Restorative Justice
Open Parachute lessons help students to:
- Understand how their actions affect others
- Build empathy and perspective-taking
- Reflect on behavior and take responsibility
- Regulate emotions before responding
- Communicate openly during conflict
- Repair relationships after harm
Building the Skills Before Conflict Happens
Restorative practice works best when students already have the skills to reflect, communicate, and regulate their emotions. Open Parachute’s Tier 1 lessons build these foundations across the whole school, helping students develop the language and confidence to navigate conflict more constructively.
Supporting Restorative Conversations
When conflict does occur, targeted lessons and educator guidance help students slow down, understand what happened, consider the impact on others, and take part in conversations focused on accountability, repair, and moving forward.
- Reflection after conflict
- Understanding impact and harm
- Perspective-taking
- Accountability without shame
- Rebuilding trust and connection
Trauma-Informed Restorative Practice
Restorative practice is most effective when students feel safe enough to reflect, communicate, and take responsibility. Open Parachute’s trauma-informed approach helps educators understand how stress and adversity can influence behavior, while maintaining clear expectations around accountability and repair.
Educator Training to Support Restorative Justice Practices
Professional learning helps educators create the conditions for restorative practice by strengthening their confidence in difficult conversations, emotional regulation, relationship-building, and supporting students through conflict and repair.
Embedding resilience in classrooms
Managing difficult conversations
Supporting educator well-being
They’re quick to come back to us and apologize and have those restorative conversations. It’s really helping with their relationship building.
Learn More About Our Approach
See how Open Parachute helps schools build a coordinated, preventative approach to student mental health and well-being.
Bullying Prevention
Preventing and Responding to Bullying
Open Parachute builds the empathy, emotional awareness, communication, and problem-solving skills students need to navigate peer conflict and bullying. These foundations help schools move beyond responding to incidents and build healthier relationships across the school community.
Trauma-Informed
Trauma-Informed Learning
Create safe, supportive environments that help educators understand behavior, strengthen emotional regulation, and respond to students with greater awareness.
Tier 1
A School-Wide Approach
Build a shared mental health skillset across students, educators, and caregivers to strengthen connection, resilience, and well-being throughout the school community.
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