Restorative practice is more than circles and scripts. Effective conferencing depends on preparation, readiness, and the ability to hold accountability without escalating harm.
This two-day intensive is designed for professionals working with youth who want practical, structured skills for restorative conferencing. Grounded in Regional Red Deer Restorative Justice’s real-world diversion and community practice, it focuses on applied facilitator competence, not theory alone.
Each day runs 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, in person.
What you will develop
Participants will build skills in conducting structured preparation interviews, assessing readiness and voluntary participation, navigating shame, minimization, and defensive responses, managing power dynamics and complex harm, facilitating youth restorative conferences with clarity and containment, building meaningful and measurable repair agreements, and implementing restorative processes within organizational systems.
Strong emphasis is placed on interviewing and readiness, the foundation of safe and effective conferencing. Participants engage in live demonstrations, structured simulations, and guided practice throughout both days.
Who should attend
This training is built for restorative justice facilitators, youth justice and diversion workers, community agency professionals, school-based support staff, youth-serving program coordinators, and anyone responsible for facilitating restorative conversations with young people.
What participants receive
Structured readiness and interview tools, agreement-building templates, an implementation planning framework, and a certificate of completion for 12 instructional hours.
This is not introductory restorative practice theory. It is applied, youth-focused facilitator development grounded in real-world practice.
To register: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/facilitating-youth-restorative-conferences-applied-skills-training
