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IIRP Graduate School
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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12th World Conference
Bethlehem, PA, USA | October 21-23, 2009

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Schedule

This schedule is subject to change due to presenter cancellations.

Day 1 — Wed, Oct 21

9–10:50 AM — Plenary Sessions

Speakers: Saliyah Cruz, Jennifer Llewellyn
Video: "The Transformation of West Philadelphia High School: A Story of Hope"

11:05–11:55 AM — Breakout Sessions

Getting Adolescence Right: Essential Principles for Effective Communication

Rodney Skager

Team Building in a Restorative Community

Ed Krajewski, Rick Pforter

A Foot in the Door: Filling the Relational Gap in School Discipline

Judy Mullet

UK "National Occupational Standards for Restorative Practices": An Overview of the Recent Revision

Les Davey

Courage to Teach: An Introduction to the Work of Parker Palmer

Dolores McAdams, Judy Rochelle Hoffman

Domestic Violence and Restorative Practices: Doing It in a Different Context

David Mathews

Restorative Practices and Truancy: The Promises and Challenges of Truancy Mediation

Benjamin Cairns

How Personality Type May Affect Outcomes of the Restorative Justice Process

Dawn Gilkes

Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act and Conferencing: A Community-Based Intervention for Youth Who Have Offended

Nadine Wallace, Ian Robertson, Ray Pidzamecky

Can We Make Restorative Responses the Norm and Adversarial Processes the "Alternative"?

Phyllis Turner Lawrence

12–1 PM — Lunch

1:10–2 PM — Breakout Sessions

Modeling, Team Formation and the Restorative Practitioner

Terry O'Connell, Lesley Oliver

Restorative Peacebuilding for Transitions and Beyond

Jennifer Llewellyn

Using Video as a Restorative Practices Tool: Establishing Communication Between Diverse Groups

Timothy Coursen

Integrating Aggression Replacement Training and Restorative Practices

Addie E. Johnson, Janelle Brown, Tristen Lyon

Creating and Maintaining a Restorative Work Environment: Practice What You Preach

Craig Adamson, Mary Lynn LaSalvia-Keyte

Restorative Parenting: Rebuilding Parent-Child Relationships in the Aftermath of Family Violence

David Mathews

The Circle Time Process: Developing an Inclusive Culture in Schools

Atraju s/o Kanan Ramdas, Javen Gwee Chen Meng

Expand Your Strategies: Restorative Justice and the Use, Relevance and Impact of Social Media

Kris Miner

Managing the Politics, Systemic Changes and Challenges in Implementing Restorative Practices in an Inner-City San Diego Community

Gerald Monk

Exploring Restorative Pedagogy

Jennifer Langdon, Marion Cockey

2:15–3:05 PM — Breakout Sessions

Why The Real Justice Script?

Terry O'Connell

Discipline That Restores: Creating Respect, Cooperation and Responsiblity in Classrooms and Schools

Ron Claassen, Roxanne Claassen

A Whole-School Approach to Restorative Justice: Creating Behavioral Change and Community Peace

Paulene Gayle-Betten, Grace A. Kelly

Restorative Circles in Prison: Why to Choose Family Group Decision Making Before Prison Release

Vidia Negrea

Family Group Decision Making with At-Risk Youth

Mary Lynn LaSalvia-Keyte, Elizabeth Ann Smull

Working Restoratively: From Discrete Practice to a Way of Being

Michael Kearns

The Restorative Healing Model: Using Restorative Practices in Treatment

George Carlson

Creating Safe Spaces for Scary Conversations: Restorative Practices as a Cultural Competency Tool

Gola Taraschi

Social Marketing of Restorative Practices

Carol McNally

Aftercare Reintegration in Juvenile Justice: A Pilot Study

Roxanne Atterholt, Frida Rundell

What Does a Restorative Practices Library Look Like?

