Restorative Justice: A Healing-Centered Approach

This webinar is free and open to the public.

”Hurt People Hurt People. Restorative Justice Mends the Hurt.”

Restorative justice is an approach to addressing harm that centers on healing, accountability, and repairing relationships rather than punishment alone. It asks: Who was harmed, what are their needs, and how can we repair the damage? In this webinar, participants will explore how restorative justice challenges power imbalances in systems such as criminal justice, education, and child welfare, and learn practical ways to apply these principles in social work and behavioral health settings.

In this webinar participants will:
-Analyze the role of decolonization in reshaping social work practice through restorative justice
-Apply restorative justice processes using a human rights approach to promote healing and accountability
-Examine the influence of Indigenous traditions on modern restorative frameworks
-Identify systemic power imbalances within criminal justice, education, and child protection systems and analyze their impact on behavioral health practice

Instructor: Myrna McNitt, ACSW, LMSW
UMass Global Social Work, Adjunct Faculty

Participants will be awarded 1 CE credit for attending this webinar.

This webinar is eligible for 1 Continuing Education (CE) Credit for recertification by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS). To earn 1 CE credit, participants must be a California residents and attend the free webinar or watch the recording. Participants must register and successfully complete a multiple-choice assessment and evaluation to receive a certificate of completion. UMass Global is recognized by the (BBS) California Board of Behavioral Sciences to provide continuing education credit per BPC Section 1887.4.3.