Ages 5-11 · Book 1, Accountability · 4,299 places
Restorative Practices
Circles work when children can name what happened before they are asked to repair it. This builds the naming first.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Red Block — “Big feelings. Small choices. Real accountability.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Read the story and stop at the moment the feeling takes over
- Session 2
Name that feeling out loud, in the child's own word for it
- Session 3
Find the exact second Ellis Abel chooses instead of reacts
- Session 4
Each child names one thing that is theirs to own this week
- Session 5
Build the small routine, then use it the next time it is hard
Questions leaders ask
Is restorative practices in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is accountability — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 5-11. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
How long does a session take in a your area classroom?
Twenty to thirty minutes, structured as read-aloud, small group, and one step each child names out loud before they leave the room.
Does this need a specialist to deliver?
No. It is written for the classroom teacher, the counselor, or whoever has the room that period. The leader script carries the questions and the follow-ups.
The rules that make it work
This is a character story, not a behaviour plan
Ellis Abel is a core-values series. No child is assessed, scored, diagnosed or labelled anywhere in it. It gives a room shared language, and it stops there.
Big feelings are not misbehaviour
A four-year-old at full volume is not defying anyone. Treating the feeling as an offence teaches a child to hide it, which is the opposite of the skill.
Name first, always
Every attempt to fix a feeling before naming it fails, and it fails loudly. The order in the book is the order in the room.
Ownership is small and specific
"Be responsible" means nothing at four. One job, done alone, every day, means everything, and it generalises on its own.
Adults go first
The adult naming their own feeling out loud in front of the child does more work than any session. Children copy what they see under pressure.
Routines beat reminders
A routine a child can recite is theirs. A reminder an adult repeats is the adult's, and it has to be repeated forever.
Restorative Practices by metro area
Northeast
- Restorative Practices — New York, NY
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- Restorative Practices — Providence, RI
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- Restorative Practices — Worcester, MA
- Restorative Practices — Allentown, PA
- Restorative Practices — Poughkeepsie metro area, NY
- Restorative Practices — Syracuse, NY
- Restorative Practices — Harrisburg, PA
- Restorative Practices — New Haven, CT
- Restorative Practices — Portland, ME
- Restorative Practices — Scranton, PA
- Restorative Practices — Lancaster, PA
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- Restorative Practices — Waterbury, CT
- Restorative Practices — Reading, PA
- Restorative Practices — Manchester, NH
- Restorative Practices — Trenton, NJ
- Restorative Practices — Atlantic City, NJ
- Restorative Practices — Utica, NY
- Restorative Practices — Norwich, CT
- Restorative Practices — Erie, PA
- Restorative Practices — Binghamton, NY
- Restorative Practices — Barnstable, MA
- Restorative Practices — Burlington, VT
- Restorative Practices — Kingston, NY
- Restorative Practices — Amherst, MA
- Restorative Practices — Chambersburg, PA
- Restorative Practices — Bangor, ME
- Restorative Practices — State College, PA
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- Restorative Practices — Lebanon, PA
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Midwest
- Restorative Practices — Chicago, IL
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- Restorative Practices — Evansville, IN
- Restorative Practices — Fargo, ND
- Restorative Practices — Kalamazoo, MI
- Restorative Practices — Appleton, WI
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- Restorative Practices — Rochester, MN
- Restorative Practices — Lafayette, IN
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- Restorative Practices — Elkhart, IN
- Restorative Practices — Springfield, IL
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- Restorative Practices — Racine, WI
- Restorative Practices — Saginaw, MI
- Restorative Practices — Iowa City, IA
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- Restorative Practices — Bloomington, IL
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- Restorative Practices — Terre Haute, IN
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- Restorative Practices — Janesville, WI
- Restorative Practices — Bloomington, IN
- Restorative Practices — Jackson, MI
- Restorative Practices — Traverse City, MI
- Restorative Practices — Rapid City, SD
- Restorative Practices — Monroe, MI
- Restorative Practices — Jefferson City, MO
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- Restorative Practices — Sioux City, IA
- Restorative Practices — Bismarck, ND
- Restorative Practices — Wausau, WI
- Restorative Practices — Manhattan, KS
- Restorative Practices — Springfield, OH
- Restorative Practices — Battle Creek, MI
- Restorative Practices — Ames, IA
- Restorative Practices — Mansfield, OH
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- Restorative Practices — St. Joseph, MO
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- Restorative Practices — Muncie, IN
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- Restorative Practices — Grand Forks, ND
- Restorative Practices — Mankato, MN
- Restorative Practices — Fond du Lac, WI
- Restorative Practices — Bay City, MI
- Restorative Practices — Lima, OH
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- Restorative Practices — Decatur, IL
- Restorative Practices — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Restorative Practices — Columbus, IN
- Restorative Practices — Kokomo, IN
- Restorative Practices — Midland, MI
- Restorative Practices — Grand Island, NE
- Restorative Practices — Minot, ND
South
- Restorative Practices — Dallas, TX