Margaret Murray

3:20–4:10 PM — Breakout Sessions

Restorative Leadership: Toward a Restorative City

Christopher Straker, Nigel Richardson

Power, Authority and Restorative Practices

John Bailie

End Bullying: A Narrative Approach

Melinda Zipin

Maintaining Accountability and Preventing Exclusion when Dealing with Difficult Situations

Pam Thompson, Mary Jo Hebling

Restorative Practices in Child-Custody Cases Involving Domestic Violence in Liberia

Harriett Nettles

Restored to What? Lessons Learned from Offender Re-Entry

John Gehm

Applying Adaptive Implicit Attitudes for Improving Outcomes in a Restorative Practice Model

Bonnie A. Green, Jyh-Hann Chang

Building Restorative Approaches with Staff

Linda Warren

Ready for Adolescence? How Argumentation Studies Can Help Restorative Practices Mature, Part 1

Jan Peter Dembinski

Re-Authoring a Conversation: A Narrative Approach to Using Circles, Part 1

Frida Rundell

Relationships and Results: How Schools and Families Are Coming Together to Achieve Success

Kevin Beaton, Gregor Rae

4:25–5:15 PM — Breakout Sessions

How Restorative Practices Strengthen Developmental Assets in Youth and Adults

Lee Rush

Organizational Change and Restorative Practices

John Bailie

Restoring Connections Around the End-of-Life Experience: A Breakout Session for the Living

Benjamin Emery, Shana Deane

Restorative Practices with Special Needs Students from Kindergarten to Young Adolescent

Sian Ziesing-Clark

Community Circles: From "Authenticity" to "Zest"

Pamela Anderson, Barbara Blazej

Working with Families in Hull, a Restorative UK City

Joanne Faulkner, Jane Harris, Kay Cawley

Focusing Forward: The Halton Regional Police Service's Youth Justice Program

Danielle Pomeroy, Paul DaRosa

The Guise of Empowering Those We Help: A Case for Expanding Restorative Justice Philosophy

Jon Kidde

Ready for Adolescence? How Argumentation Studies Can Help Restorative Practices Mature, Part 2

Jan Peter Dembinski

Re-Authoring a Conversation: A Narrative Approach to Using Circles, Part 2

Frida Rundell

5:30–7 — Welcome Reception

Day 2 — Thu, Oct 22

9–10:50 AM — Plenary Sessions

Speakers: Howard Zehr, Estelle MacDonald
Video: "An Introduction to Restorative Practices at Endeavour High School"

11:05–11:55 AM — Breakout Sessions

Hull, UK: A Restorative City - In Conversation with the Hull Centre for Restorative Practices

Estelle Macdonald, Mark Finnis

The Pennsylvania Story: Balanced and Restorative Justice and the Next 10 Years

Paul Werrell, Susan Blackburn

Inner-City Violence Interruption Practices and the Restorative Framework: The Journey Continues

John Cutro

Promotion and Use of Restorative Practices in Costa Rica

Alan Miguel Tello

Designing, Marketing and Implementing a School-Based Restorative Justice Program

David T. Deal, Joan Packer

Faith Communities as Hosts of Family Group Decision-Making Conferences

Stan Baker, Mark Vander Vennen

Taking Managerial Advice: Innovation and Restorative Justice

Matthew S. Kuehlhorn

Written Off: Former Juvenile Offenders Challenge Restorative Schools to Reevaluate Their Own Communities

Courtney Vaughn, Kimberly Haney, Joy M. Thomas

An Urban High School's Restorative Peer Justice System Promotes Community and Student Discipline

Roy Karp, Susan Maze-Rothstein

12–1 PM — Lunch

1:10–2 PM — Breakout Sessions

Conferencing with Nonviolent Communication

Duke Duchsherer, Gail Claspell

Marketing 101: Getting Your Message Out

Bob Costello

Restorative Approaches: Promising Practices

Angie Dornai

A Floral Approach to Justice: You Won't Believe It

David Chisling, Philip E. Palmer

The Special Education Student and Restorative Practices

Thomas Simek, David Paul Smola

Creative Family-Based Service Ideas

Frida Rundell

Embracing the Restorative Way: A Journey in Faith Communities Developing Restoring Communities

Bruce Schenk, Mark Vander Vennen

Restorative Practices in Danish Urban Public Schools

Nina Raaschou

Mediation Training for Community Volunteers: Mediation Services, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Maureen Robertson

Is Justifiable Infringement an Oxymoron? Exploring Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Jurisprudence and Alternative Justice

