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Restorative Justice 4 Schools Ltd
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Check in by asking people to share something positive thing that happened today
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Traditional Mindset
What happened Whose responsible What do sanction do I
need to enforce to ◦change behaviour◦deter others◦avoid reoffending
Restorative Mindset
What happened Whose been affected What needs to
happen to put things right
How can I support this process to◦change behaviour◦deter others◦avoid reoffending
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Empathic - Seeking to understand what the other person is feeling. Using body language to demonstrating this empathy
Harmful - Pretending to listen but actually spending more time thinking about something else
Critical/Judgemental - Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise pass judgment on what someone else says
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In pairs decide who is person A and who is person B
A: choose a listening typeB: talk about an issue which may be concerning you
Guess what sort of listener your partner is then change around
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Discuss:
- How do we feel when we are not being listened too?
- How do we feel when we are being listened to actively
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Restorative language is an affective starting point for the implementation of restorative approaches
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Form groups of 4-6 people ask each group to complete one of the following tasks or ask each group to spend 5 minutes completing each task
Task 1 - take 5 mins to make a list of traditional questions and statements that were used by staff in schools to manage behaviour
Task 2 – take 5 mins to make a list of the best questions and statements that you hear used by staff in schools to manage behaviour
Task 3 – take 5 mins to make a list of worst questions and statements that you hear being used by staff in school currently to manage behaviour
Time taken 15 minutes10
In a restorative circle ask each group to feed back their findings
Discuss:
- Which approach demands an answer from recipient ?
- Which is the better way to engage and communicate with young people?
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Form 3 groups Group 1 make a list of positive or “feel good”
emotions that could be included in a shared vocabulary
Group 2 make a list of negative or “feel bad” emotions that could be included in a shared vocabulary
Group 3 make a list of core values (ie respect, safe, care) that could be included in a shared vocabulary
Choose 15 words from each list to go into the shared vocabulary
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What do you need to do to implement a shared language within school?
Go around in the circle and make a list of suggestions of how a shared language could
be promoted within school
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Please feel free to ask any
questions you may have
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