Restorative justice has myriad benefits for both social worker(s) and client(s). RJ is the foundation for restorative practices which focus on building connection and community, addressing and healing harm, working through conflict and improving relationships, and accountability through community engagement and support. In this introductory course, you will learn the principles and guiding values of restorative approaches before applying newly learned skills in various social work contexts. This is a course to learn, practice and reflect.

This introductory CEU course is three hours long and will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the School of Social Work on the UGA Campus (Room 241). The course costs $100, with scholarship support available upon request.

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Georgia Conflict Center invites you to our Fall, 2026 Introductory School-based Restorative Practices Virtual Training Series, which will take place via 7 asynchronous training modules and 7 synchronous Zoom sessions.  BONUS: Caroline Hill will be joining for a new module on Equity x Design as a Foundation for school-based Restorative Approaches!

The virtual training, and associated reading, reflection and Group Zoom sessions, will total approximately 18 hours of training, depending on how deeply you engage the reading and reflection components.  Training participants who participate in all training sessions will receive a training certificate.

Following each asynchronous training module, we will convene a Zoom Session to delve deeper into the material presented in the asynchronous training module. 

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Dates

• Asynchronous Virtual Training modules released weekly beginning the week of August 17, 2026.
• Zoom sessions will take place weekly (likely on Tuesdays at 6pm) for 7 weeks beginning the week of August 24th and ending the week of October 12th.

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