Links to Restorative Practices Resources
Peace Games
http://www.peacegames.org/
Mission: “Peace Games empowers students to create their own safe classrooms and communities by forming partnerships with elementary schools, families, and young adult volunteers.”
Peace Games’ newsletter, The Peacemaker
http://www.peacegames.org/About_Newsletter.shtml
Of particular interest on this page is a link to the September 2004 newsletter, The PEACEMAKER: A Journal of Peacemaking in the Schools.
One Thousand Acts of Peace
http://onethousandactsofpeace.org/
“We promise to commit One Thousand Acts of Peace each year – three a day…We will do this to become peacemakers in a very real, effective, and immediate way – in our own lives and in the lives of those around us.” Includes teacher resources/classroom ideas.
One-time log-in: CkKX8UyuJL (password)
The Institute for Peace and Justice
http://ipj-ppj.org/
http://ipj-ppj.org/workshop_schedule.htm
“The Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) is an independent, interfaith, not-for-profit organization that creates resources, provides learning experiences, and advocates publicly for alternatives to violence and injustice at the individual, family, community, institutional and global levels.”
“For Educators” section on left sidebar
SaferSanerSchools
http://safersanerschools.org/
A program of the International Institute for Restorative Practices (iirp.org), “SaferSanerSchools helps educators improve classroom management, school discipline and school climate through restorative practices.”
The National Centre for Restorative Justice in Youth Settings
http://transformingconflict.org/
“Transforming Conflict is an organisation [in England] that offers training, consultancy and support in educational settings for people seeking to enhance their skills in building a sense of community, fostering a spirit of inclusion and dealing creatively with challenging situations. Our work is underpinned by the philosophy of Restorative Justice, which stresses the importance of relationships above rules and the value of dialogue in healing the damage done to relationships by inappropriate behavior.”
Barron County Restorative Justice Programs, Inc.
http://www.bcrjp.org/
“Barron County [Wisconsin] Restorative Justice Programs is designed to facilitate the opportunity for victims, offenders, and community members to come together and solve social problems. Victims are central to the process and are given a voice to their pain; offenders are given the opportunity to take responsibility and be accountable for the harm they have caused; and community members are given the opportunity to create solutions for stronger and safer communities.”
Responsive Classroom
http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/
“The Responsive Classroom is an approach to elementary teaching that emphasizes social, emotional, and academic growth in a strong and safe school community. The goal is to enable optimal student learning. Created by classroom teachers and backed by evidence from independent research, the Responsive Classroom approach is based on the premise that children learn best when they have both academic and social-emotional skills. The approach therefore consists of classroom and schoolwide practices for deliberately helping children build academic and social-emotional competencies.”
Learning Peace
http://learningpeace.com/
Many articles and resources for educators and parents
In These Times
http://inthesetimes.com/
Progressive magazine addressing current issues
Sage Publications
http://www.sagepub.com/
http://www.sagepub.com/journals.nav
Sage Publications publishes a great deal in the field of criminal justice. The “Sage Journals Online” webpage includes a searchable articles database – many articles on juvenile justice
Real Justice (an IIRP program)
http://realjustice.org/
“Real Justice conferences, also called family group conferences, restorative justice conferences and community accountability conferences, originated as a response to juvenile crime. Conferencing is a new victim-sensitive approach to addressing wrongdoing in various settings in a variety of ways.”
Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking (U. of Minnesota)
http://rjp.umn.edu/
“The Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking [in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota] provides technical assistance, training, and research in support of restorative justice practice. The Center works with practitioners, policy makers, and students at local, regional, national, and international levels. Center director is Mark S. Umbreit, Ph.D.”
Mission: “We are committed to the development of community-based responses to crime and violence that strengthen social harmony and individual healing through dialogue, repair of harm, and peace-building by providing technical assistance, training, and research in support of restorative dialogue practices.”
Origins Online
http://originsonline.org/
“Origins, established in 1979 as a non-profit organization, has a mission to foster learning and community in schools, museums, and other educational institutions.”
Website contains a multitude of educator resources, including professional development, focusing on grades K-6.
Voices for Children
http://voicesforchildren.ca/
“Voices for Children is a non-profit organization that speaks up for Ontario's nearly four million young people. We connect people of all ages to knowledge, ideas, tools and opportunities to help create a society that supports the development, well-being and rights of children and youth.”
International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) Online Collection
http://www.iirp.org/lib_online_collection.php
Searchable database of restorative practices research findings and discussion of principles and practices.
Restorative Justice Library
http://realjustice.org/library/index.html
Collection of articles online on restorative practices in various fields, including justice, education, child welfare and social work – also linked to www.iirp.org