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Selected Bully & Violence Prevention

Websites & Internet Resources

(Updated on 03 April 03)

v Early Warning, Timely Response

           (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/Products/earlywrn.html).

v Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide

(http://cecp.air.org/guide/actionguide.htm).

v These two guides were co-produced by the US. Departments of Education and Justice. Together, they contain valuable information on how a school can assess the degree of bullying, harassment, and violence in the building and how the entire school community can then take proactive steps to improve safety and reduce disrespectful or hurtful behavior.

v Committee For Children

 (http://www.cfchildren.org/).

v  This Seattle-based non-profit organization produces Steps to Respect, a respected school-wide violence prevention curriculum. The site features several well-chosen articles on school bullying and related topics.

v ERIC/CASS Bullying in Schools

            (http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/bullying/bullyingbook.html).

v  This ERIC Clearing House on Counseling and Student Services (ERIC/CASS) page provides links to a whole library of Internet resources to prevent or reduce school bullying. Materials are tailored to teachers, administrators, and parents. A good starting point to research the issue of bullying!

v  No Bully

(http://www.nobully.org.nz).

v  Based in New Zealand, this site is co-sponsored by that country’s national law enforcement agency. No Bully has sensible, compassionate advice for schools on how to intervene to break the cycle of bullying. It also provides guidance to parents whose children may be targets of bullies.

v  Preventing Bullying: A Manual for Schools & Communities

(http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/ssp/bullymanual.htm).

v  First published in 1998 by the U.S.  Department of Education, this short, helpful manual gives schools specific and helpful ideas that administrators, teachers, and parents can use to assess the seriousness of bullying in their school and then do something positive about it. Included case studies of several districts that have dealt successfully with bullying in their schools.

v  Surdin, Ashley (January 1, 2009). States Passing Laws to Combat Cyber Bulling. Retrieved from

      www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/12/31/AR200812303067.html.  

v Schools Turn Anti-Bullying Bill into Action (Video)

         http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/93332669.html

Hotline Telephone Numbers

v Georgia Department of Education - Title IV: Bullying Prevention ...Toll-Free School Safety Hotline:1-877-SAY-STOP

v The Kansas School Safety Hotline Number is 1-877-626-8203

Information is listed above for bully-free environment

 Some of the resources were compiled by and retrieved from:

Jim Wright, School Psychologist

Syracuse (NY) City Schools jim@jimwrightonline.com

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Conflict among peers is prevalent; however, bullying is an extreme form of peer conflict, which can be physically and psychologically harmful to students. Thus, it’s important for a program to identify bullying, while promoting positive peer conflict resolution techniques for students inside/outside the classrooms.  This blog is created for parents, educators, & community for creating a bully-free classroom environment. In addition, blogging can play a vital role for building communication and partnership between parents, educators, and the community.

Blogging Help Students From Becoming Victims

Children who chronically bullied are often deeply unhappy in school, suffer from low self-esteem, and socially rejected by classmates. Teachers are likely to see the “hidden” cost of bullying. As students become victimized, their grades frequently drop.  The best way for schools to assist students who are victimized by bullies is to adopt a whole-school approach by using practical optimistic and positivity.  

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