Restorative Practice in Schools

Restorative Practices is an effective, trauma-informed approach that helps schools improve relationships and support skill development for students coping with adversity, managing emotion, and being accountable. Six Rivers DRC provides training and coaching in a Whole-School approach with a Restorative Practices tiered model that is employed throughout a school to address issues between students, staff, and families.

Restorative Practices in schools help:

• build connections to change behaviors and repair relationships;
• provide targeted behavioral health supports to reduce risks for youth disruptive behavior, suspensions, expulsions, and substance use;
• improve mental health and well-being, including stress-management, interpersonal skills, and adaptability;
• decrease tardiness, office visits, absences, and suspensions.

Restorative Practices helps students, staff, and families build a strong community at school through healthy relationships and processes for resolving conflict, and it gives students the skills to better cope with adversity and help ensure equity within our communities. It is integrated with the Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (PBIS) framework, with a tiered approach.

For more information, contact Ona Lawrence at .