Who is Dominic Barter?
Who is Dominic Barter?
Dominic Barter plays with dialogue and partnership, focusing primarily in the fields of education, justice, culture and social change. He adapted the practice for the Brazilian Ministry of Justice’s awardwinning national projects in Restorative Justice and supports its application in a further 25 countries.
What is restorative Circle?
Restorative Justice Circles (“Circles”) provide an opportunity for community members to come together to address harmful behavior in a process that explores harms and needs, obligations, and necessary engagement.
Why restorative Circles?
A circle is a versatile restorative practice that can be used proactively, to develop relationships and build community or reactively, to respond to wrongdoing, conflicts and problems. Circles give people an opportunity to speak and listen to one another in an atmosphere of safety, decorum and equality.
What is the purpose of restorative practices?
The aim of restorative practices is to develop community and to manage conflict and tensions by repairing harm and building relationships. This statement identifies both proactive (building relationships and developing community) and reactive (repairing harm and restoring relationships) approaches.
How do you host a restorative circle?
The general format most people use goes: offender, victim, victim’s supporter, and offender’s supporter. As a circle facilitator, ask each person a set of restorative questions and listen to their response. Once everyone has responded to the restorative questions, transition into a more open model of discussion.
What are examples of restorative practices?
Popular examples of restorative processes include affective statements, community-building circles, small impromptu conferencing, and setting classroom agreements or norms. In the Restorative Justice community, it can take three to five years to implement restorative practices within a school site.
What is a restorative question?
Restorative questions are a tool used to process an incident of wrongdoing or conflict. The questions focus on the incident, and allow the person to think about how his/her actions affected others. It encourages empathy, accountability, expression of feelings and thoughts, and problem solving.
What are restorative principles?
Restorative practices are underpinned by a set of values, these include: Empowerment, Honesty, Respect, Engagement, Voluntarism, Healing, Restoration, Personal Accountability, Inclusiveness, Collaboration, and Problem-solving.
How do schools implement restorative practices?
Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools Using restorative circles. Using affective (emotional) statements. Forming collaborative class agreements. Having a problem-solving “anchor chart” for the classroom.
