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Restorative Justice 4 Schools Ltd How Restorative Language can build and maintain relationships How your school could implement a shared restorative language What types of listening support RA 2 Check in by asking people to share something positive thing that happened today 3 RESPECT RESPONSIBILTY REPAIR REINTEGRATION 4 Restorative Mindset Traditional Mindset What happened Whose responsible What do sanction do I need to enforce to ◦ change behaviour ◦ deter others ◦ avoid reoffending 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 5 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 6 In pairs decide who is person A and who is person B A: choose a listening type B: talk about an issue which may be concerning you Guess what sort of listener your partner is then change around 7 Discuss: -How do we feel when we are not being listened too? -How do we feel when we are being listened to actively 8 Restorative Language Develop and maintain positive relationships Working within circles Restorative language is an affective starting point for the implementation of restorative approaches Builds communication skills Resolve conflict Develop social skills 9 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 minutes 10 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? 11 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 12 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 13 Please feel free to ask any questions you may have 14 15 [email protected] www.restorativejustice4schools.co.uk Restorative Justice 4 Schools – Facebook 07773 797 587 16