Roxanne Claassen, BA, MA (Peacemaking and Conflict Studies) Retired Master Teacher and School Conflict Resolution Specialist. Roxanne has experience at many grade levels, the last 14 years at 8th grade where she pioneered Discipline That Restores, a classroom and school-wide restorative justice discipline program, structure and policy. Roxanne has an MA in Peacemaking and Conflict Studies and her thesis title was "School Discipline: Restorative or Retributive." She was the peer mediation coordinator at Raisin City School from 1990 and the school discipline coach from 1993 until she retired in 2010. Roxanne received the AMA Teachers Care Award granted by the Agrupacion de Madres Activas en… Educacion (An Active Mothers' Group for Education). Roxanne is the author of several articles, and co-author with Ron of the book, Discipline That Restores. Roxanne loved teaching the academics but says that her favorite part of teaching was working with classroom discipline.Ron Claassen MA, MDiv., DMin., Professor Emeritus, Peacemaking and Conflict Studies and Co-Founder and Director (1990 - 2011) of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies at Fresno Pacific University. Ron is currently focused on Restorative Justice Discipline training (workshop and online) and writing. Ron is a leader in the development of Restorative Justice/Discipline principles, models and strategies and co-author with his spouse, Roxanne, of the book Disciplne That Restores. Ron is the author of the "Restorative Justice Fundamental Principles" which were adopted by the United Nations NGO Working Party on Restorative Justice. Ron has also written and published many articles related to Restorative Justice, Conflict Resolution, Victim Offender Mediation, and School Discipline. Ron is also the recipient of numerous awards including the 2007 Carl and Esther Robinson Award "Outstanding Advocate for the Common Good" and the 2012 California Dispute Resolution Council's Ester Soriano Award for Exellence in Community Mediation. Roxanne and Ron Claassen as a Team: Ron and Roxanne have provided restorative justice discipline training for schools and districts throughout California and several other states. Ron and Roxanne have written numerous articles and training manuals and have trained thousands in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and peacemaking theory, skills and strategies. Recent international work includes work in the Philippines, Lithuania, and India.