Behavior & Classroom Management
Restorative Conversation Scripts — What to Actually Say
Restorative conversation scripts for the 5 most common scenarios: low-level disruption, friendship rupture, after-incident reset, chronic refuser, and child-and-parent reset. With actual words to say.
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Page count: 9. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Hold restorative conversations confidently using research-backed structures and language that repairs relationships rather than damaging them.
About this resource
- Subject: Behavior & Classroom Management
- Type: Fact File
- Grade levels: Grade 1 (ages 6-7, ≈ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6), Grade 6 (ages 11-12, ≈ Year 7)
- Pages: 9
- Date added: 2026-10-05
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Practitioner books on restorative practice
If you want to go deeper than scripts, these are the foundational texts.
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When the Adults Change, Everything Changes — Paul Dix
UK gold standard; readable, transformative -
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Restorative Practice and Special Needs — Mark Finnis
How restorative work fits with SEND -
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Classroom Behaviour — Bill Rogers
Comprehensive behavior management text -
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Just Schools: A Whole School Approach to Restorative Justice — Belinda Hopkins
School-wide implementation -
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The Explosive Child — Ross Greene
For children whose behavior is rooted in skill deficits, not defiance
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