Restorative Circles in Schools

By Bob Costello, Joshua Wachtel & Ted Wachtel
$12 (Paperback book, 136 pp.)

A practical guide to the use of circles, covering:

• how circles have been used in many diverse situations
• use of proactive, responsive and staff circles
• relationship of restorative practices to circle processes

The Restorative Practices Handbook for Teachers, Disciplinarians and Administrators

By Bob Costello, Joshua Wachtel & Ted Wachtel
$12 (Paperback book, 120 pp.)

An introduction and guide to restorative practices, covering:

• practical techniques, tips and strategies
• implementation guidelines
• how and why restorative processes work
• real-world stories of restorative practices in action

Restorative Justice Conferencing: Real Justice & The Conferencing Handbook

By Ted Wachtel, Terry O'Connell and Ben Wachtel
$30
Book (paperback), 264 pages
Published by the IIRP in collaboration with the Piper's Press

Two books in one volume: (1) Conferencing Handbook — the official training manual providing a step-by-step guide to coordinating and facilitating restorative justice conferences and (2) Real Justice — actual conference stories showing how conferencing works and how it can change the way our society responds to wrongdoing in schools, criminal justice, the workplace and elsewhere.

Safer Saner Schools: Restorative Practices in Education

Edited by Ted Wachtel & Laura Mirsky
$15 (Paperback book, 216 pp.)

A selection of articles from the Restorative Practices eForum about schools from around the world, including accounts of:

• personal experiences
• implementation
• research

Crime, Shame and Reintegration

By John Braithwaite
$25
Book (paperback), 226 pages
Published by Cambridge University Press

Although written without knowledge of the conferencing process, Australian criminologist John Braithwaite's book Crime, Shame and Reintegration provides a sociological explanation for why conferencing works so well.

Braithwaite explains that the desire to avoid shame aids in the development of conscience and social bonds. He distinguishes between two types of shame: stigmatizing shame which rejects and permanently labels offenders and reintegrative shame which only rejects the offender's deed but not the offender himself.

Conferences encourage positive personal change in offenders because unlike courts, conferences allow offenders to shed their offender label and be reintegrated into the community.

Little Book of Restorative Justice

By Howard Zehr
$5
Book (paperback), 64 pages
Published by Good Books

A concise overview of restorative justice, this 64-page book proposes workable principles and practices for making restorative justice both possible and useful. Zehr, known worldwide for his pioneering work in transforming our understanding of justice, is co-director of the graduate Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA

Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of the Self

By Donald L. Nathanson
$23
Book (paperback), 496 pages
Published by W.W. Norton & Company

Donald Nathanson' book provides the psychological explanation for why conferencing works. A Philadelphia psychiatrist, author and lecturer, he wrote Shame and Pride before he was aware of conferencing, explaining and building upon the affect and script theories of the late Silvan S. Tomkins.

Nathanson has become an advocate of conferencing. When a crime is committed, Nathanson said in an interview, everyone involved experiences very extreme negative affect, but the court process fails to address this. Conferences, on the other hand, allow for the free expression of affect, which helps people move beyond the negative to the positive and deal with the adverse emotional consequences of the crime.

Beyond Zero Tolerance: Restorative Practices in Schools

Produced by IIRP/SaferSanerSchools
$38 (DVD, 25 mins.)

A documentary about restorative practices in schools in the U.S.A., the Netherlands and England, featuring:

• circles, conferences and one-on-one meetings in progress
• interviews with students, teachers and administrators

Building Our Community

Presented by IIRP
$38 (DVD, 15 mins.)

Produced by Cafesociety.org in partnership withStep4ward Ltd. & Hull Centre for Restorative Practices

A documentary about the positive impact of restorative practices at Collingwood Primary School, in Hull, a city facing some of the most acute economic and social challenges in England. Interviews with:

• teachers
• students
• parents

Burning Bridges

$38
DVD-Video, 35 minutes
Produced by the IIRP and Real Justice

"Burning Bridges" is a 35-minute documentary about the arson of Mood's Bridge, a historic covered bridge in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, and the restorative conference held in its wake. The International Institute for Restorative Practices facilitated this emotional conference, which brought together the six young men who burned down the bridge with their families and members of the community. Using news footage, interviews and video of the actual conference, the documentary tells the story of a community moving through grief and anger to healing.

