This is Us Portland. A Community Talk on Restorative Practices

95 High St,Portland CT 06480

16 February, 2022

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Join Youth & Family Services for A Community Talk on Restorative Practices with some great guest speakers. Join Portland Youth & Family Services for “This is Us Portland: A Community Talk on Restorative Practices” on February 16, 2022 at 6pm in the PHS Library or on Zoom. Our speakers: Joe Brummer, Trainer, Author, Consultant; Justin Carbonella, Middletown Youth Services Coordinator; and Peter Kisela, West Hartford Police, talk about the concepts of restorative practices. Teen behavior can be challenging as they navigate their new-found independence. Restorative practices are a way to work to on relationships that may have been damaged – with people and communities – and can be an alternative to traditional punishment at home, in schools, and in society as a whole. Our speakers will talk about the origins and research based in the neurosequential model, punishment, stress, and trauma, and talk about its use in a variety of settings, including: policing, schools, juvenile review boards, and at home. We hope you take home some insight into youth thinking and some techniques to try. A part of Youth & Family Services is the Restorative Justice Team, also known as the Juvenile Review Board. The Restorative Justice Team uses a restorative approach with youth who have gotten in trouble; either as diversion from arrest, or as a preventative intervention. For more information, please contact Jesse at (860) 342-6758. Zoom meeting information is as follows: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82834356630?pwd=TGo0N0pGOE0xejdGTkpabkErOFhkZz09 Meeting ID: 828 3435 6630 Passcode: YSB