Behavior Support & Intervention Office

RJ Overview

The central obligation is to pu right the wrongs, i.e., to repair the harms caused by wrong doing. 

Underlying this understanding of wrongdoing is an assumption about society: we are all interconnected. In the Hebrew scriptures, this is embedded in the concept of shalom, the vision of living in a sense of "all-rightness" with each other, with the creator, and with the environment. Many cultures have a word that represents this notion of the centrality of relationships. For the Maori, it is communicated byt whakapapa; for the Navajo, hozho; for the Africans, the Bantu word umbuntu; for Tibentan Buddhists, tendrel. Although the specific meanings of these words vary, they communicate a similar message: all things are connected to each other in a web of relationships. 

-The Little Book of Restorative Justice *revised (2015) Howard Zehr (p.31)

 

 

Restorative Justice teachers work to create a climate that honors the Roybal values of CARE: Community, Affirming, Respectful and Empathic. To do this we work to create opportunities to grow community and reflect when a harm has occurred so that all participants can be accountable for their actions.