Relationships, Community, and the Restorative School

Lessons from Singapore

Seow Ling, James Lim, Tyler Sim , Enci Li

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Routledge
29 April 2025

Moral & social purpose of education; Educational strategies & policy; Organisation & management of education; Teaching of special educational needs

Series: Contemporary Issues in Restorative Practices

This book shares our journey with restorative practice and provides insight into how we developed a programme that impacts school culture – the Builders Project. It is a documentation of our experience of bringing restorative practice to primary school settings in Singapore, through a whole-school community building approach, to enable students to have a positive learning experience and to thrive. This contrasts with implementing restorative practice focusing on behavioural management. It is the first non-Western contribution to the field of restorative practices as a whole-school approach.

This book shares Lutheran Community Care Services (LCCS) practice assumptions that underpin the need to build, strengthen, and restore relationships. It also illustrates the application of our restorative practice principles, which are drawn from our experience, values, and research, towards building effective relationships among the individuals in the school community. Stories and perspectives of practitioners, students, parents, teachers, and school leaders are shared to highlight how they experience voice, agency, and belonging through restorative processes. Most importantly, we hope that this book will inspire you to reflect on your journey with restorative practice in schools through the reflection questions posed in each of the substantive chapters.

This book is for educators, school social work and mental health practitioners, educational policymakers, school administrators, principals, academics, researchers, and restorative practice practitioners. This book is also suitable for undergraduates or postgraduate students who desire to understand practice beyond the theories that they have learnt and gain insights on what the journey of practicing and implementing restorative practice looks like.

By: Seow Ling, James Lim, Tyler Sim, Enci Li, Justin Mui
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781032491738
ISBN 10: 1032491736
Series: Contemporary Issues in Restorative Practices
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Seow-Ling is a trustee of the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP). She founded the Justice Movement to raise awareness of the needs of victims-survivors of crimes through their stories. James Lim is director at LCCS, overseeing agency programmes. He serves on a primary school’s School Advisory Committee and is a committee member of the Singapore Association of Social Workers’ (SASW) School Social Work Chapter. Tyler Sim is manager at LCCS and trainer for Restorative Practice and Restorative Circles. He holds a Master’s in Counselling, specialising in Couples and Family Therapy (M Couns.), from the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and has an Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) which certifies him to be an Adult Educator in Singapore. Enci Li is a senior social worker at LCCS. Her current research with the organisation seeks to understand the impact of restorative practices on one’s relational capacity. Justin Mui is executive director at LCCS. He serves as treasurer of Woodlands Social Centre and is chairman of SteppingStones Pte Ltd, a social enterprise that facilitates child adoption for children desperately in need of loving forever families.