Restorative Justice and Conflict Mediation

We are particularly committed to restorative approaches to teaching, discipline, and justice rooted in comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and conflict resolution skill development across school communities. With over 25 years’ experience, we are convinced that shifting norms around conflict and violence require a critical mass of shared language, knowledge, skills, practice, policy, and spontaneous role modeling by school leaders – adults and youth.

JHS Peterborough, through the RJCM program, provides a series of workshops and trainings in local schools:

Nonviolent Communication Workshops

Focused on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and building skills around effective conflict resolution, empathic listening, self-empathy, and generating mutually respectful strategies to meet needs (vs strategies at the expense of others). This process gives students and teachers language to engage restorative principles in routine day-to-day situations.

Sidewalk Talk: Peer-Listener Training & Pop-up Listening Stations

Students are empowered to discover the art of connection and the gift of listening. These are foundational skills for peer-mediators. Listening stations are a great opportunity for students to practice important professional skills and try out offering a peer-to-peer service in their school before taking on peer mediation training.

Peer Conflict Coach & Peer Mediator Training

This training equips participants with empathic listening skills and ways to address questions about mutual respect, trust, understanding, information gaps, needs, and concerns in a conflict. Conflict Coaching and Mediation empower people to clearly express their perspective and respectfully recognize other perspectives.

For more information, please contact Sam Fillion, Manager of Youth and Community Services, at sfillion@jhsptbo.com .