RCT of the Restorative Practices Intervention

"RPI has the 3 core components of an optimal comprehensive positive youth development intervention:~(1) sustained relationships with adults-RPI creates positive and sustained adult-youth relationships through teacher-student dialogue that occurs in circles; (2) skills building-RPI uses teachers and other school staff to coach students on 7 of the 11 essential practices; and (3) application of skills building-As students develop proficiency in the 7 essential practices they are coached to perform, school staff transfer responsibility for running the circles over to students. Restorative conferences for serious and or chronic behavior problems are the only circles that teachers continue to facilitate. Quasi-experimental studies have shown that schools implementing RPI have reductions in disciplinary referrals and school suspension."