1. RESTORATIVE APPROACHES IN SCOTTISH SCHOOLS
RELATIONSHIPS RESPECT RESPONSIBILITIES
RESTORATIVE APPROACHES IN SCOTTISH SCHOOLS
Three Rs for the 21st Century?

2. CONSIDER
If a child is finding reading challenging, we support and encourage them .
What if we change reading for behaviour?

3. ‘Improving Relationships and Promoting Positive Behaviour in Scotland’s Schools’
“Good relationships and positive behaviour across whole school communities are fundamental to the successful delivery of Curriculum for Excellence” “The Scottish Government is committed to building upon this work and will continue to support this through the Positive Behaviour Team”

4. PHILOSOPHY
Restorative approaches differentiate between the person and her / his behaviour.
When an action has caused harm, those involved have a responsibility to put things right. – This moves us on from the language and culture of crime and punishment.
Restorative approaches are fundamentally grounded in relationships -repairing, restoring and consolidating relationships when they have been harmed.

5. A DIFFERENT APPROACH? PUNISHMENT DISCIPLINE
An unpleasant experience imposed on someone as a result of a criminal or wrongful act
The training of people to adhere to a code of behaviour

6. TWO KINDS OF DISCIPLINE
TRADITIONAL
Rule breaking
Blame or guilt
Adversarial
Punish to deter
Impersonal
Affected ignored
Accountability = being punished
RESTORATIVE
Harm
Problem solving
Dialogue + negotiation
Restitution/ reparation
Interpersonal
Empowerment
Accountability = put things right

7. HUMAN NEEDS To be respected An understanding listener
To be allowed to have emotion and to talk about them
The other person to really understand what has upset me
A genuine apology
Amends made
Support and positive reinforcement
Reassurance it won’t happen again
To draw a line underneath it
Now think about what you need when you have caused harm to someone else 7

8. Restorative Approaches
Are about developing and maintaining and repairing positive relationships
Are about helping young people (and adults!) learn and develop the skills to make good choices now and throughout their lives – if we’ve learned these skills, they can be taught
Enable us to acknowledge when we have harmed someone and think about what to do to put it right
Encourage us to consider our feelings and those of others (emotional well being)
Encourages us all to consider our behaviour and the effect it has on others