
The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools
Teaching Responsibility; Creating Caring ClimatesBy Amstutz, Lorraine SLength2h 19m
About this audiobook
How can teachers and administrators better deal with discipline, punishment, bullying, truancy, and other issues? Can community-building begin in a classroom?The authors of this book believe that by applying restorative justice at school, we can build a healthier and more just society. With practical applications and models.Can an overworked teacher possibly turn an unruly incident with students into an "opportunity for learning, growth, and community-building"? If restorative justice has been able to salvage lives within the world of criminal behavior, why shouldn't its principles be applied in school classrooms and cafeterias? And if our children learn restorative practices early and daily, won't we be building a healthier, more just society? Topics include:•Why restorative justice•The role of discipline and punishment•Characteristics of peaceable schools•Flexible policies•Whole school training approaches•Class meetings•Truancy mediation•Bullying•And more!Two educators answer yes, yes, and yes in this new addition to The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding series. Amstutz and Mullet offer applications and models. "Discipline that restores is a process to make things as right as possible." This Little Book shows how to get there.
Audiobook details
GenrePolitics and Government, Business and Economics
Length2 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 7, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Introduction
2The turkey prank
3An environment of care
42. Why Restorative Discipline?
5The role of discipline
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6The role of punishment
7The role of restorative justice
8Other roots of restorative discipline
9A punishment-to-restoration continuum
103. Values and Principles of Restorative Discipline
11Restorative justice …
12Restorative discipline …
13A restorative discipline yardstick
144. Toward a Restorative Environment
15Characteristics of peaceable schools
16Flexible policies
175. Models and Applications of Restorative Discipline
18Whole-school training approaches
19Reintegration following suspensions
20Class meetings
21Circles
22Key elements of circle processes
23Conferencing
24Truancy mediation
25Bullying
266. Ideas for Next Steps
27Whole-school approaches
28Discipline that restores
29Restorative measures
30Citizenship in action
31A challenge
32Endnotes
33Selected Resources
34About the Authors