Office Phone Number: (770) 693-2484
Office Phone Number: (770) 693-2484
Available May 2027
Written for practitioners, educators, justice professionals, and students of all levels, the RLM Educational-Behavioral Framework summarizes the interrelated constructs that describe the Restorative Learning Model. In Dr. A.C. Young's signature writing style, the book combines personal experiences, research, statistics, and best practices with process and application to create practical, easy-to-understand tools to help put theory into practice. Pre-orders opens in March 2027!
RLM Curriculum
Restorative Curriculum for Targeted Populations
The RLM curriculum is developed by for specific student groups with varied intervention needs. Using short stories, charismatic characters and relevant scenarios, the curriculum inspires discussion, communication and develops cognitive competencies. Each curriculum contains 15 lessons that address specific topics such as anger management, de-escalation, accountability, processing emotions, resolving conflict, grief, etc. Each lesson in the curriculum utilizes research-based strategies from high yielding therapies and frameworks such as: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Restorative Practices, Social Emotional Learning, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Applied Behavior Analysis, etc.
In addition, all series curricula introduce students to the RLM Behavior Management System. The behavior management system teaches students five steps for processing negative events or experiences, to prevent recurrences. Using the literary technique of journaling, students unpack negative experiences through a five step process: Acknowledgement, Identification, Recapitulation, Reflection, and Celebration. Each curriculum is intended for youth ages 12-19. Curriculum focus areas include: Juvenile Reentry, Bullying, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental and Emotional Wellness, and Human Trafficking.
RLM FRAMEWORK
RLM engages crucial topics impacting a youth’s social, emotional and behavioral responses by combining research-based behavior strategies with cognitive competency targets to strengthen a students' capacity to properly respond to and learn from, traumatic events and scenarios.
EMBEDDED BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES
RLM incorporates tenets from various behavioral strategies into the instructional process to engage emotions, identify thinking patterns and develop positive behaviors overtime. RLM utilizes associated skills and processes within the educational framework to strengthen cognitive, academic and behavioral responses overtime.
BECOME RLM CERTIFIED
RLM Training is led by Dr. A.C. Young and offered four times a year. Successful candidates will initially receive an RLM Apprentice Credential which requires a year of monitoring, data collection, and cohort reflection. Following a year of apprenticeship, candidates may apply for the RLM Practitioner Credential. This credential enables candidates to train other professionals and serve as leaders and champions of this crucial work. Interested candidates may begin the process below: