The International Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate School (IIRP) is a private standalone accredited graduate school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (More information about the Bethlehem campus here.)
Though our network is global, our Bethlehem campus is the IIRP’s international and intellectual hub. While the IIRP is a relatively new graduate school, the organization itself has for some time been an integral part of a large worldwide movement of scholars, policy-makers and practitioners.
The IIRP arose from two Pennsylvania social service agencies. In 2000, these two sister agencies, Buxmont Academy and the Community Service Foundation, spun off a new venture, the world’s first graduate school devoted entirely to the teaching, research and dissemination of restorative practices. The field, as well as the institution, is also developing across national and disciplinary borders. The goal of this emerging social science is to restore community in an increasingly disconnected world.
IIRP works with licensees and affiliates around the world to make certain restorative practices are presented in a culturally appropriate manner and that programs are affordable and sustainable within the framework of local needs and resources.
Licensees & affiliates around the world
Our mission:
The International Institute for Restorative Practices is dedicated to the advanced education of professionals at the graduate level and to the conduct of research that can develop the growing field of restorative practices, with the goal of positively influencing human behavior and strengthening civil society throughout the world.
Learn more:
- Information about the Bethlehem campus
- Faculty, administration & trustees
- IIRP affiliates
- IIRP projects
- IIRP mission, vision & educational philosophy
- IIRP Factbook (PDF)
- Accreditation information
Message from IIRP President Ted Wachtel
Excerpted from Restorative Practices Works, Academic Year in Review 2010-2011
