Facilitating Restorative Conferencing
Eliminate Suspensions and Expulsions
Repairing Harm by Restorative Conferencing
A Restorative Conference is a structured meeting between offenders, victims both parties’ family and friends. The conference allows for the participants to explore the consequences of the crime or wrongdoing and decide how best to repair the harm. Restorative Conferences are neither a counseling session nor a mediation process. Conferencing is a victim-sensitive, straightforward problem-solving method that demonstrates how citizens can resolve their own problems when provided with a constructive forum to do so (O’Connell, Wachtel, & Wachtel, 1999).
- Learn how to navigate conflict
- How to prepare up a successful conference outcome
- Develop non-punitive resources
- Learn how to witness the conflict not be in the conflict.
- Replace Suspensions and Expulsions with Restorative Conference
Culturally Sensitive Processing
Unpacking crucial conversation
LAIRP works closely with school district personnel to help families process questions, information, in a manner where constructive feedback can occur. LAIRP consultants will help unpack difficult conversations along side school administration with the aim on building collaborative solutions.