FIND OUT...
HOW RESTORATIVE ARE YOU?
Most of us who care about restorative practice already know the values. But knowing the values and living them are two different things. Especially when under pressure, in conflict, and in the relationships that actually challenge us. This quiz will identify where you are... and show you your strengths, your growing edge, and where to focus next.
THE FRAMEWORK
WHAT IS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICE?
Restorative Justice Practices (RJP) is not a program, a curriculum, or a set of techniques. It is a fundamentally different way of understanding harm, accountability, and human relationships.
At its core, RJP asks a different set of questions. Where traditional systems ask what rule was broken and what punishment is deserved, restorative practice asks: Who was harmed? What do they need? Whose responsibility is it to meet those needs, and how do we repair what was broken together?
Rooted in Indigenous traditions of community accountability and brought into contemporary practice through the work of Howard Zehr, Kay Pranis, Ted Wachtel, and many others, restorative practice operates from a single foundational belief: that human beings are relational creatures, and that harm — wherever it occurs — is best addressed through relationship.
| “Restorative Justice is respect. Respect for all, even those who are different from us; even those who seem to be our enemies. Respect reminds us of our interconnectedness, but also of our differences. Respect insists we balance concerns for all parties. If we pursue justice as respect, we will do justice restoratively.” |
~ Howard Zehr
THE JOURNEY
HOW RESTORATIVE....
Your result reflects where you are right now. Restorative Justice practice is a direction, not a destination.
Wherever you land, there is a path that will take you deeper.
Deeply Restorative
Your values, instincts, and practice are deeply aligned with restorative philosophy. You move toward conflict, hold space with patience, and understand accountability as relational. Your growing edge is translating instinct into structure — practices that hold up even in resistant or high-stakes environments.
Emerging Restorative Practitioner
You have a strong restorative orientation and many of the core values in place. In some areas your practice is deeply rooted; in others you're still developing fluency. What you need now is the vocabulary and the frameworks that help you bring others along.
Restoratively Curious
You're drawn to relational approaches and sense that punitive models don't fully work — but you may still default to familiar patterns under pressure. Your curiosity is the entry point. What you need is concrete language, tools, and practice — not more theory.
Beginning the Restorative Journey
You may be newer to restorative thinking, or carry a framework shaped by traditional "justice", authority, or conflict-avoidance.
That's a good place to start! Restorative philosophy often asks us to unlearn so we can relearn. The willingness to take this quiz is already a step toward something new.
WHAT THE QUIZ MEASURES
EIGHT DIMENSIONS
of practice
Regulated Presence
The capacity to stay grounded and emotionally available during difficult conversations. In restorative practice, your nervous system is the container. If you're activated, the process cannot move toward repair.
Deep Listening
Listening to understand rather than to respond, correct, or solve. RJP holds that everyone needs to feel heard before they can hear others. Deep listening is the most commonly violated principle in conventional approaches to conflict.
Accountability Lens
How you understand and respond to harm. In restorative practice, accountability is not punishment — it means understanding the full impact of one's actions and working toward repair. Accountability is relational, not transactional.
Relational Investment
The degree to which you prioritize relationship as the foundation of your work and community. Social bonds are both the medium through which harm occurs and the medium through which repair happens.
Collaborative Practice
The extent to which you involve those affected in shaping decisions, plans, and agreements. Restorative processes are participatory by design. The people closest to the problem are essential to the solution.
Community Culture
An assessment of the norms and communication patterns of the communities you're part of — not just your individual practice. Individual practice cannot be sustained inside a punitive or shame-based institutional culture.
Equity & Justice Framing
The extent to which you understand restorative practice as connected to structural justice and the dismantling of punitive systems rooted in racism, colonialism, and patriarchy. RJP is not a conflict resolution skill set. It is a justice framework.
Reflective Growth
The capacity and willingness to examine your own practice, seek feedback, and grow over time. The practitioner is not a neutral technician. Reflective growth is what separates a practitioner who deepens from one who calcifies.
YOUR TURN
READY TO SEE
Where You Land?
Five minutes. Twenty questions. One honest look at how restorative your practice already is and what becomes possible when you move toward with.