Carol Linnitt

2:15 PM — Breakout Sessions

Restorative Practices for Young People in Ireland: Historical Practices, Present Developments and Future Plans

Finbarr O'Leary

The Challenge of Restorative Practice in Correctional Settings

Terry O'Connell

Working WITH Substance Abuse: Supporting Positive Behavior Change with Restorative Principles

Carolyn Olivett

Team Decision Making in Child Welfare: Philosophy and Policy in California

Ann Reyes Robbins

The Implications of Neuroscience for Restorative Practices

Frida Rundell

Choosing the Restorative Path: Boardwide Implementation in Durham Region, Ontario

Bruce Schenk, Kendra Godin-Svoboda

What Makes Restorative Discipline Restorative? A Dialogue on Underlying Values in Restorative Education

Katherine Evans

Healing Trauma, Resolving Conflict, Ending Violence

Dawn Lehman

3:20–4:10 PM — Breakout Sessions

An Urban School District's Full-Scale Implementation of Restorative Practices: Description and Initial Findings

Bill Sower, Sharalene Charns

When Conflict Resolution Is Not Enough: Strengthening Peacebuilding with Conflict Transformation, Human Security and Restorative Justice

Diana Strock-Lynskey, Kim Vassilatos

Why Is It So Hard to Get Restorative Practice to Stick?

Terry O'Connell, Lyn Doppler

Expanding Restorative Practices in Vermont

Willa Farrell, Mark Scott

Pushing the Boundaries of Practice: Restorative Justice and Crimes of Severe Violence

Pamela Blume Leonard, Elizabeth Beck

Protecting the Rights of the Child: Regulating Restorative Justice and Indigenous Practices in Sudan and East Timor

Cyndi Banks

From "UNO" to Implementation: Starting and Maintaining Restorative Practices in Your School

Rich Hollahan

Restorative Practices in the Workplace: Case Studies and Workshop, Part 1

Les Davey

Community Arts and Restorative Practices: A Documentary Film and Dialogue, Part 1

Cindy Burstein, Tony Heriza, Howard Zehr

4:25–5:15 PM — Breakout Sessions

Toward a Restorative Society: Opportunities in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland

Tim Chapman, Hugh Campbell, Derrick Wilson

Restoring Healthcare: Renewing Trustful Patient-Physician Relationships Through Education and Communication

Mary Ellen Mannix

Restorative Community-Based Programs for At-Risk Youth

Rev Rhodes, Jerry Bradley

Connecting Restorative Justice and Social Work: Building Skills for Dialogue, Peacemaking and Reconciliation

Pamela Blume Leonard, Elizabeth Beck

Themis: An Ancient Healing Myth for Our Times

Pamela Donleavy

Building and Transforming Communities Through Restorative Justice

Artika Tyner

Restorative Practices in the Workplace: Case Studies and Workshop, Part 2

Les Davey

Community Arts and Restorative Practices: A Documentary Film and Dialogue, Part 2

Cindy Burstein, Tony Heriza, Howard Zehr

Day 3 — Fri, Oct 23

9–10:50 AM — Plenary Sessions

Speakers: Wilma Derksen, Frank Früchtel
Video: "Family Voices"

10:45–11:35 AM — Breakout Sessions

Systems and Restorative Practices

Gail Claspell, Duke Duchsherer

The Ongoing Challenge of Introducing Restorative Practice in Canadian and Australian School Systems

Bruce Schenk, Terry O'Connell

Restorative Practices in Schools in Hong Kong/China

Sing Wing (Dennis) Wong, Sindy Sin-Ting Lee, Christy Choi-chun Pau, Ding-Kee Lai

Restoring "Community" in the 21st Century: An Exploration

John Bailie

Toward a Uniform Definition of Family Group Conferencing: Empowering Children and Families in Child Welfare and Delinquency Proceedings

Ann Reyes Robbins

Training Is Not Enough: Coaching and Modeling to Help Educators Integrate Restorative Practices

Amos Clifford

The Myth of Moral Justice: What Restorative Justice Can Teach the Justice System About Justice

Roslyn Myers

11:50–1:30 PM — Closing Session & Lunch