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Restorative Practices: Creating Healing-Centered Schools and Communities

Restorative practices are transforming schools into spaces of healing, accountability, and connection. Moving beyond punitive discipline, these approaches foster meaningful relationships, repair harm, and empower students, educators, and families to resolve conflicts constructively. This track is designed for educators, systems leaders, mental health professionals, and community advocates looking to implement restorative justice in schools, organizations, and youth-focused spaces. Sessions will offer practical tools, skill-building, and real-world case studies to help create environments where conflict leads to growth, not punishment.

Implementing Restorative Justice in Schools
Circle Processes for Conflict Resolution
Shifting from Punitive to Restorative Discipline
Engaging Families and Communities in Restorative Practices
Measuring the Impact of Restorative Approaches
Restorative Conversations: Skill-Building for Educators

Mindfulness & Well-Being: Cultivating Mental Health and Balance for All

Mental health and well-being are the foundation for success—not just in schools, but in communities, workplaces, and beyond. Mindfulness-based approaches help individuals manage stress, build resilience, and create environments where people can thrive. This track is designed for educators, mental health professionals, youth advocates, nonprofit leaders, corporate wellness practitioners, and all those invested in fostering well-being in young people and the adults who support them. Sessions will offer research-backed strategies, interactive practices, and inspiring discussions on how mindfulness can transform individuals and entire communities.

Mental Health
Mindfulness Strategies for Students and Educators
Preventing Burnout: Self-Care for Teachers and Staff
The Science of Mindfulness and Its Impact on Learning
Integrating Yoga and Breathwork in the Classroom
Managing Stress and Anxiety in Youth
Creating a School Culture that Prioritizes Wellbeing

Youth Resilience: Building Grit and Growth Mindset in Young People

Young people today face unprecedented challenges, yet they also have incredible potential for resilience, leadership, and self-advocacy. This track is designed for educators, mental health practitioners, community organizations, and all who work in service to young people, offering research-based strategies, real-world applications, and inspiring success stories, to nurture grit, a growth mindset, and long-term well-being in young people. Whether you’re shaping policy, working one-on-one with youth, or leading programs that uplift our youth, these sessions will provide the tools and inspiration needed to foster lasting resilience.

Building Grit and Growth Mindset in Youth
Trauma-Informed Approaches to Support Resiliency
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) for Empowerment
The Role of Mentorship in Youth Development
Overcoming Adversity: Stories of Resilient Youth
Fostering Leadership and Self-Advocacy in Young People
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School Safety: Interrupting Violence and Safeguarding our Communities

A safe learning environment is the foundation for academic success and community well-being. This track is designed for educators, school administrators, law enforcement professionals, mental health practitioners, and community organizations working together to address violence, crises, and digital safety. Sessions will explore strategies for crisis intervention, early threat detection, and community collaboration to create safer schools and neighborhoods.

Interrupting Community and School Violence
Crisis Intervention
Effective Threat Assessment and Crisis Prevention
Cyber Safety and Digital Citizenship
Addressing Bullying and Peer Conflict
Emergency Preparedness and Response Strategies
The Role of School Resource Officers (SROs) in Positive School Culture
Community Partnership for Safer Schools

Schedule

DATES AND TIMES:

WEDNESDAY, November 5

7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Registration
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – 🎫 Certificated Workshops
- - Community Circle Training - Level 1 (Adriana Silva)
  - Integrating Right-Brain into PBIS/MTSS Level 1 (Alexis Dennis)
  - Foundations of Character Development Level 1 (Dr. Will Pulgarin)
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – 📣 Opening General Session
- - Welcome & General Housekeeping - Dr. Daisy Gomez
  - Awards and Recognition (Sponsor Slideshow)
  - Keynote Speaker: Carlos Alvarez, CEO and Founder of LAIRP
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Concurrent Breakout Session #1
4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – 👫 Reception
- - Up-and-coming Right-Brain Practitioners
  - Right Brain Change Makers: Tracy Matthews

THURSDAY, November 6

7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Registration
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – ☕ Continental Breakfast, Coffee/Cookies & Lunch
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Concurrent Breakout Session #2
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Concurrent Breakout Session #3
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – 💼 Second General Session and luncheon
12:30pm - 📣 Keynote Speaker
- National Right-Brain School Award
- International Right-Brain School Award
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Concurrent Breakout Session #4
4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – 👫 Reception

FRIDAY, November 7

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – ☕ Continental Breakfast, Coffee
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Concurrent Breakout Session #6
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – 🔐Closing General Session

The Los Angeles Institute for Restorative Practices is dedicated to providing culturally responsive expertise through empirical research on behavioral science, social justice, and evidence based on right- brain restorative practices to families, schools, and communities.

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Restorative Practices: Creating Healing-Centered Schools and Communities

Mindfulness & Well-Being: Cultivating Mental Health and Balance for All

Youth Resilience: Building Grit and Growth Mindset in Young People

School Safety: Interrupting Violence and Safeguarding our Communities

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