Restorative Practices
1 -- General Introductory Information.
A few remarks about Restorative Practices (RP) and affect script psychology as it is applied in many international settings today.
2 -- Relevant Books, Literature and other Links.
For those who want to read more or see video presentations.
3 -- RP Practitioners and Related Organizations.
For those seeking professional help or further education with issues including bullying, matters related to criminal justice, crises in school settings, or trouble in the workplace.
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Brief Introduction to Restorative Practices:
The exciting and ever-growing world of Restorative Practices (including Restorative Justice, Conflict Transformation, etc.) offers a rich opportunity to see ASP in vivo! Restorative Practices are being used effectively in criminal justice, schools, workplace, and many other areas where conflicts and crimes occur and need to be managed effectively and creatively. The framework of Restorative Practices places focus on repairing the harm done to relationships (healing and learning), in contrast to assigning blame and delivering punishment.
Affect Theory has played an important role in the field of Restorative Practices, expanding our understanding of why these approaches and interventions are as powerful and effective as they are. ASP provides explanations beyond a criminal justice perspective to a biological perspective of what truly motivates human beings and how can we maximize the potential for authentic transformation of individuals and groups.
Several Tomkins Institute members (David Moore, Don Nathanson, Lauren Abramson, Vick Kelly, Marg Thorsborne, Sue Deppe) and others have written extensively about how knowledge of the motivational primacy of affect can support the work of RP practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and participants alike.
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Links to Restorative Practitioners and Training:
The Community Conferencing Center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, was founded by Tomkins Institute member Lauren Abramson. It provides training in Restorative Practices that interweaves Affect Script Psychology into principles and practice of Community Conferencing and Dialogue Circles.
www.circlespeak.com.au
-- Peta Blood is a Tomkins Institute member and lecturer who founded
Circle Speak in 2000. Her organisation provides facilitation, training
and consultancy in restorative practices in Australia and the Asia
Pacific region. The Circle Speak website contains many links to RP practitioners in Australia and other parts of the world as well as additional education information.
www.restorativepractices.org -- The International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) or RealJustice is an international movement leading to a new appreciation of the importance of both the victim and his or her community in any crime.
www.restorativepracticesinternational.org -- Founded by Tomkins Institute members Peta Blood and Marg Thorsborne, Restorative Practices International (RPI) is a professional member association to support the development of restorative justice in schools, prisons, organisations, families and communities. Developed by practitioners for practitioners, RPI is about connecting practitioners from around the globe and creating opportunities to share and learn from one another.
www.thorsborne.com.au -- Marg Thorsborne is an Tomkins Institute member and lecturer whose international work using Restorative Justice techniques in schools and businesses is becoming increasingly well known for its remarkable effectiveness.
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We offer you the following sampling in hopes that you will be inspired to learn more about how ASP and RP work and play together.
1--Abramson, L. (1998). Keeping it restorative: Focusing on all emotions and not just shame. Correctional Psychologist, 30 (2,3) 1-4.
2--Abramson, L & Moore DB (2001). Transforming conflict in the inner city: Community Conferencing in Baltimore. Contemporary Justice Review, 4(3-4), 321-340.3--Abramson, L. & Moore, D (2002). The Psychology of Community Conferencing. In: (J. Perry, Ed.) Restorative Justice: Repairing Communities through Restorative Justice. American Correctional Association, 123-140.
4--Abramson, L. and Beck, E (2010). Building Community though Collaborative Conflict Transformation: Community Conferencing. In: (E. Beck, Ed.)
Social Work and Restorative Justice: Skills for Dialogue, Peacemaking, and Reconciliation
Link for book on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Social-Work-Restorative-Justice-Reconciliation/dp/019539464X
Link for book on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Repairing-Communities-Through-Restorative-Justice/dp/1569911525
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