Participant Evaluations of our Restorative Justice Training

  • This training was awesome, interactive and informative. I feel it can be a tool used to resolve issues in other settings or incidents noncriminal and should be provided to other agencies as well.

  • This needs to be available in all schools. This will help youth stay out of the justice system at such a young age, as well as keep them in their school instead of alternative schools.

  • The instructors provided us with the necessary tools to be successful and created a safe space to allow us to be open, share, practice, make mistakes, and honest constructive feedback.

  • This is such valuable training that I would recommend it to anyone regardless of age, race, gender or situation. It was absolutely extraordinary

Restorative Justice 1.0

  • Restorative Justice Training Team: Jeffrey Weisberg, Cindy Grimes, Eric Estling and Heart Phoenix

    This four-half-day interactive and engaging virtual training will introduce and explore Restorative Justice in terms of theory and practice. The training team will guide participants through the restorative justice circle process with special attention devoted to the art of facilitation. Training participants will:

    • Learn about various restorative concepts, definitions, and distinctions

    • Examine the impact of trauma on behavior and develop a trauma-responsive approach

    • Consider how social dynamics such as power, race, and bias affect our practice

    • Develop useful facilitation tools, techniques, and strategies

    • Participate in facilitation practice roleplay sessions

    Further, participants will receive a digital copy of the RPCP Restorative Justice Training Manual and a Certificate of Completion. No prior knowledge, experience, or training is necessary. We encourage participants from all community and professional sectors–as well as those that are just curious or interested in developing their ability to address conflict and harm in their own lives more constructively–to please join us.

    $250-$350 sliding scale. Financial Aid is available.

    * Training offered in person and are conducted over two consecutive days.

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Restorative Justice 2.0

  • Restorative Justice Training Team: Jeffrey Weisberg, Cindy Grimes, Eric Estling and Heart Phoenix

    This four-half-day advanced virtual training builds on the concepts and skills presented in the Restorative Justice Basic Practitioner Training to develop even more advanced skills in facilitating restorative circles and implementing restorative justice programs.

    Participants will take an in-depth approach to explore some of the more nuanced facets of restorative processes as they develop specialized tools to meet specific situations or challenges. We especially encourage those who are actively facilitating restorative justice circles or utilizing restorative programming in their current role to participate. In the training, participants will learn to:

    . Guide the formation of effective agreements

    . Navigate and de-escalate difficult situations in a restorative circle

    . Promote restorative justice within institutions and communities

    . Facilitate various types of restorative circles through specialized role play scenarios

    Successful completion of RPCP’s Restorative Justice Basic Practitioner Training is required. $250-$350 sliding scale.

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    Financial Aid is available.

Restorative Practices In Schools

  • This comprehensive and engaging four-half-day interactive virtual training is for educators and out-of-school youth providers who are interested in utilizing Restorative Practices in their school or enrichment setting. Participants will learn about the continuum of strategies and practices that create more restorative environments in schools, classrooms, and programs - from restorative language and spaces, to restorative conversations, groups, and formal circles. Participants will receive an overview of Social-Emotional Learning, trauma-responsive approaches, de-escalation techniques, and circle facilitation skills, as well as simple practices and exercises that can be easily integrated into existing curricula and programs.

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    * Training offered in person and are conducted over two consecutive days.

Restorative Practices in Community

  • During this two-day training, participants will explore how Restorative Practices apply to themselves, their interpersonal relationships and broader applications for families, communities, schools, work places, justice systems and society as a whole.

    Restorative Practices is the art and science of strengthening relationships and social connections. This emergent social science is rooted in indigenous traditions found throughout the world. This training offers an experiential introduction to these universal practices and principles, through a lens of modern science and inquiry.

    What are the intended goals and outcomes for participants?

    … Understand the continuum of Restorative Practices—from spaces and language to groups and formal Restorative Justice circles—and identify ways to implement these practices in daily life

    … Explore the individual and collective impact of trauma

    … Understand how implicit biases shape our world view and interpersonal relationships

    … Explore ways to develop resilience and turn challenges into opportunities for learning and growth

    … Understand how restorative approaches in families, communities, schools and the criminal justice system allow for greater accountability and better outcomes when harm has occurred

    … Recognize, develop and practice effective communication, dialogue and group facilitation skills

    … Understand the distinctions and guiding principles of Restorative Justice and applications for interpersonal relationships and systems