Restorative questions

One way restorative practices is set apart from punitive approaches is the questions asked after someone has harmed someone else or a community.  In restorative practices, we ask questions such as:

• What happened?

• Who was harmed or affected and how?

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• What are your/their needs?

• What were you thinking at the time?

• What have you thought about since?

• What would you like to happen next?

• What feelings and needs are still with you?

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• What needs to happen to make things as right as possible?