Free Resources

This page is chock full of free resources about restorative justice in education. From books to blogs to TED Talks, if you aren’t already, you’re sure to become a true believer in this amazing practice that has the power to change our world.

• Choose Love
• Circle Ways
• International Institute for Restorative Practices Free Webinars
• Brené Brown Daring Classrooms Hub
• Peace Education Program Videos
• Restorative Justice on the Rise
• RJ Ed Colorado

• Peace Through Education: 10 Activities to Do This Week

• Dr. Dan Siegel; Hand Model of the Brain

• 5 Conflict Management Styles at a Glance
• Conflict Resolution: How to Settle Your Differences Fairly
• Sesame Street: Robin Williams: Conflict

• Culturally Responsive Restorative Practices: Measuring Systemic Change

• Brené Brown | Daring Classrooms | SXSWedu 2017
• Do Schools Kill Creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson
• Edutopia: Using Restorative Justice to Transform School Culture
• Healing the Harm in Schools
• Jennifer Gonzalez on the Aerodynamics of Exceptional Schools | SXSW EDU
• Linda Cliatt-Wayman: How to Fix a Broken School? Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard
• What Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew | Kyle Schwartz | TEDxKyoto

• Restorative Practices History and Overview
• Restorative Practices in Schools Have Power to Transform Communities | Liz Knapp | TEDxMcMinnville

• How To Change Your Mood
• Mood Meter App, Marc Brackett, Ph.D. 
• Why Do We Lose Control of Our Emotions?

• The Grief Center

• School Suspensions Are an Adult Behavior | Rosemarie Allen | TEDxMileHigh
• What Are We Doing About School Suspensions? | TJ Rumler | TEDxGreenville

• National Educators for Restorative Practices: Relationship Centered Learning
• Rita Pierson: Every Kid Needs a Champion | TED

• Classroom Circles - How to Run a Circle
• Cultivating Social Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices and Connections through School-Based Gardens 
• How to Successfully Implement Restorative Practices at School - Prodigy
• Restorative Justice | Laila Fakhoury | TEDxLSSC
• Restorative Practices in Schools Have Power to Transform Communities | Liz Knapp | TEDxMcMinnville

• The Center for Non-Violent Communication
• Tool for Using Non Violent Communication
• Want to Know How to Have Restorative Conversations to Resolve Conflict? Here Are Six Steps.

• A Police Officer's Story of Restorative Justice
• Embedding Restorative Practices in Community | Paul Chambers | TEDxStPeterPort
• Restorative Justice - Everything You Need to Know
• Restorative Practices to Resolve Conflict/Build Relationships: Katy Hutchison at TEDxWestVancouverED

• Zero Suicide

• ACEs and Toxic Stress: Frequently Asked Questions - Harvard University
• Robyn Gobbel: Free Resources
• Trauma Sensitive Schools
• Why Do Kids Misbehave? (and why hasn't our traditional discipline system worked?)

• Fall-Hamilton Elementary: Transitioning to Trauma-Informed Practices to Support Learning
• Getting Consistent with Consequences - ASCD
• Why We Need Trauma-Sensitive Schools (updated 8/2017)