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Restorative Practices Workshops

Centre for Restorative Practices

Restorative Practices workshops are designed to foster connection, improve relationships, and navigate conflict within schools.

  • ACT
  • NSW
  • NT
  • QLD
  • SA
  • Tas
  • Vic
  • WA

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: Department of Health and Aged Care funded

Product type: Program; Fact sheets; Professional learning; Presentation by an expert or speaker ; Whole school approach or initiative; Educator wellbeing resources or services

Contact details

Centre for Restorative Practices
ABN: 22 132 877 135

https://www.centre4rp.com.au/workshops

crpcontact@centre4rp.com.au

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Bullying and cyber-bullying

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

  • Respectful relationships and consent education

Curriculum alignment

  • Humanities and Social Science

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1), Targeted small group early intervention (Tier 2), Intensive individualised approach (Tier 3)

Communities: Diverse cultures or language groups, Rainbow and LGBTQIA+

Context: School or centre-based, Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), Home-schooling

Main beneficiaries: Foundation/Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12

Delivery style: Delivered by program staff

Aims & approach

Restorative Practices seamlessly align with current teaching approaches, offering a unified system for conflict resolution, problem-solving, fostering social inclusiveness, promoting positive behaviour development, and strengthening community ties.

These practices help transform schools into safer, more productive learning environments, while also preparing students for a lifetime of meaningful, lasting relationships.

Both individual workshops and long-term partnerships are available, along with workshops for parents and carers. There is also a Student Peer Mentoring workshop - a 3-hour face-to-face session equipping student leaders with problem-solving and mentoring skills. Schools that engage in long-term partnerships receive access to a newsletter and ongoing resources.

Sessions for educators are offered as half-day or full-day options, delivering in-depth insights into the theories and practical applications of Restorative Practices. Sessions are mostly delivered face-to-face in-person by program facilitators visiting schools anywhere in Australia.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support

Evidence

Restorative Practices have been shown to reduce suspensions, exclusions and expulsions, build emotional empathy and contribute to educator health and wellbeing by reducing stress. The program provides tools and underpinning principles which complement and align with existing pedagogy and educational values and can be contextualized to suit individual school community needs.

Reports on research demonstrating positive outcomes include:

  • Darling-Hammond, S. (2023). Fostering belonging, transforming schools: The impact of restorative practices. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/169.703
  • Graham et al, (2020) Inquiry into suspension, exclusion and expulsion processes in South Australian Government Schools: Final Report. The Centre for Inclusive Education QUT: Brisbane Qld