24-6892-AUT- Getting Started with Restorative Practices - 6 week course
Getting Started with Restorative Practices Course
A Childhood Development Initiative Programme
Online Course - Will be facilitated via Zoom.
Suitable for Primary & Post-Primary teachers and SNAs.
What are Restorative Practices?
The Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) has been implementing a Restorative Practices (RP) Programme since 2010. RP is both a way of being and a set of skills for building strong relationships and resolving conflict in a simple and emotionally healthy manner.
Restorative practices help us develop and sustain strong and happy families, workplaces and communities by:
- Actively developing good relationships;
- Stopping conflict escalating out of control; and
- Repairing harm caused by serious wrongdoing.
When you are using RP you are intentionally choosing to connect with people and actively promoting UNDERSTANDING and EMPATHY between people. You have HIGH EXPECTATIONS of yourself and others and try to provide SUPPORT to yourself and others to meet those expectations. And you try to do things WITH others in a FAIR and RESPECTFUL way.
When you use RP to do these things consistently, you have better relationships and less conflict with the people around you. When things go wrong, restorative practices also give you a proven method for resolving conflicts and repairing relationship that have been harmed by wrongdoing.
Become competent to begin using RP after this training. At a later stage gain the skills to become an RP facilitator after further training. RP builds on skills that everyone has and provides a simple framework for using those skills more consistently and, consequently, more effectively.
Teachers who have done CDI’s RP training and are using restorative practices as a way of working report that their work is easier, more enjoyable and more effective; they report better relationships with their pupils and their parents and colleagues; they report increased confidence and competence in conflict resolution and disciplinary issues.
What Does RP Training Involve?
CDI offer three levels of RP training. Level one is as follows:
1 - Getting Started With Restorative Practices:
This training explains what restorative practices are and how the whole RP approach works. The training provides an overview of the origins and development of RP; the evidence of outcomes that can be expected from adopting RP; and an outline of the skills that are used when taking a restorative approach. When you have done this short course, you will be able to;
• Use Restorative Language – this is a way of talking that promotes empathy and understanding between people. Using restorative language helps us to build relationships and to stop conflict getting out of hand; and
• Have Restorative Conversations – these are conversations we have if we have a problem with another person when either they have let us down or we have let them down. Sorting the problem out restoratively really helps with keeping the relationship healthy.
Course Details:
Wednesday 6th November 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Wednesday 13th November 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Wednesday 20th November 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Wednesday 27th November 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Wednesday 4th December 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Wednesday 11th December 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Course fee: €50
Certificate will be issued from the CDI on completion of the course.
Feedback from previous sessions:
- I really enjoyed learning about restorative practices and am very interested in using what I've learned in my own practice. Both Eithne and Roisin did a great job presenting the webinars - thank you!
- Presenters were excellent. I really enjoyed the course and learned lots.
- It was a great course, very enjoyable & lots of practical tips to take back & try in the classroom & yard settings
- I really enjoyed the course. The fact that it was online allowed me to successfully participate in out-of-hours CPD. Otherwise, I could not have attended on-site due to family commitments.
This course will qualify you for the following courses outlined below.
Other courses in Restorative Practice include:
2 - Restorative Practices Level 2 - Upskilling:
This training builds on the Getting Started With RP course and explains what restorative circles, meetings and conferences are, what they can be used for and how they are facilitated. People doing this training learn how to facilitate :
*Restorative Circles – which can be used to build good relationships in groups or to solve problems in groups;
*Restorative Meetings – which are used to resolve conflict in groups; and
*Restorative Conferences – which are used to address serious wrongdoing. RP Conferences work on the basis that the wrongdoer takes responsibility for their actions and the people harmed by the wrongdoing are supported to overcome and move on from that harm.
3 - Training of Restorative Practices Trainers
(5 days plus follow up): This training equips people to deliver RP Training Participants in this Course are required to: o Have undertaken CDI’s training in Restorative Practices; o Have experience of using restorative practices in their life and/or work; o Have organised a group of people that they will deliver RP Training to and be observed doing so by a CDI Trainer; and o Attend four 2-hour Communities of Practice within nine months of completing the 5-day course.
A link to access the course will be emailed to you prior to the course.
Cancellation Policy:
If you wish to cancel your place you can do so by clicking on the cancellation link at the bottom of your booking confirmation email. Course fees, if applicable, will only be refunded if you cancel 72 hours before the date and start time of the course. When you register for a course, you agree to these terms.
Course Details
Course Start Date / Time | 06-11-2024 4:30 pm |
Course End Date / Time | 11-12-2024 6:30 pm |
Capacity | 16 |
Fee | €50.00 |
Subsequent Dates | Wednesday 6th, 13th, 20th November & 4th and 11th December |
Select Hours | 12 |
Speaker | Eithne Sheehan and Roisin Murray |
Course Format | Online |
Location | Online |