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- Restorative Practices — Atlanta, GA
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- Restorative Practices — Oklahoma City, OK
- Restorative Practices — Louisville, KY
- Restorative Practices — Richmond, VA
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- Restorative Practices — Birmingham, AL
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- Restorative Practices — Greenville, SC
- Restorative Practices — New Orleans, LA
- Restorative Practices — Knoxville, TN
- Restorative Practices — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Restorative Practices — McAllen, TX
- Restorative Practices — Charleston, SC
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- Restorative Practices — Greensboro, NC
- Restorative Practices — Little Rock, AR
- Restorative Practices — Deltona, FL
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- Restorative Practices — Augusta, GA
- Restorative Practices — Durham, NC
- Restorative Practices — Fayetteville, AR
- Restorative Practices — Jackson, MS
- Restorative Practices — Chattanooga, TN
- Restorative Practices — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Restorative Practices — Huntsville, AL
- Restorative Practices — Pensacola, FL
- Restorative Practices — Lexington, KY
- Restorative Practices — Killeen, TX
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- Restorative Practices — Savannah, GA
- Restorative Practices — Brownsville, TX
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- Restorative Practices — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Restorative Practices — Lafayette, LA
- Restorative Practices — Asheville, NC
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- Restorative Practices — Beaumont, TX
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- Restorative Practices — Fayetteville, NC
- Restorative Practices — Montgomery, AL
- Restorative Practices — Shreveport, LA
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- Restorative Practices — Lubbock, TX
- Restorative Practices — Huntington, WV
- Restorative Practices — Gainesville, FL
- Restorative Practices — Clarksville, TN
- Restorative Practices — Columbus, GA
- Restorative Practices — Roanoke, VA
- Restorative Practices — Hagerstown, MD
- Restorative Practices — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Restorative Practices — Kingsport, TN
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- Restorative Practices — Slidell, LA
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- Restorative Practices — Lynchburg, VA
- Restorative Practices — Daphne, AL
- Restorative Practices — Tyler, TX
- Restorative Practices — Lake Charles, LA
- Restorative Practices — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Restorative Practices — Macon, GA
- Restorative Practices — Fort Smith, AR
- Restorative Practices — Panama City, FL
- Restorative Practices — Charlottesville, VA
- Restorative Practices — Gainesville, GA
- Restorative Practices — Athens, GA
- Restorative Practices — Monroe, LA
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- Restorative Practices — Jacksonville, NC
- Restorative Practices — Johnson City, TN
- Restorative Practices — Lexington Park, MD
- Restorative Practices — Warner Robins, GA
- Restorative Practices — Auburn, AL
- Restorative Practices — Florence, SC
- Restorative Practices — Charleston, WV
- Restorative Practices — Houma, LA
- Restorative Practices — Bowling Green, KY
- Restorative Practices — Dover, DE
- Restorative Practices — Midland, TX
- Restorative Practices — Burlington, NC
- Restorative Practices — Abilene, TX
- Restorative Practices — Jackson, TN
- Restorative Practices — Greenville, NC
- Restorative Practices — Blacksburg, VA
- Restorative Practices — Odessa, TX
- Restorative Practices — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Restorative Practices — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Restorative Practices — Decatur, AL
- Restorative Practices — Hattiesburg, MS
- Restorative Practices — The Villages metro area, FL
- Restorative Practices — Florence, AL
- Restorative Practices — Dothan, AL
- Restorative Practices — Sherman, TX
- Restorative Practices — Valdosta, GA
- Restorative Practices — Winchester, VA
- Restorative Practices — Wichita Falls, TX
- Restorative Practices — Rocky Mount, NC
- Restorative Practices — Alexandria, LA
- Restorative Practices — Dalton, GA
- Restorative Practices — Texarkana, TX
- Restorative Practices — Albany, GA
- Restorative Practices — Morgantown, WV
- Restorative Practices — Hammond, LA
- Restorative Practices — Harrisonburg, VA
- Restorative Practices — Jonesboro, AR
- Restorative Practices — Wheeling, WV
- Restorative Practices — Cleveland, TN
- Restorative Practices — Salisbury, MD
- Restorative Practices — Staunton, VA
- Restorative Practices — Morristown, TN
- Restorative Practices — Elizabethtown, KY
- Restorative Practices — Lawton, OK
- Restorative Practices — Goldsboro, NC
- Restorative Practices — San Angelo, TX
- Restorative Practices — Brunswick, GA
- Restorative Practices — Anniston, AL
- Restorative Practices — Owensboro, KY
- Restorative Practices — Steubenville, WV
- Restorative Practices — Sebring, FL
- Restorative Practices — Pinehurst, NC
- Restorative Practices — Beckley, WV
- Restorative Practices — Sumter, SC
- Restorative Practices — Gadsden, AL
- Restorative Practices — Paducah, KY
- Restorative Practices — Rome, GA
- Restorative Practices — Victoria, TX
- Restorative Practices — Hot Springs, AR
- Restorative Practices — Hinesville, GA
- Restorative Practices — Parkersburg, WV
- Restorative Practices — Enid, OK
- Restorative Practices — Eagle Pass, TX
West
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- Restorative Practices — Eugene, OR
- Restorative Practices — Greeley, CO
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- Restorative Practices — Boulder, CO
- Restorative Practices — Kennewick, WA
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- Restorative Practices — Lewiston, ID
- Restorative Practices — Walla Walla, WA
- Restorative Practices — Carson City, NV
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