Yesterday marked the 1-year anniversary of the publication date for my book, Building a Trauma-informed Restorative School: Skills and Approaches to Improving Culture and Behavior. What a year this has been. The book has done better than expected both by…

I have seen dozens of versions of this “things I can/can’t control” graphic and they have never sat well with me as a trauma survivor, trainer, or student of trauma-informed work. While the items listed as “I can’t control” work…

Joe Brummer Consulting, LLC in partnership with Middletown Youth Services, the Greater Middletown Community Collaborative, and the Middletown Racial Justice Coalition will be bringing the documentary film “Circles” to CT on August 23, 2018. We will be screening the film…

Each year I listen to my friends, family, and co-workers make their New Year’s resolutions. As I listen to their intentions to loose weight, get organized, start to meditate, or get healthy, I hear how motivated they are to accomplish…

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Everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon when the newest, greatest, and latest fad comes rolling along. Restorative Justice or restorative practices as it is sometimes called takes no exception but one, this isn’t another educational fad. Educators are obsessed…

Brennan Rogers School in New Haven talks about restorative justice and peer mediation. This has been Joe’s pet project for the past 2 years.

By now, you have seen the video of the 15 year black teenager being ripped from her desk by a school police officer. The story is multi-layered and I am hoping it becomes a talking point for us to create…

From doing work around parents, educators, and even supervisors in the workplace, it is realized quickly that many people still see discipline as something you do to people rather than something that is cultivated. This distinction is so important to…

Circles are an important part of restorative practices. They are used in prosocial ways to build a learning community. They can be used as an academic tool to help deliver and process curriculum and content. They are also used in…

Restorative Discipline Should Be Common Practice to Lower Student and Teacher Dropout Rate

Check out the newest Trauma Matters Newsletter which has an article I co-authored with my good friend, Aili Arisco on Exposure to Violence in the Media and how it affects our ability to empathize.

If you are working to implement restorative practices in your school or youth focused organization, one of the many informal practices you may have learned is using “affective statements.” I agree that affective statements can be a powerful way of…

When Traditional Discipline in School Doesn’t Work, Restorative Justice Can

Love this video. Please watch.

Each year businesses and organizations lose millions of dollars due to unresolved workplace conflict. On the other hand, those businesses that have positive action plans to handle conflict such as peer mediation or conflict coaches report much lower turnover, better…

Contains an interview with Joe Brummer as well as other peacemakers working with youth in the New Haven, CT area.

Contains an interview with Joe Brummer as well as other peacemakers working with youth in the New Haven, CT area.

On August 27th of 2014, I was invited by the software giant, IdeaScale to present a webinar on Empathy and Innovation. How do companies, businesses, nonprofits, even clinical staff create work environments that bring out the best in people?