Restorative Justice Practices

Talking Circles: for Restorative Justice and Beyond

June 30, 2025

Learn how talking circles can serve other purposes beyond restorative justice, such as creating safe spaces, building connections and offering teachers a unique means of formative assessment. The article addresses four main areas of concern by providing background context and filling readers in on where the SEL movement has been, the strategic thinking that has guided CASEL field leaders and collaborators, and the possibilities for the future.

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Safe Schools, Thriving Students: Fostering Restorative Practices and Safe Communities

June 30, 2025

This webinar explores the growing evidence that shows the most effective way to improve school safety is by building supportive school communities that proactively protect against the perpetration of school violence.

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Decarceration Begins with School Discipline Reform

June 27, 2025

Many educators are fighting against criminalizing students and are using trauma-informed and restorative justice practices to shift paradigms. Trauma-informed practices must be intentional and focused on emotional calm and stability for students during a time of community trauma. For this change in thinking, educators must realize how the punitive discipline actions demanded of them are harmful.

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Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools (TIROS) Toolkit

June 27, 2025

The Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit from the National Center for School Safety outlines a framework for implementing these approaches in any school or school district. It utilizes tools, videos, professional development slide decks, and concise instruction to explain the concepts of trauma and toxic stress, offers individual
and school-wide strategies for addressing trauma and fostering resilience for students, staff, and families, and to assess the impact of these adaptations throughout the school community. The sections’ topics are presented in the order your school or district will likely start to address them. Sections 1 through 3 in this toolkit for the Informing level of work, which focus on: an introduction to trauma and trauma-Informed, resilience-oriented schools; practices and processes; and building a culture of staff compassion and resilience.

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Equity in Discipline: A Look at Policing in Schools

December 5, 2024

This course explores replacing exclusionary discipline with equitable approaches by examining the impact of school policing.

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Using Data to Promote Equity in School Discipline

August 5, 2024

Using Data to Promote Equity in School Discipline: training series to help schools and districts improve their school discipline policies and practices

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Restorative Practices: Explained

August 5, 2024

Restorative practices is a field within the social sciences that studies how to strengthen relationships between individuals as well as social connections within communities. Though newer to the social sciences, restorative practices has deep roots within indigenous communities throughout the world. This site has videos, podcasts and articles that explain restorative practice and its benefits.

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Reimagine Justice Illinois

August 5, 2024

Organization within Illinois that provides advocacy, professional development, needs assessment, action planning and implementation to communties and organizations wanting to develop adult social and emotional leanring, restorative practices, clutire and climate work in schools, bullying prevention, and healing-centered work.

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Peace Corner: Creating Safe Space for Reflection

August 5, 2024

Students practice self-regulation and manage their stress and frustration in a de-escalation space in each classroom.

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New Root

August 5, 2024

NewRoot provides innovative, experiential programs focused on building leadership, social-emotional learning, and community engagement among young people. Their resources and activities aim to empower youth to create positive social change and develop essential life skills. Restorative Justice Practices, coaching & supports are part of the process.

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