Training Opportunities
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Research demonstrates that providing youth greater voice and leadership in the programs that serve them has many benefits: their participation grows, as does their engagement, interest, and investment. A greater leadership role provides new opportunities to develop 21st century skills like problem-solving, collaboration, communication & critical thinking.
As a result of the 2-day training participants will be able to:
Identify meaningful roles youth can play in programs
Learn the components and stages of Neutral Zone’s Teen Advisory Council
Examine participatory research processes as a way to engage youth
Learn and use planning strategies that can be applied to involving students in project
Understand the components of youth-adult partnerships (YAP) and how to support YAP
Learn the components of intrinsic motivation and how to support the developmental needs of young people.
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Neutral Zone offers a 2-day Introduction course and a 3-day Train-the-Trainer.
The Introduction to Restorative Practices and Circles provides the theoretical grounding for RP, applied strategies and practices to effectively implement RP, as well as an introduction to the history of RP, as it relates to indigenous and native peoples. Workshops in this series are designed to be active, engaging and focused on applying practical strategies necessary to implement RP in classrooms, schools, and youth organizations that are rooted in sound theoretical principles.
Train the Trainer (ToT) course for Restorative Practices exclusively for school and youth program staff who have completed the 2-Day Intro Restorative Practices workshop. The ToT aims to prepare participants to lead the Intro to RP & Circles training to colleagues and youth alike. The training is organized around the following themes:
How to be an Effective and Self Aware Trainer
Facilitation and the Restorative Practices Content
Training Others in the RP Content
Learn more about Neutral Zone’s Restorative Practices and Circles training at Eastern Michigan University.
Upcoming Training Opportunities
Get Restorative!
Restorative practices include strategies to help foster positive relationships, build community and give youth voice. Restorative practices (RP) builds social capital and achieves social discipline through participatory learning and decision-making. RP repairs harm when relationships have been damaged and can reduce violence and bullying.
Register in april for any of our summer trainings & save!
Use discount code RESTOREAPRIL at checkout.
Registration is managed by our partners at Engage@EMU Professional Programs &Training.
Our 2-Day Introduction to Restorative Practices & Circles provides attendees the opportunity to engage in the theoretical foundations of restorative practices and prepares them to implement both proactive and reactive strategies in the classroom and school. Anyone working in a school building or school district (classroom teachers, administrators, behavioral interventionists, social workers, etc.) can enroll.
For those trying to build systems capacity, we offer a 3-Day Train-the-Trainer, which provides participants the professional skills necessary to train others in restorative practices, using the curriculum and materials of our 2-day introductory training. Participants engage in learning facilitation strategies and frameworks with a specific focus on planning and delivery of an active, participatory workshop in Restorative Practices. Participants must complete the 2-day Introductory training prior to the TOT.
To implement lasting change in your school or district, Neutral Zone has crafted a 3-5 year Restorative Practices Transformation Model. Our model builds internal capacity through the development and support of Building Implementation Teams; groups of people representing various school roles, who implement, sustain, and scale-up proactive and reactive use of Restorative Practices.
If you are looking to book Neutral Zone for the training services listed, or are seeking tailored training to support building or district RP Transformation, complete the form below.