Interested in the fast growing field of Restorative Justice? Join Phoenix Strategies in Denver or Colorado Springs for our interactive and comprehensive 3-day course!
“The role playing and watching Jan and Monica model how they would word questions or comments really helped. Also, the videos were well-chosen and very instructive. This was also very healing to me and I am deeply grateful for the caring listening and framing my concern to nudge me to my next step in addressing conflict.” Debra Lacey, Behavior Interventionist (5/18)
“Amazing training…I gained both personal and business perspectives…used all 5 learning techniques that helped me to take in all the information.” Margaret Aranda, Juvenile Assessor (5/18)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Gain insight into personal perspectives of victims and offenders
- Be familiar with the historical movement of Restorative Justice
- Understand victim rights
- Learn differences between the traditional legal process and restorative justice philosophies
- Realize the benefits for victims, offenders and the community
- Differentiate between guilt and shame
- Experience various restorative justice practices
- Identify case sources
- Learn case management
- Know critical indicators for determining appropriateness for conferencing
- Experience one-on-one sessions with victims and offenders through role-play
- Experience facilitating the conferencing process
- Use strategies and interventions to support appreciation and accountability
- Discuss common ethical dilemmas and approaches
Prerequisite: 40-hour Basic Mediation course from PSI or any other training organization. A waiver of prerequisite is available for qualifying candidates. Please see the “Waiver of Prerequisite Request” form in the PSI Course Catalog (linked below) or contact PSI at 719-266-8181 for additional details.
24 classroom hours / 3-days
Please see the event calendar for upcoming dates.
Please see the PSI course catalog for full course and program details, including entrance requirements, enrollment agreement, tuition & course fees, maximum class size, and more. For course registration & tuition payment details, please visit our Registration & Payment page.
As always, if you have any questions, we invite you to contact us.