restorative+practice



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[|What is the restorative Practice Model]

Unlike an authoritarian, punitive or overly permissive approach, the participatory or restorative mode enables the students to restore relationships and build community. The restorative model shows the individual that he or she has control over and responsibility for his or her own life. Most people will embrace this approach, which allows them more autonomy and participation in decision making. learning happens in a safe place. The students learn that this community is one in which they are all equal, working hard to reach similar goals and working together to arrive at solutions to problems that come up along the way. Support comes in the form of helping individuals talk out their feelings, establishing timelines around what is going on in their lives and helping them understand that they have freedom of choice in their lives. It comes in the form of group problem-solving, working through issues that arise in the life of the program, and learning how to advocate and vote for the solutions they believe will be best suited forour community. … having the whole group find a solution is about the process … about respectful disagreement and how to voice it. It works. And when it works, the whole tone changes for the better

This is how healthy relationships work in the real world. This is how healthy people communicate

The most critical function of restorative practices is restoring and building relationships. Because informal and formal restorative processes foster the expression of affect or emotion, they also foster emotional bonds. The late Silvan S. Tomkins's writings about psychology of affect (Tomkins, 1962, 1963, 1991) assert that human relationships are best and healthiest when there is free expression of affect—or emotion—minimizing the negative, maximizing the positive, but allowing for free expression. Donald Nathanson, director of the Silvan S. Tomkins Institute, adds that it is through the mutual exchange of expressed affect that we build community, creating the emotional bonds that tie us all together (Nathanson, 1998). Restorative practices such as conferences and circles provide a safe environment for people to express and exchange intense emotion.


 * // Withdrawal //—isolating oneself, running and hiding [[image:compass.gif align="right" link="http://www.iirp.org/whatisrp.php"]]
 * // Attack self //—self put-down, masochism
 * // Avoidance //—denial, abusing drugs, distraction through thrill seeking
 * // Attack others //—turning the tables, lashing out verbally or physically, blaming others


 * // Engagement //—involving individuals in decisions that affect them by listening to their views and genuinely taking their opinions into account
 * // Explanation //—explaining the reasoning behind a decision to everyone who has been involved or who is affected by it
 * // Expectation clarity//—making sure that everyone clearly understands a decision and what is expected of them in the future



[|Power, Authority and Restorative Justice]

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