Restorative Teaching - THIS IS WHAT WE DO AT MY PROGRAM!

This is our basic approach, we rarely suspend.  We try to talk them through the upset and get them back in class after dealing with the root issue.  The root issue can be significant.  It pleased me to read about this because I constantly deal with the principal, teachers and parents in similar situations.

http://www.alternet.org/education/why-do-kids-act-out-oakland-classrooms-try-healing-instead-punishment?akid=11528.294211.rJZxkY&rd=1&src=newsletter961194&t=22