Restorative Justice: Empathy/Restorative Questions Ms. Paul Restorative Justice Teacher Adviser Office: 2106 Extension: 4043 Restorative Justice practices fosters a positive school environment RJ Foundational values are: Relationships Respect Responsibility Repair Reintegration What should Restorative Justice do? What is Empathy? Identify some emotions that describe heartache. Identify some circumstances that can cause heartache. Do you have EMPATHY? Emotional Empathy is actually feeling the way another person feels. The person knows that you are with them and they are not alone. Lets test our Empathy level! 3. I pay attention to my personal needs. 4. I can accept compliments. 5. I try to be open to the realities of another person. 1.I know who I am, and everything I do represents who I AM NOW. 2.I love Me. Restorative Justice is community building Using Affective Statementsimproves students emotional literacyStudents gain a greater understanding of emotions and the feelings of others. I feel_______(emotion),when_________ (the occurrence). I feel_______ (the emotion), when__________ (the occurrence) because________ (the reason). Student Examples of: Affective Statements I feel good when people appreciate my help because it makes me feel helpful. I feel happy when my classmates listen to me because it actually makes me feel important. I feel awesome when my classmates like me because I know I am not alone. I feel happy when my classmates listen to my perspective because they are listening to my opinion or what I need to say. Restorative Justice practices fosters a positive school environment RJ Foundational values are: Relationships Respect Responsibility Repair Reintegration Restorative Justice Guiding Principles: A way of thinking and responding to conflictit is concerned with making things as right as possible for all involved. It promotes that school communities work cooperatively and constructively with Conflict at the earliest possible time before it escalates. Restorative Questions Restorative Conversations Restorative questions lead to Restorative conversations which take place between a teacher and a student, or an adult staff member and a student, following an incident that caused concern to one or more people. 1. What happened? 2. What were you thinking at the time of the incident? 3. What have you thought about since? 4. Who has been affected by what happened and how? 5. What about this has been the hardest for you? 6. What do you think needs to be done to make things as right as possible? Closing Activity Restorative Justice Goals To understandand develop EMPATHY To encourage accountability and responsibility through personal reflection To create caring climates to support healthy communities