Free Resources

Helpful Resources

• Choose Love
• Circle Ways
• International Institute for Restorative Practices Free Webinars
• Brené Brown Daring Classrooms Hub
• Peace Education Program Videos
• Restorative Justice on the Rise
• RJ Ed Colorado

Activities

• Peace Through Education: 10 Activities to Do This Week

Brain Science

• Dr. Dan Siegel; Hand Model of the Brain

Conflict Management & Conflict Resolution

• 5 Conflict Management Styles at a Glance
• Conflict Resolution: How to Settle Your Differences Fairly
• Sesame Street: Robin Williams: Conflict

Culturally Responsive Restorative Practices

• Culturally Responsive Restorative Practices: Measuring Systemic Change

Culture & Climate

• Brené Brown | Daring Classrooms | SXSWedu 2017
• Do Schools Kill Creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson
• Edutopia: Using Restorative Justice to Transform School Culture
• Healing the Harm in Schools
• Jennifer Gonzalez on the Aerodynamics of Exceptional Schools | SXSW EDU
• Linda Cliatt-Wayman: How to Fix a Broken School? Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard
• What Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew | Kyle Schwartz | TEDxKyoto

Restorative Justice vs. Restorative Practices

• Restorative Practices History and Overview
• Restorative Practices in Schools Have Power to Transform Communities | Liz Knapp | TEDxMcMinnville

Emotions & Mood

• How To Change Your Mood
• Mood Meter App, Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
• Why Do We Lose Control of Our Emotions?

Grief

• The Grief Center

Punitive & Exclusionary Discipline

• School Suspensions Are an Adult Behavior | Rosemarie Allen | TEDxMileHigh
• What Are We Doing About School Suspensions? | TJ Rumler | TEDxGreenville

Relationships

• National Educators for Restorative Practices: Relationship Centered Learning
• Rita Pierson: Every Kid Needs a Champion | TED

Restorative Language

• The Center for Non-Violent Communication
• Tool for Using Non Violent Communication
• Want to Know How to Have Restorative Conversations to Resolve Conflict? Here Are Six Steps.

Restorative Justice Outside of the School Environment

• A Police Officer’s Story of Restorative Justice
• Embedding Restorative Practices in Community | Paul Chambers | TEDxStPeterPort
• Restorative Justice – Everything You Need to Know
• Restorative Practices to Resolve Conflict/Build Relationships: Katy Hutchison at TEDxWestVancouverED

Support around Suicide

• Zero Suicide

Understanding Trauma

• ACEs and Toxic Stress: Frequently Asked Questions – Harvard University
• Robyn Gobbel: Free Resources
• Trauma Sensitive Schools
• Why Do Kids Misbehave? (and why hasn’t our traditional discipline system worked?)

Trauma-Informed, Trauma-Responsive & Trauma-Sensitive Education

• Fall-Hamilton Elementary: Transitioning to Trauma-Informed Practices to Support Learning
• Getting Consistent with Consequences – ASCD
• Why We Need Trauma-Sensitive Schools (updated 8/2017)

Could This Be the Answer?

All of the resources on this page are insightful and create compelling arguments for implementing restorative practices in our schools and communities. Perhaps you could begin with these.

• A Police Officer’s Story of Restorative Justice
• Embedding Restorative Practices in Community | Paul Chambers | TEDxStPeterPort
• Resistance to Restorative Justice: Understanding, Working Through Staff Skepticism
• Rita Pierson: Every Kid Needs a Champion | TED
• Supporting Youth through Restorative Practices