Download free discussion guide to help process the video with groups of students and others.

Conferencing for Serious Offenses: An Exploration

$375
5 DVDs (DVD-R) plus 1 CD-ROM
(includes Facing the Demons in separate package)
Produced by Real Justice and the IIRP

This thought-provoking, interactive, “do-it-yourself” seminar package provides DVD videos (and a CD-ROM with printable Facilitator Guide and Participant Handout) for a group of professionals, students or others to examine the use of restorative conferencing in response to serious offenses.

The seminar package provides detailed directions for using the videos. Also included are instructions on how to run a “circle,” which is the format used to structure discussion in the seminar. The use of the circle process provides a truly restorative experience that encourages active participation from everyone attending the seminar.

Please note: This seminar is not intended to train participants to facilitate restorative conferences, but to enhance their understanding of the potential and the implications of conferencing for serious offenses.

Facing the Demons

$75
DVD-R, 60 minutes
Produced by the Dee Cameron Company

Commentary on Facing the Demons:
The Facilitator's Perspective

Get both videos at the reduced combination price of $95 ($105 if purchased separately).

Facing the Demons is an hour-long documentary video about the journey of the family and friends of murdered victim Michael Marslew, confronting face-to-face in a conference two of the offenders responsible for Michael's death.

Facing the Demons, produced by the Dee Cameron Company, originally aired on the ABC, Australia's public television network. It won an award for "best television documentary of 1999" at the 2000 Logies Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Emmy Awards. In 2000 Facing the Demons earned the United Nations Association Award for Best Television in its annual Media Peace Awards.

The 30-minute Commentary on Facing the Demons: The Facilitator’s Perspective is an essential companion to the Facing the Demons video. Commentary by Terry O’Connell—the Australian police sergeant who facilitated the dramatic conference—answers questions and addresses issues raised by the documentary.

A free 8-page study guide is available to download as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file.

Family Voices

$38
DVD-Video, 18 minutes
Produced by the IIRP & Family Power, in association with American Humane's National Center on Family Group Decision Making

Family Voices is an 18-minute documentary about family group decision making (FGDM), a restorative approach to problem solving used worldwide that enables families to make decisions for themselves, in child welfare, youth justice and other situations. In the empowering spirit of FGDM, Family Voices lets families do the talking.

This moving, candid, even humorous video follows nine culturally, economically and geographically diverse American families on their journey of discovery of FGDM, from their initial fears, questions and hopes to their joy in seeing the process work. Children to grandparents offer their opinions and explain the FGDM process. It’s an ideal vehicle to acquaint both families and professionals with FGDM.

Four School Conferences:
A Composite View

$38
DVD-Video, 49 minutes
Produced by Real Justice

Four actual Real Justice conferences were videotaped, with the permission of participants, at alternative schools operated by the Community Service Foundation and Buxmont Academy, sister nonprofit organizations serving troubled youth in eastern Pennsylvania. Footage from the conferences, which were held for offenses ranging from truancy and leaving school grounds to drug possession and bringing a knife onto a school bus, provide viewers with a realistic view of conferencing. Some conferences are highly emotional; others are not. Some conferences produce satisfying outcomes; others are less successful. But follow-up interviews with conference participants show that even a so-called “unsuccessful” conference can produce meaningful outcomes.

Introduction to Conferencing

$38
DVD-R, 18 minutes
Produced by Real Justice

An 18-minute video providing an overview of the origins, theory and practice of conferencing. Contains testimonials from professionals and conference participants, as well as footage of actual and simulated conferences.

An Introduction to Restorative Practices at Endeavour High School

Presented by IIRP
$38 (DVD, 16 mins.)

