Using a Restorative Approach to Promote Connection and Healing: Two Sides of the Coin New York State Coalition for Children’s Mental Health Services Saratoga Springs, New York November 30, 2011

By the End of Our Time… Enhance your understanding of the interplay between disconnection and harm Add a variety of Restorative approaches to your repertoire which you can use right away to promote connection and healing Experience the power of the personal story to help in the aftermath of harm

How We’ll Do This Theoretical Overview–Jon Practical Interventions-Jon Weaving it together through David and Marie’s stories

Centrality of Relationship Shalom: Living in “all rightness” with others. (Zehr) or “Completeness” (Zaas)‏ Hozho: Navaho Ubuntu: African term “I am human because I belong” (Desmond Tutu) Whakapapa: Maori

Deteriorating mental and behavioral health of U.S. children Causes-lack of close connections to others, and deep connections to moral & spiritual meaning

The ACE Study: Adverse Childhood Experiences – Experiences while growing up that deeply impact a young person and profoundly affect emotional and physical health later in life. ACE’s Slides courtesy of Vincent Felitti, M.D. & Heather Larkin, Ph.D., LCSW-R (SUNY Albany)

ACE Categories Emotional abuse Domestic Violence Physical abuse Parental Abuse Sexual abuse Substance Abuse in the Home Emotional neglect Mentally ill Family Member Physical neglect Incarcerated Family Member

ACE Score Approximately two- thirds have at least one ACE More than a third have experienced 2 – 4 ACEs ACE categories are interrelated ACE scores of 5 or more were 50% more likely in women

ACEs & Chronic Depression

ACEs & Intravenous Drug Use

As ACE Score increases… – Liver disease – Cancer – Chronic lung disease – Skeletal fractures – Impaired job functioning – ACEs are implicated in the ten leading causes of death in the United States!

Disconnection “When members of the Navajo Nation try to explain why people harm others, they say that a person who does harm to another ‘acts as if he has no relatives.’ (see Kaplan and Johnson, 1964, Yazzie, 1998 in Sullivan and Tifft’s Handbook of Restorative Justice, 2006)

Compass of Shame Don Nathanson, M.D. Avoidance Attack Other l Withdrawal Attack Self

Restoring Connection “The parts are healthy insofar as they are joined harmoniously to the whole….Only by restoring the broken connections can we be healed. Connection is health.” (W. Berry, 1977 in Gilligan, 1997 )

The Restorative Approach (IIRP) High Limit Setting Low Low – (S U P P O RT, N U R T U R E) - High TO punitive WITH ‏ restorative NOT neglectful ‏ FOR permissive

Range of Restorative Practices Talking Piece

Range of Restorative Practices Circles

Restorative Pocket Tool I

Restorative Pocket Tool II

Range of Restorative Practices Formal Interventions (Conferencing) -- Repairing the harm -- Treatment Planning, Re-Entry, Support, Workplace applications

Whole Program Intervention I

Whole Program Intervention II

The Power of the Personal Story in Fostering Connection David Kaczynksi & Marie Verzulli

Guiding Principles of Parallel Justice I Justice requires helping victims of crime rebuild their lives. All victims deserve justice. All victims should be presumed credible unless there is reason to believe otherwise. Victims’ safety should be a top priority. Victims should experience no further harm. Victims’ rights should be implemented and enforced.

Guiding Principles of Parallel Justice II Victims should have opportunities to talk about their experiences and their needs. Victims should be told that what happened to them was wrong, and that every effort will be made to help them rebuild their lives.

Guiding Principles of Parallel Justice III Victims’ needs should be addressed through a comprehensive, coordinated communal response. Decisions about how to address victims’ needs should be based on sound information and research. From Parallel Justice for Victims of Crime by Susan Herman

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