Green Omega, L3C

New Hampshire Restorative Justice Training

The Restorative Panel Training enhanced the application of Restorative Justice Principles throughout the Restorative Panel process–from intake through completion. The training created a foundation to on-board new staff and program volunteers and build greater consistency and alignment between programs.

Achievement-based Objectives

• Grounded ourselves on where we find meaning in this work
• Reviewed Restorative Justice principles within the context of the panel process from initial contact through to completion
• Used a framework to reflect on current practice and identify opportunities to move toward doing “with”
• Illustrated what key stages of the Diversion process (i.e., Intake, panel to check-in meetings, closure) look like along a restorative continuum–from not yet restorative to high application.
• Identified and practiced using questions to draw out impact
• Develop/Select indicators of high application of Restorative Principles at key stages of the Diversion process
• Practiced applying what was learned in a mock panel process (not a role-play)
• Planned to collect data to know whether participants felt the principles were applied
• Action planning

Materials

Training Slides: http://www.greenomegal3c.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Restorative-Panel-Training-Slides-For-Distribution.pdf
RJ Indicators for Panel Card Sort Activity: http://www.greenomegal3c.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/NH-RJ-Panel-indicators-card-sort-3.pdf

Evaluation

Completion Rates: 17 people attended the two trainings. Of these, 17 completed the pre-training survey and 10 completed the post-training survey. After attending the training, participants planned to make changes to:

• The Intake Process (80% of participants planned to make changes)
• Facilitation of the Panels (90% of participants planned to make changes)
• How they learn from the experiences of the panel participants (80% planned to make changes)