Produced by Nova Studios in partnership with Neighbourhood Training & Resource Centre, Department for Communities and Local Government, Goodwin Development Trust and Hull Centre for Restorative Practices.

Once a failing school, Endeavour High School, in Hull, England, has undergone enormous changes since implementing restorative practices. In this video, Endeavour’s students and staff talk about how restorative practices has made their school a place where respect and safety are the norm.

Managing Shame, Preventing Violence

$30
DVD-Video, 67 minutes
Presented by the Silvan S. Tomkins Institute

This DVD video, developed in 2003 for American clergy and presented by the Silvan S. Tomkins Institute, has wide application in many settings. In it, Donald L. Nathanson, world-renowned psychiatrist, explains that the interpersonal violence in modern society can best be explained as inappropriate responses to shame. Restorative practices such as conferences and circles are consistent with Nathanson’s suggested remedies. The DVD includes both English and Spanish language versions. The disk can also be inserted into a computer to access a 75-page manual, containing a video transcript, an essay by Nathanson and a set of shame awareness exercises.

Restorative Practices in Hull: The First Restorative City

$38
DVD-Video, 16 minutes
Produced by Nova Studios in partnership with Neighbourhood Training & Resource Centre, Department for Communities and Local Government, Goodwin Development Trust and Hull Centre for Restorative Practices.

Hull, England, UK, severely disadvantaged since the decline of its fishing industry, is now on track to becoming “the world’s first restorative city.” The goal is for all 23,000 professionals who work with children and youth to employ restorative practices.

Roundtable Discussions 1 & 2: Restorative Strategies for Schools

Produced by IIRP/SaferSanerSchools
$38 each or $65 for both (DVD, #1: 52 mins., #2: 55 mins.)

How to address a range of disciplinary and behavioral issues in schools (2 volumes). Four expert practitioners share their experience on several topics, including:

• Attendance issues
• Bullying
• Working with parents
• Restorative consequences
• Making apologies
• Dealing with difficult situations

Toxic Talk: From Betrayal to Trust in a Workplace

$38
DVD-Video, 22 minutes
Produced by the IIRP and Good Company

Toxic Talk shows an actual restorative conference following a workplace incident, in which staff members demeaned their supervisor behind her back and in the presence of customers.

The Transformation of West Philadelphia High School: A Story of Hope

Produced by IIRP
$12 (DVD, 9 mins.)

A short film about a "tough urban school" seeing positive results with restorative practices less than one school year into implementation. Including comments from:

• students
• teachers
• administrators

The Worst School I've Ever Been To

Produced by IIRP/SaferSanerSchools
$38 (DVD, 62 mins.)

The Worst School I’ve Ever Been To follows the stories of three students at a Community Service Foundation/Buxmont Academy school/day treatment program for troubled youth in southeastern Pennsylvania. The video is both an instructional documentary showing a variety of restorative practices and group processes used in a therapeutic setting and an emotionally moving story about young people working to change their behavior and achieve personal goals, and the counselors who are trying to help them.

Restorative Questions Cards (English or French)

Produced by IIRP Canada
$15 (Pack of 100 cards)

The essential restorative questions at your fingertips. These coated 2" x 3.5" cards include questions:

• To respond to challenging behavior on one side
  
• To help those harmed by others' actions on the other side

Restorative Questions Posters (English or French)

Produced by IIRP Canada
$8 each or $60 for 10

Display the restorative questions for easy reference in a classroom or hallway. This 18” x 24” poster includes questions:

• To respond to challenging behavior
  
• To help those harmed by others' actions

Practice Domains Poster

Produced by IIRP Canada
$3.75 each

Restorative Questions Sign

Produced by IIRP
$245

Portable sign displaying the restorative questions for easy reference in schools or on playgrounds. This rugged, 35" x 20" A-frame sign shows questions:

• To respond to challenging behavior on one side
• To help those harmed by others' actions on the other side

Shipping charges determined at time of purchase.