Restorative Practices are a framework for building community and for responding to challenging behavior through authentic dialogue, coming to understanding and making things right.  

• A Framework for Effective School Discipline
• Teaching Restorative Practices with Classroom Circles
• Affective Statements: Restorative Questions and Reflections

Social-emotional learning includes competencies like self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, collaboration, empathy, relationship skills and responsible decision-making. The elements of social-emotional learning give children the tools to become resilient and persistent in life.

• Ohio Department of Education - Social Emotional Learning
• Early Learning and Development Standards
• Teaching Social-Emotional Competencies within a PBIS Framework
• Ohio Learning Community: Unpacking Social Emotional Standards (Asynchronous FREE Modules)