Training Manuals
A GUIDE TO WORKPLACE CONFERENCING: A Restorative Approach to transforming workplace conflict
This manual is the fourth in the series of training manuals designed to assist practitioners with restorative processes in workplaces, whatever the field or occupation. While formal complaint and grievance processes have their place, seldom to they address the emotional harm to people and relationships.
Taking a restorative approach to resolving workplace difficulties has the possibility of resolving the issues that have caused such harm when things have gone wrong. This manual offers clear guidance for facilitating the workplace conference process. Thorough training in this process is recommended.
Chapters include:
- A restorative approach
- Doing the groundwork
- Pre-conference interviews
- The workplace conference process
- Managing the emotional dynamics
- Conference follow-up
Appendix includes:
- Interview guidelines
- Participant guidelines
- Conference script
- Blank Agreement
- Participant Evaluation
To purchase this manual in Australia contact: marg@thorsborne.com.au
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Restorative JUSTICE: POCKETBOOK
Schools that have adopted the ancient principles of restorative justice in their approach to behaviour management report better relationships with young people, greater engagement in learning and a greater development of social and emotional competence among learners. No surprise, then, that interest in restorative practices is growing.
It’s all about relationships. Wrongdoing is viewed through a ‘relational lens’. All those responsible for and affected by the behaviour are involved in solving the problem. Working in conference with a teacher/facilitator, participants come to understand the harm done to people and relationships. Accepting that such harm creates obligations and liabilities, they then focus on repairing the damage and putting things right.
Expert practitioners Margaret and David provide a thorough grounding in restorative practice, with worked examples and easy-to-follow teacher scripts to get you started. If RJ is new to you, you’ll be a convert in no time!
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Restorative Practices in Schools: Rethinking Behaviour Management
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
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
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:
USEFUL LINKS TO OTHER MATERIAL AND BLOGS:
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.rpforschools.net
This link is to a list of resources and reading material and has been generously provided by Graeme George, 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.
Strengthening connections between people: Putting relationships at the heart of your organisation's success.