{"id":110,"date":"2011-02-01T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2011-02-01T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T18:08:04","slug":"3-day-training-on-restorative-justice-solution-focused-reentry-transition-planning-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"3-day Training on Restorative Justice &#038; Solution-Focused Reentry &#038; Transition Planning Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 16 &#8211; 18, 2011, Rochester, New York, Lorenn Walker &amp; Rebecca Greening, will provide a comprehensive training on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/uscourts\/FederalCourts\/PPS\/Fedprob\/2010-06\/06_restorative_circles.html\">innovative reentry and transition planning circle process <\/a>developed in Hawai&#8217;i for imprisoned people and their loved ones. Also discussed on the VERA Institute of Justice website:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vera.org\/node\/4629\"> http:\/\/www.vera.org\/node\/4629<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style5\">Reentry &amp; Transition Planning Circles are based on the principles and practices of   restorative justice (RJ) and solution-focused brief therapy (SF) approaches. The Circles can be used   for people leaving any sort of confinement, including residential drug treatment programs. This   experiential training will prepare reentry case managers, facilitators\u2014and anyone interested in assisting others with change\u2014to lead or support Transition Planning Circles, including Family and   Modified Circles.<\/p>\n<p>Family Circles are three-hour, group   planning sessions for incarcerated people   and their families, other inmates and prison staff or case managers.   Modified Circles are held when<br \/>\ninmates want to participate but their   families cannot join in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style5\">Learn How To:<br \/>\n\u2022 identify people\u2019s strengths<br \/>\n\u2022 use RJ &amp; SF to promote protective factors for resiliency<br \/>\n\u2022 ask restorative questions to promote reconciliation<br \/>\n\u2022 assist people in identifying their preferred futures<br \/>\n\u2022 listen mindfully and compassionately to troubled people<br \/>\n\u2022 initiate solution-building and respond positively to problem-talk<br \/>\n\u2022 deliver positive feedback and suggest homework for people to practice SF thinking<br \/>\n\u2022 interview people and their selected loved ones and other supporters<br \/>\n\u2022 facilitate and record Circles<br \/>\n\u2022 convene, deliver and prepare Circle Summary transition plans<\/p>\n<p class=\"style5\">Register for the training by visiting: http:\/\/www.pirirochester.org\/ or email lorenn@hawaii.rr.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 16 &#8211; 18, 2011, Rochester, New York, Lorenn Walker &amp; Rebecca Greening, will provide a comprehensive training on the innovative reentry and transition planning circle process developed in Hawai&#8217;i for imprisoned people and their loved ones. Also discussed on the VERA Institute of Justice website: http:\/\/www.vera.org\/node\/4629 Reentry &amp; Transition Planning Circles are based on the principles and practices of restorative justice (RJ) and solution-focused brief therapy (SF) approaches. The Circles can be used for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17,31,6,15],"tags":[66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lorennwalker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}