings if they are anxious, scared ,worried , or afraid.
All of their lower brain functions are focused on coping and surviving, not learning or growing.
Basic neuroscience. 🧠🌱

Consistency calms. I built a board with a set timetable, feelings check-in, and needs prompts. When pupils can predict, express feelings and need—they feel safer. Less anxiety means less distressed behaviours. Start with their feelings and needs, not their behaviour.

Politics rarely leads.

The most important social and political change has, and by design must, always come from the people.

Unfortunately, it takes too long, as politics resists, media condemns.

As history shows, everyone has something to protect, a reason not to be brave.…

Listen back to a segment about restorative justice on RTE Radio 1 on Saturday. Ailbhe Griffith discusses how restorative justice works, and I argue that it should be offered to all victims of crime. A political panel respond.

Episode 184:  Affects, Curiosity and Corporal Punishment with Paul Holinger, MD, MPH (Chicago) https://ipaoffthecouch.org/2025/06/15/episode-184-affects-curiosity-and-corporal-punishment-with-paul-holinger-md-mph-chicago/

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