Getting More out of Restorative Practice in Schools - A Practical Approach to Improve School Wellbeing and Strengthen Community Engagement

Abstract

Introduction / Margaret Thorsborne, Gillean McCluskey and Nancy Riestenberg -- Assessing readiness for restorative practice implementation / Sue Attrill, Beverley Turner and Margaret Thorsborne -- Solving something positively / Carol Edgerton, Lyndsey Broadfoot, Samia Bashir and Sharon Fitzpatrick -- The art of integrating school climate initiatives / Kerri Berkowitz -- A tale of two districts : implementation of restorative practices in a large and small district / Cindy Zwicky and Nancy Riestenberg -- Youth engagement in restorative justice / David Yusem -- Evaluation : the art of valuing / Terence Bevington -- ToMm goes to a restorative school / Katie Cebula and Gillean McCluskey -- Transforming teaching and learning through mindfulness based restorative practices / Annie O'Shaunessy -- Positive education and restorative practice : shared values, goals and practices / Denise Quinlan -- Restorative processes and trauma sensitive schools / Nancy Riestenberg -- Restorative practice as peace practice / Terence Bevington and Anna Gregory -- The brains behind the restoration / Nathan Wallis -- Restorative group conferencing : repair deep student disengagement with education, prevent the school- to-prison-pipeline / Sara Davis and Michael Friedman -- Working restoratively with parents / Jim McGrath -- Te ara whanau : family solutions : restorative and collaborative journeys towards family wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand / Julia Hennessy and Nici Nixon -- Conclusion / Nancy Riestenberg, Gillean McCluskey and Margaret Thorsborne.