Violence in schools, random shootings, acts of intimidation, and senseless hate crimes are behaviors with serious and sometimes deadly consequences. By successfully blending the processes of communication and mediation practices, one can productively lessen routine strife and learn new patterns of behavior to solve differences without violence. Conflict Resolution Communication: Patterns Promoting Peaceful Schools provides effective alternatives and successful options to help students, teachers, parents, educators, and professionals learn to deal with conflicts, difference, and diversity in schools peacefully.