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The Office of the Dean of Students (DOS) offers restorative services, including聽restorative circles, facilitation trainings, and educational workshops.

Community members who are interested in exploring training opportunities are encouraged to .听

What are Restorative Circles?

Restorative circles provide an opportunity to explore and discuss an聽incident with all affected parties. All participants will have an opportunity to present their聽perspectives. They will also reflect upon the incident and collaboratively develop a reparative agreement, with the purpose of repairing the harm that occurred with all impacted parties. The reparative agreement requires the approval of the university. All parties must comply with the reparative agreement.

Restorative聽circles聽may include an inquiry into the facts of an incident,聽but they聽do聽not include a formal investigation. Information shared in a restorative circle will not be used in any formal proceeding through the Office of Student Accountability and聽Restorative Practices (OSARP) unless specific information is revealed under the mandatory reporting guidelines (e.g.听health and safety of any participant, health and safety of the greater AU community). If a restorative process fails before a reparative agreement is established, the university may consider the case closed.

If a situation is appropriate for restorative practice resolution, students will be contacted, typically within three (3)聽business days,聽for an intake meeting and to discuss next steps in the process. The criteria to consider resolution to a concern using a restorative circle is contingent upon the University's discretion. Typical, the timeline for restorative circle resolution ranges between 10 - 15聽business days.

If you have questions or concerns related to the process, please contact dos@american.edu or (202) 885-3300.