Core Trainings

Introduction to Restorative Practices


Thoroughly understand restorative concepts, and learn effective strategies for use in both Schools and Care settings in managing student/Looked After Children (LAC) behaviour and teaching them to take responsibility for their actions.
This one-day course normally runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., though this is negotiable subject to minimum inputs and contents.

View our current training schedule here.

Contact us for more information or to book a workshop/training.



Benefits:

  • a stronger school/care community
  • positive relationships, even with challenging students/LAC
  • improved classroom/care home climate
  • fewer disciplinary referrals
  • more instructional/staff/group time

 

Excellent … a framework which will enable us to resolve conflict and build relationships between students and give a consistency to what I already try to do.”

—Dee McIlmurray,
Headteacher, Midpoint Centre, Wolverhampton, UK




Focus:

  • underlying concepts of restorative practices
  • effective strategies for:
    • managing student/LAC behaviour
    • teaching students/LAC to take responsibility for their actions
    • engaging students/LAC and their parents/carers in their own behavioural issues and academic/vocational progress



Agenda & Materials:

  • exercises for practicing restorative techniques
  • videos of actual restorative practices in use
  • accounts from experienced restorative practitioners
  • helpful textbook/hand-outs
Discussion Topics:

  • participants’ experiences and struggles in school/care settings
  • connectedness and relationships
  • student/LAC engagement
  • misbehaviour
  • the educator’s/carers role