Restorative practices are characterized by proactive relationships, connection, and community transformation. When implemented correctly, restorative practices are not more to do but a different way to be.

This guide highlights the mindsets, values, social capital, and structural supports that bind and hold together restorative practices.

Educators, school leaders, and district administrators can use this practical guide to successfully implement restorative practices and transform their schools into strong communities with meaningful relationships, a sense of authentic belonging, and equitable whole-person outcomes.

Accompanying Resources

Brief: A Reflective Process for Working Through Complex Restorative Practice Dilemmas in Schools

This brief offers a reflective process for individuals and teams to use when facing a complex restorative practices dilemma at their school or district. It aims to help educators consider and bridge the adaptive, relational, and structural elements of restorative practices before moving to technical solutions and strategies.

Audiocast: Centering Adaptive and Relational Elements of Restorative Practices as Tools for Implementation Success
Lauren Trout, the toolkit’s author, and Dr. Angela Ward from Transforming Education, discuss restorative practices as a paradigm and the necessary conditions for implementing with fidelity and sustainability.

Audiocast: Restorative Practitioners Panel
Lauren Trout, the toolkit’s author, speaks with four practitioners who have used the Toolkit in their education practice. The group discusses their work and their insights about restorative practices in the field of education.