How We Serve Them

Situationally based responsive and restorative practices are flexible, relationship-focused approaches to conflict. We address incidents through dialogue, empathy, and accountability. This fosters a culture where people feel safe and heard. Key practices tailored to the specific context include the following:

Circles

Responsive and restorative circles are structured dialogue processes used to build community, resolve conflicts, and repair harm, often categorized into proactive (prevention) and responsive (intervention) types. They promote equity and safety, allowing all participants to speak and be heard. REACH guides circles that support community-building and conflict resolution. Circles bring together community members for connection, understanding, and collective solutions when harm occurs.

Restorative and Responsive Dialogues

During conflict, REACH offers resources for both harmed, affected and responsible parties. Restorative and responsive dialogues are communication-based practices designed to build community, manage conflict, and repair harm by focusing on accountability, empathy, and understanding rather than punishment. This includes safe and confidential support, and tailored processes that focus on healing, accountability, and repair. These processes may include Peer Mediation, Restorative Re-Entry Meetings, Restorative Conferences, and Responsive Circles.

Trainings

REACH can provide a suite of seminars, workshops and training for student groups, academic departments and programs, offices and teams, individual classes, and more. In addition to the options listed (link to various types of training), we can also create custom workshops to meet your individualized needs.

Consultation

Consult with REACH to strengthen restorative leadership, resolve conflicts, and determine how responsive and restorative practices can benefit your group or department. Restorative Conversations are timely discussions that can take place between students, between staff and students, or among staff members. Using restorative questions as a guide, these conversations focus on understanding what happened, who was impacted, and what’s needed to move forward. Restorative conversations can prevent escalation, clarify misunderstandings, and repair relationships early, before formal interventions are needed.