Mr. John Irwin:

I will indeed. What does not work? Punitive sanctions.

To have restorative conferencing we will need to provide training for people and peer mentoring where training is poor. The concept works well. As commented by one of our schools - this is set out in the submission - we have access to a skilled psychotherapist and counsellor and their knowledge, expertise and guidance in this area is vital. It would be transformative if schools had some level of access in house to this sort of skill set and service.