Within restorative practices is the concept of restorative justice (RJ). The RJ process is collaborative in manner that increases students' self-awareness and their ability to monitor their behaviors. Conflicts are resolved in a manner that repairs any harm that may have occurred.
How does it start?
Restorative justice process often starts with the following script to help repair harm & mitigate future challenging behavior.
To respond to challenging behavior:
- What happened?
- What were you thinking of at the time?
- What have you thought about since?
- Who has been affected by what you have done?
- What do you think you need to do to make things right?
To help those harmed by others actions:
- What did you think when you realized what had happened?
- What impact has the incident had on you and others?
- What has been the hardest thing for you?
- What do you think needs to happen to make things right?
