In-Person PD: Using/Leveraging RJ to Move from Trauma-Informed to Healing-Centered Engagement

Date: March 17, 2026

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Location: OSSE

Target Audience: Administrators, Teachers, School Staff, Behavioral Support

Description: Being trauma-informed is often touted/thought of as the end of a process. For some, it begs the question, and then what?  Now that we are informed, what do we do with the information?  Discussion around being trauma-informed often stays within the boundaries of the trauma, frequently revisiting the trauma and its triggers. As discussed and proposed by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, healing-centered engagement is an essential step towards wellness. Healing-centered engagement requires attention to possibility, providing a glimpse into what lies ahead and the work needed to arrive at a desired destination, looking back only to gauge the distance traveled.  Healing-centered Engagement centers resilience, repair, and renewal, intentionally moving and working towards establishing different options and opportunities.  

During this full-day in-person workshop, the following session objectives will be covered:

• Examine and compare the concepts of trauma-informed and healing-centered engagement, identifying 3 significant differences.
• Examine the foundation of restorative justice as repairing harm and its relationship to healing-centered engagement.
• Review and discuss the 5C’s of Healing-centered Engagement: Compassion, Connection, Community, Curiosity, and Ceremony.
• Experience using restorative practices with a healing-centered process.

RDC Registration Link: https://forms.gle/gv3iKTbLDJVReBWJ6

This training will take place on Tuesday, March 17 at 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at OSSE, 1050 First St. NE, Room 108. Participants will receive 6 PLUs for full participation. For questions, please email Jessica.Dulay@dc.gov.