Becoming a Trauma-Informed Restorative Educator (The Mint House)

Joe Brummer and Margaret Thorsborne discussed highlights from their book 'Becoming a Trauma-Informed Restorative Educator', including insights from neuroscience and how this can impact our approach to relationships and behaviour in the classroom and wider school environment.

Recording of the online event 'Becoming a Trauma-Informed Restorative Educator' hosted by The Mint House on 7 May 2025.

Marg and Joe's book: https://uk.jkp.com/products/becoming-...

Joe Brummer has been dedicated to the field of Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices/Justice since for over 17 years during which time he has facilitated hundreds of circles, mediations, and community conferences and has trained thousands of individuals including educators, parents, workplace professionals, diversion staff and volunteers, and community members. Joe is a member of the adjunct faculty at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, where he teaches the course ‘Peacebuilding Skills: Dialogue, Trauma & Restorative Justice’.

Marg Thorsborne is an author, trainer and facilitator of Restorative Practice with a background in education and counselling. She was a pioneer of Restorative Practice in schools in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK through the 90s and early 2000s and has since trained restorative practitioners and change makers in education, workplaces, community, police and justice sectors across the world. She is still involved in this work in schools, particularly around whole school implementation of trauma­-informed, relational approaches and culture. 

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