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What is Restorative Practice?

​​We teach you how to deal with conflict in simple, honest, and courageous ways.  You will feel more confident in resolving conflict and enjoy more peaceful relationships with your students, your own children and your colleagues.
This training was brilliant, and even more so for being delivered in your own inimitable style - thank you!  Ricky Massey - Glengormley High School.

How Our Training is Different

Linda Sayers is a story teller.  From her popular blog to her monthly Newsletter she has a reach of thousands of teachers, parents and leaders across the UK, Europe, and more recently further afield.  Her training style is fresh and fun, with theory, principles, and models of restorative practice framed around the stories of her own and others' shared practice over the last 20 years.  In even the most difficult lessons around conflict, harm and the impact on our children, families and communities, Linda will have you laughing and crying in the same breath.      
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​Linda Sayers has over 20 years experience in the fields of Restorative Practices, Criminal Justice, Social Services, and Management and Training.  She has delivered restorative practices training to thousands of teachers, parents and care workers across the UK and Ireland and was published in the "Inspiring Innovation" Canadian Journal of Restorative Practices in 2014 on making restorative practices accessible for children with speech, language and communication needs.

At Sayers Training Services we value training which is accessible, and enables you as the learner to engage wherever and whenever it best suits you through our online training.  We provide an affordable programme with research informed, and thought provoking, quality content, on how restorative practices can impact you, your relationships and your organisation in positive ways.  Of course if you prefer a more personal touch, Linda will deliver interactive workshops to groups of up to 50 participants tailored to your specific learning needs or keynote presentations on restorative practices to larger audiences of up to 250 people incorporating small group discussions and audience interaction.  Where conflict is particularly complex, Linda will work one to one with you to deliver restorative interventions in schools, children's care settings and community groups across Northern Ireland.  You can contact Linda directly to discuss your needs or check out our pricelist below.
What are Restorative Practices?

Restorative practices are an emerging social science that study how to strengthen relationships between individuals as well as how to build social connections within communities and organisations.  Restorative Practices are commonly understood as interventions, based on a specific set of questions, which assist people in conflict with each other to manage and resolve the impact of that conflict.  This conflict can take many forms from rule breaking, to criminal offending, to the break down of work-based or intimate relationships.

Practising restoratively, however, is a way of communicating and behaving with others based on a specific set of values and principles which has benefits of building strong relationships and healthy communication.  It reduces the likelihood of conflict in the first place.  The Practising restoratively skill set, once learned, are transferable across many settings from schools and workplaces, community and voluntary groups, to parenting children and enjoying better personal relationships.

Check out access to our free online training for every school in the UK