View the conference schedule and presentation materials (where provided).
Day 1 — Wednesday August 1, 2012:
Plenary Sessions
Building a Learning Network and Defining Restorative (video | paper) - Ted Wachtel
Building Campus Community: Restorative Practices in Residential Life (video | paper)- Stacey Miller
Breakout Sessions
A “Tripod” Model of District-wide School Reform - Bill Sower
Implementing and Sustaining Restorative Services in Neighborhoods and Communities (handout)- Les Davey, John Boulton
Restorative Practices: Graduate Students’ Perspectives Seen through a Transformative Learning Lens - Craig Adamson
Peacemaking Circles: Practicing at Work How We Want to Show Up in Life - Tracy Roberts
Responding to Harm in Faith Communities: Two Case Studies - Anne Martin, Bruce Schenk
Implementing a Restorative Practice Workshop on Improving Attitudes about Individuals with Disabilities - Jyh-Hann Chang, Bonnie A. Green
Teaching and Learning in Circles: Building Community, Developing Relationships and Enhancing Learning—Mission Possible? - Philip James McCormick
What’s the Policy? Using Restorative Practices to Establish a School-wide Disciplinary Plan - Stephen R. Young, Brenda Young
A Restorative Campus: Examining the Challenges and Opportunities beyond Residential Life, Judicial Affairs and Conduct Boards - Rebecca Mowrey, Michelle Pérez
Working with Non-contracts - Jan Ruigrok, Laurien Ruigrok
One Community’s Uninterrupted Time: Putting the Community at the Victim-Offender Reconciliation Table - David Nosko
The Challenge: Integrating Restorative Practice in Corrections, Family, Youth and Social Work Settings - Terry O’Connell
Art, Identity and Relationship: A Workshop Applying the Expressive Arts as Restorative Practice in Work with Adolescent Girls - Diane M. Edgecomb
Creating a Values-based and Restorative-centered Workplace Environment - Sharon Mast
Process as Content: Using Team-based Learning to Teach Restorative Practices - Jennifer Langdon
Sustaining Our Restorative Journey: A Singapore Perspective - Martin Chan, Annie Tan
Relational-Cultural Model: Approaches for Connected Learning within an Academic Classroom - Mayra Lopez-Humphreys
Relationships and Results: How Schools and Families Are Coming Together to Achieve Success - Joanne Faulkner, Kay Cawley
How Do Restorative Practices Help Build Developmental Assets? - Lee Rush
Who Are the Victims and When Does Healing Occur? - Carol DiMambro, Jonathan E. Gradess, John Cutro
Teaching Restorative Values to Students through Cooperative Games and Activities - Kimberly Tebow
Social Law: The Interface Between Social Work and the Law Creating a More Comprehensive Problem-solving Approach - Laurie Smith Kaczanowska
Roundtable Discussion on Building a Worldwide Restorative Practices Learning Network - Ted Wachtel
How Can We Engage Whole Communities in Restorative Practices within Criminal Justice - Valerie J. Keitch
Restorative Practices as an Anti-bullying Strategy - Les Davey, John Boulton
Day 2 — Thursday August 2, 2012:
Plenary Sessions
Family Group Conferencing/Family Group Decision Making as a Transition from Prison in Hungary (video | paper) - Vidia Negrea
Whole-school Change through Restorative Practices (video | paper) - Steve Korr
Breakout Sessions
Connecting Restorative School Practices to Brain Research and Bullying Prevention - Chuck Saufler
Putting Things Right: A Restorative Justice Workshop at SCI Graterford Prison - Joyce A. Zavarich
They Can Be Taught! Emotional Intelligence Skills and At-risk Youth (and Others) (handouts)- Jennifer Rebecca Muret-Bate
That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It … Or Am I?: Narratives, Desistance and Circles of Support and Accountability - Derek Miodownik
Hull and Leeds, UK: Restorative Collaboration across Two Cities - Estelle Macdonald, Joanne Faulkner
Silence Is Golden - Jan Peter Dembinski
The Roles of Volunteerism and Community in Restorative Justice - Caryn Saxon
Restore with a Smile: The Provocative Approach - Jan Ruigrok, Laurien Ruigrok
Can Mandated In-school Suspension Serve as a Context for Restorative Approaches to Discipline? - Katherine Evans
Adapting to Organizational Change through the Use of Professional Learning Groups - Phyllis Elliott
Articulation of the Network of Guarantee of Youth and Children’s Rights: A Fundamental Axis in Restorative Justice Projects - Cristina Assumpção Meirelles
It’s about Teaching and Learning: A Restorative Framework and Schools - Terry O’Connell, Bruce Schenk
How Important Is Forgiveness to the Process of Restorative Justice and Restorative Practice? - Peggy Lobb
Understanding the Conflict Cycle - Donna B. Sayegh
Restoring Business Performance: Using Restorative Practices to Improve Business Results - John Graham Macdonald
The Use of Restorative Practices in a Traumatized School Community: A Case Study - Perrie A. McMillen, Susan Mateer
Lost History of Restorative Practice: The Indigenous Chakma Justice System of Bangladesh - Muhammad Asadullah
Embedding and Enhancing Restorative Practices in Hull’s (UK) Leading Restorative Primary School - Carolyn McCormick, Irene Fay
Restoring Humanity: A Psychological Framework for Restorative Practice - Laura Garcia Bohnet
Restorative Practices and “Crucial Conversations” and “Crucial Confrontations”: Engaging Troubled Youth in Effective Problem Solving - Seth B. Harkins
RESTORE: A Restorative Response to Specific Juvenile Crimes - Perrie A. McMillen, Susan Mateer
Creativity and Restorative Practices: “space2face” - Alyson Halcrow, Clair Aldington
Roundtable Discussion on Building a Worldwide Restorative Practices Learning Network - Ted Wachtel
Physical Literacy through Restorative Justice - Patty S. Gollogly
Future Restorative Teachers: Reflections from a Faculty of Education’s First Course on Restorative Practice - Kristin Reimer
Day 3 — Friday August 3, 2012:
Plenary Session
Restorative Practices in Neighborhoods in Lima, Peru (video | paper) - Jean Schmitz
Breakout Sessions
Using Unitive Justice Principles to Create a Restorative School Program - Sylvia Clute, Donna Chewning
Confronting Taboos and Meeting Needs: Conferencing of Serious and Complex Cases - Les Davey, John Boulton
Tools to Make Students Understand How to Participate in a Restorative Community - Jan Ruigrok, Laurien Ruigrok
Restorative Principles as Preventative Practices - Roz Myers
The Restorative Corporation: What Might It Look Like? How Might It Feel? Let’s See - Gregor Fraser Rae
Tired of Traditional Floor Meetings? Don’t Think They Help Students Connect? Try Community Circles! - Tamara H. Kenney
