Spread over five weeks, and open to both primary and post-primary teachers and SNA's, this course will help you to gain an understanding in the philosophy and practice of Restorative Practices (RP).

Topics covered include:

• Origins of restorative practice (and how it differs from restorative justice)
• Core values and principals
• 'Circle' practice for your classroom
• Why it's a successful alternative to just punishment
• Restorative language and questions
• Awareness of Shame and how to respond
• Trauma-informed and mindfulness approaches
• Relationship building
• Conflict resolution
• How to apply it in your own life as well as in your teaching
• Look at the future and how to further develop RP after the course
• (And have some fun along the way)

Joe Power is the Restorative Practices Development Officer for Limerick and is an accredited RP trainer. He has worked in the area full-time for the last three years. He has experience delivering training in both primary and secondary school settings and has demonstrated restorative circle practice within classes in both. He has also delivered training to pre-school and third level settings, as well as to youth services and residential care centres (he previously worked 18 years in that field). He has previously worked for Le Cheile Restorative Justice program in Limerick with young offenders, and also employs the principles and practices with his own children and his own life on a daily basis. He has written extensively about restorative practice, it's implementation and the barriers that sometimes exist in his website blog and has delivered both RP training and webinars through a number of Education Centres in the past".