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Learn how to facilitate restorative conferences—structured meetings that bring together everyone affected by an incident of wrongdoing or conflict to discuss how they have been affected and decide how to repair the harm.
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“This process is so beneficial, yet so structured and well thought-out that it has to replace our current thinking about discipline.”
—Lois Silver, Counselor,Cherry Hill Public Schools, NJ
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Benefits
- give crime victims a chance to express their feelings directly to offenders, supported by family and friends
- let offenders hear directly from the people they’ve affected
- truly resolve conflicts
- empower offenders to take responsibility for their actions
- hold offenders accountable
- provide opportunities to decide how to repair harm
- provide an opportunity for healing for victims, offenders and their communities of care
- work toward reintegrating offenders back into their community
- break cycles of misbehavior, such as bullying, truancy and classroom disruption
Focus
- how to prepare for and facilitate a restorative conference
- using the restorative conferencing script
- do’s and don’ts for facilitators
- sociological and psychological foundations of restorative conferencing
- dynamics of victimization
- differences between restorative and punitive discipline
Agenda & Materials
- group exercises to practice facilitating restorative conferences
- feedback from experienced restorative conference facilitators
- five instructional videos
- video discussion and analysis
- two instructional books:
- Conferencing Handbook—the restorative conference training manual
- Real Justice—true stories of restorative conferences
The two days run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $300 per person.
IIRP UK offers a three-day version of this training. Download the Facilitator Skills Training flyer here and the IIRP UK Course Guide here for more details.
See the Training Schedule/Registration page for the current schedule and to register. For more information, email the IIRP Training & Consulting Division or call (610) 807-9221.
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