From doing work around parents, educators, and even supervisors in the workplace, it is realized quickly that many people still see discipline as something you do to people rather than something that is cultivated. This distinction is so important to… Read More »Discipline is Not a Verb: Punishment vs. Consequences
Restorative Discipline Should Be Common Practice to Lower Student and Teacher Dropout Rate
Circles are an important part of restorative practices. They are used in prosocial ways to build a learning community. They can be used as an academic tool to help deliver and process curriculum and content. They are also used in… Read More »Beyond Circles: Five Other Restorative Practices For Schools
Check out the newest Trauma Matters Newsletter which has an article I co-authored with my good friend, Aili Arisco on Exposure to Violence in the Media and how it affects our ability to empathize.
If you are working to implement restorative practices in your school or youth focused organization, one of the many informal practices you may have learned is using “affective statements.” I agree that affective statements can be a powerful way of… Read More »Making “Affective Statements” More Effective in Restorative Practices
When Traditional Discipline in School Doesn’t Work, Restorative Justice Can
Love this video. Please watch.
Each year businesses and organizations lose millions of dollars due to unresolved workplace conflict. On the other hand, those businesses that have positive action plans to handle conflict such as peer mediation or conflict coaches report much lower turnover, better… Read More »Addressing Workplace Conflict in Three Steps
On August 27th of 2014, I was invited by the software giant, IdeaScale to present a webinar on Empathy and Innovation. How do companies, businesses, nonprofits, even clinical staff create work environments that bring out the best in people? This… Read More »Creating a Culture of Innovation: Communication Strategies for Innovation
Contains an interview with Joe Brummer as well as other peacemakers working with youth in the New Haven, CT area.