The Restorative Continuum

1
The Restorative Continuum

• In the Academy

2
NCLB and Restorative Justice

• Mutually Exclusive?

3
Restorative Interventions in Lake Woebegone

• A multiphase analysis of students sense of
  above average, re-integrative Lutheran shaming
  and the use of post conference hot dishes

4
Ruby
5
Thinking Outside the Coop
6
Attachment Theory

• Distribution of attachment patterns
• General population 70 securely attached, 30
  insecurely attached
• Among high risk families 55 securely attached,
  45 insecurely attached
• Connection
• Competence
• Contribution
• Marti Farrell Erickson, PhD, Children Youth and
  Family Consortium, www.cyfc.umn.edu

7
Konopka Youth Development

• Young people need opportunities to
• Gain experience in decision making
• Interact with peers and acquire a sense of
  belonging
• Have time to reflect on self in relation to
  others
• Develop a feeling of accountability
• Build strong adult-youth relationships
• Adults recognize the strengths of youth
• Adults provide life skills
• Konopka Institute for Best Practices in
  Adolescent Health

8
Bullying Process for Solving the Problem

• Restitution fix the mistake
• Resolution figure out how to keep it from
  happening again
• Reconciliation heal with the person she has
  harmed
• The bully needs to see him/herself doing good.
• Colororso, The Bully, the Bullied and the
  Bystander

9
Adolescent Brain Research

• How adolescents read faces
• What were you thinking? the development of the
  cerebral cortex
• WHY Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to
  the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen, by
  Dr. David Walsh

10
Outcomes of School Exclusion

• High levels of repeat offendingsuspension not
  effective in changing behavior (Costenbader
  Markson, 1998)
• Early suspension appears to predict rise in
  misbehavior (Tobin et al 1996)
• Suspension Correlated with School Dropout
  (Ekstrom1986)
• Decrease in academic achievement, (Skiba, et al,
  2003)
• Less effective school climate (Wu et al,1982)

11
Disparity in Disciplinary ActionsMinnesota 03-04
data
12
The mission of the school

• Developing Life Long Learners
• Achieving success, one student at a time
• Dedicated to educating and empowering every
  learner to excel
• To prepare every learner for a changing world
• Disciplinary incidents are teachable moments

13
Lincoln Center Physical Agression referals to
the office
14
Formula

• Staff/classroom management training
• Restorative intervention options X
• concerted effort
• restorative change

15
Thinking Outside the Coop

• Stories from the hallways

16
Staff Dog
17
Thank you, Illinois!

• Nancy Riestenberg
• MN Department of Education
• 1500 W Highway 36
• Roseville, MN 55113
• 651-582-8433
• Nancy.riestenberg_at_state.mn.us