50 restorative justice presenters from 6 continents connecting with hundreds of delegates in a private social network is the formula for RJ World 2022 eConference. It enables like-minded folk from around the world to experience an abundance of inspiring interaction and learning – in the comfort of their own home. Using a combination of pre-recorded and...
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In 2001 when I cofounded Living Justice Press (LJP), “a movement needs a press” was the motivation behind starting a non-profit press devoted to publishing books on restorative justice. In the twenty years since, many publishers have devoted all or parts of their publishing to restorative justice, giving evidence of the vitality, breadth, and momentum...
continue readingI am a team leader with a Family Meeting Service in Northern Ireland and we use One Page Profiles as a core element in our practice with families to support their decision-making. Our service strives to give vulnerable children, young people and their families a greater say in their lives when statutory services need to intervene. We...
continue readingOne cannot level one’s moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something; and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything. (Daniel Berrigan, 1921-2016) We talk often with gratitude about the fact that children and young people generally do not get...
continue readingRestorative Confessions! I have been designing a “Value Led Restorative Team” training programme. A programme that support teams to recognise: 1) The values needed to work with their client group 2) What values are strongest within the team and what needs further strengthening 3) What values each individual brings to the team and how they...
continue readingWhakapapa Kō Tainui te wāka Kō Tararua ngā pae Maūnga Kō Ōtaki te Awa Kō Raūkawa te Marae Kō Raūkawa te Iwi It’s our fault – let’s accept responsibility. Kia ora koutou, this is my first blog and may possibly be my last, depending on how things go! As a Restorative Practice practitioner, manager and...
continue readingPUPIL 1: “RESTORATIVE PRACTICE MAKES ME THINK BEFORE I GET INTO AN ARGUMENT”. Bank View School is rated by Ofsted as an outstanding special needs school. It is based over two sites in the north of Liverpool, for pupils with complex learning difficulties. Bank View School caters for 7 to 19 year olds. 18 months...
continue readingTomkins’s overall theory—Human Being Theory—is at once complex and simple. But it only becomes simple with a great deal of study and the suspension of your previous beliefs about human motivation. My interest in Restorative Practices began the moment I met Marg Thorsborne in the mid 1990’s. Her enthusiasm in learning about Tomkins’s affect/script psychology...
continue readingRestorative practice is not, first and foremost, about behaviour management – or even relationship management. But it is about a culture and an ethos built on fairness, respect, inclusion and accountability. I feel a bit like an elder after 25 years in the field, and whilst I do not think of myself as an expert...
continue reading"Change needs to scale across the depths of the culture, out into the wider environs and up into policy." I think of change all the time as a restorative practitioner based in youth, education and systems work. I think of it as three dimensional when it applies to systems and holistic when it applies to...
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