1. Restorative Approaches at The British International School Budapest
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2. What are we going to look at today?
What are Restorative Approaches?
What we are trying to achieve?
How can parents support us?

3. What are restorative approaches?
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4. The 5 R’s RJ is based on five key features
Respect
Responsibility
Relationships
Repair
Reintegration
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5. Restorative solutions
Blame and punishment
Put things right

6. What can RJ do for a School?
Happier and safer school
Develop
emotional literacy
conflict resolution skills
truth telling
responsibility taking
Creates effective boundaries and accountability
Mutually respectful relationships
Enhance the learning environment
Address bullying behaviours

7. How Would This Look Restorative Language Check In and Check Out
Restorative Chats
Classroom Conferencing
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8. Restorative Approaches
Fair
Needs focused – Looks at the needs of those who have been affected
Solution focused - Looks at what needs to happen to put things right
Create accountability

9. So what is going to change?
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10. Everyday Behaviour – Building Skills
Informal
Formal
Everyday Behaviour – Building Skills
Restorative rules
Restorative language
Check in and out
Peer Mediators
Everyday Conflict –Behaviour Issues
Time out
Restorative chats
Restorative classroom conference
Informal conference
High Level Conflict – Alternative to Exclusion
Formal conference
Restorative sanctions

11. What happened? What do you think now? Restorative Language
What were you thinking?
How can we help you put this right?
What happened?
What will you do differently next time?
How could you put this right?
Where could we start to put it right?
What do you think now?
I can help you put this right?

12. Examples of Restorative Questions
What happened? /What else happened? / Where were you when this happened?/What happened just before this?
What did you want to happen?/What were you trying to achieve?
What were you thinking when this happened? / What did you think when X ….?
How can we put this right? / What needs to happen to put this right? / What can you do so X feels happy that this won’t happen again?
What could you do differently next time?
What needs to go on the contract? 
How will we know that it's working?/What would that look like to me?
What needs to happen to ensure that this works?
What difference will it make to you if this works/doesn’t work?

13. When harm is caused to your child?
When considered appropriate your child will be given the opportunity to:
Have their say
Be heard
Be part of the solution
Be central to the response by the school
Receive a genuinely remorseful apology
An acknowledgement that what happened to them was wrong
Explanation from the wrong doer

14. When upset is caused your child will be asked
To explain what happened
If they need to put something right
Apologise
Think about how their behaviour affects others and how they can change it
Make a contract
Change their behaviour
Have a follow up meeting to show that they have done the things they have promised to do

15. Why sanctions do not always achieve the results we would like?
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16. So Why Do We Need RJ? It wasn't me She was asking for it He started it
Other teachers let us do it
It’s not fair they didn't listen
He lied about .....
She didn't tell them about .....

17. Sorry for what….? Punitive Restorative That they…. They got caught
They got punished
That people think badly of them
Which can lead to
If only they had been treated fairly they wouldn’t be in this position
Or that they…
Hurt someone
Disappointed someone
Affected the learning of others
Let themselves and their families down
Which can lead to
That they need to put it right
That they need to take responsibility
Punitive
Restorative

18. Restorative Detention or Resolution Circle for those causing harm
Check in
Restorative rules considered and agreed
Resolution circle to look at
What has happened?
Who's been affected
What things needs to happen to put things right?
Or if they have already met with their harmed person, how can they put this right? (if this has already happened)
If one of the participants can not think of an answer the question is opened up to the circle for support and the pupil needs to choose two of the circles suggestions to resolve their own conflict
Check out reflecting on what has been agreed will happen next – this can be recorded and signed
This is for wrong doers only– it does not replace this meeting but for some pupils it will give them the opportunity to consider how they need to put things right and for some schools can still be viewed as a detention 

20. How can parents support us?
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21. How can you help us?
Find out about restorative language and use it whilst in school.
Talk to your children about how they can put things right when things have gone wrong.
When something has happened to your child that is not right please try to support them in accepting an apology and a change of behaviour from the wrong doer.
Read through any contract that your child might have been part of and ask how it is working and make sure they feel it is being kept to.

22. When something goes wrong
Take time out - lets everyone calm down and think about what needs to happen
Stay calm and take a deep breath
Use even tone of voice and be aware of body langauage
Use open questions
Try to find out what happened rather than who is to blame

23. Ask all those involved What happened? How have people been affected?
What could put this right?
What will you do differently next time?