One year ago, Pittsburgh schools committed to relationships over punishment

Donielle Prince 5/27/162:54 PM

The headline: Pittsburgh to transform climate in 23 schools

That alone is an impressive statement to read! We may be approaching a cultural shift in the way schools think about their responsibility to build healing relationships for the children and adults in their buildings.

A Department of Justice grant is supporting their efforts.

"On April 22 Pittsburgh Public Schools officials announced their plan to implement the IIRP’s SaferSanerSchools Whole-School Change program in 23 schools...

We saw from going to an IIRP training last year that restorative practices are really focused on building relationships and students feeling part of the culture and also on doing work with not to them.

This really resonated with us, as did the research in decreased suspension and improvements in school culture and climate. It’s fundamental for students to be in a place where they can learn and thrive, particularly for students who’ve been marginalized".

Read more here:

http://restorativeworks.net/20...imate-in-23-schools/

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Jane StevensPublisher, ACEsTooHigh; founder, PACEs Connection

Thanks for posting this, Donielle. Restorative practices are great, and have an even greater impact if the entire school -- teachers, principal, counselors, staff -- have a grounding in ACEs science. When teachers, staff, principals understand their own childhood trauma, their own vicarious trauma and how school policies further traumatize already traumatized kids, and then make changes to a resilience-building approach, then they can integrate restorative practices into a solid system-wide solution-oriented framework.

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