Restorative Practice Framework

Restorative Practice Framework “Restorative Practices are a framework for building community and for responding to challenging behavior through authentic dialogue, coming to understanding, and making things right” (Clifford, n.d.). The fundamental hypothesis of restorative practices is that “Human beings are happiest, healthiest, and most likely to make positive changes in their behavior when those in authority do things with them rather than to them or for them” (Wachtel, 2013, p. 3 & 6). This fundamental hypothesis can be described as the With domain in the Social Discipline Window (Figure 1) (Watchel & McCold, 2000). Moreover, fair process, where all individuals are involved is key to the restorative process. The three principals of fair