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Restorative Classroom Practice: A resource by Belinda Hopkins

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Assumptions about Academic and Behavioural errors (Porter, 2007  as quoted in The Restorative Classroom by Belinda Hopkins)
ACADEMIC ERRORSBEHAVIOURAL ERRORS
Errors are accidental.Errors are deliberate.
Errors are inevitable.Errors should not happen.
Errors signal need for teaching.Errors should be punished.
Students with learning difficulties need modified teaching.Students with behavioural difficulties need punishment.
5 Key Restorative Themes and 5 useful questions
ThemeLanguage
Everyone has their own unique and equally valued perspectiveWhat’s happened from your perspective?
Thoughts influence emotions, emotions influence actions.What was going through your mind and how were you feeling at the time?  And since?
Empathy and considerationWho has been affected and how?
Needs and unmet needsWhat do you need (so that things can be put right and everyone can move on?
Collective responsibility for problem solving and decision makingHow can you (we)address all these various needs together?
The Restorative Classroom by Belinda Hopkins)
  • Restorative Questions when something goes wrong
  • What happened?
  • What were you thinking at the time?
  • What have you thought about since?
  • Who has been affected by what you did?In what way?
  • What do you think you need to do to make things right? (IIRP)
  • Restorative Questions for person harmed
  • What did you think when you realized what had happened?
  • What impact has this 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?(IIRP)