Yesterday marked the 1-year anniversary of the publication date for my book, Building a Trauma-informed Restorative School: Skills and Approaches to Improving Culture and Behavior. What a year this has been. The book has done better than expected both by… Read More »Celebrating 1 Year
I have seen dozens of versions of this “things I can/can’t control” graphic and they have never sat well with me as a trauma survivor, trainer, or student of trauma-informed work. While the items listed as “I can’t control” work… Read More »Rethinking the “Control” Graphics
Joe Brummer Consulting, LLC in partnership with Middletown Youth Services, the Greater Middletown Community Collaborative, and the Middletown Racial Justice Coalition will be bringing the documentary film “Circles” to CT on August 23, 2018. We will be screening the film… Read More »Restorative Justice Documentary Film Screening in CT: Circles
Accountability Without Punishment
Each year I listen to my friends, family, and co-workers make their New Year’s resolutions. As I listen to their intentions to loose weight, get organized, start to meditate, or get healthy, I hear how motivated they are to accomplish… Read More »What Our New Year’s Resolutions Can Teach Us About Kids?
This poster is designed to print 18 inches by 24 inches. Please feel free to use it and share it. I only ask that you keep the copyright information and website information at the bottom of the poster. Thank you.… Read More »Free Resource: Poster on Honest Expression
Everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon when the newest, greatest, and latest fad comes rolling along. Restorative Justice or restorative practices as it is sometimes called takes no exception but one, this isn’t another educational fad. Educators are obsessed… Read More »5 Reasons Implementation of Restorative Practices Fails in Schools
Brennan Rogers School in New Haven talks about restorative justice and peer mediation. This has been Joe’s pet project for the past 2 years.
By now, you have seen the video of the 15 year black teenager being ripped from her desk by a school police officer. The story is multi-layered and I am hoping it becomes a talking point for us to create… Read More »What Can We Learn about Restorative Justice from Spring Valley High School
I am sure by now you have read, seen, or caught wind of the stories about 19 year old Luke Gatti who threw a temper tantrum while intoxicated at UCONN. He is accused of assaulting food service employees who would… Read More »America’s Compassion Problem & The Need for Restorative Justice