Bullying Prevention Information

Sample bullying policies

Bullying Prevention Information

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network E-Newsletter
• Statistics and Ideas for Schools Dealing with Bullies
• The Schoolwide Prevention of Bullying....
• Tips for Parents and Children when Dealing with Bullies
• Bullying Prevention is Crime Prevention
• Students send a message to bullies: Don't be cruel
• Safe and Responsive Schools Project
• These days, bullying is a game of death
• National PTA Magazine articles for Parents on Bullying
• From Guidance Channel Online: How Parents Can Protect Their Children From Hazing
• Bullying in Schools Pervasive, Disruptive and Serious
• Dr. Ken Rigby's Bullying Page
• Dealing with Bullies: from the Safe Child Organization
• Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying – OJJDP Fact Sheet
• Schoolyard Bullies: Legislation brings bullying to forefront
• Students Who Bully and Their Victims: Should They Be Treated Differently?
• Operation Respect: Don't Laugh At Me
• Quick Training Aids: Bullying Prevention
• Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying
• Bullyproof
• Bullying.org: "Where You are NOT Alone!"
• UCLA School Mental Health Project
• Bully B'Ware Productions
• Safe Child Program
• Bullying in Schools and What to do About It
• Stop Bullying Now
• Maine Project Against Bullying
• NO BULLY-Guidelines for Teachers

• Bully-Proofing Your School, by Carla Garrity, Kathryn Jens, William Porter, Nancy Sager, and Cam Short-Camilli, 1996; $29.95. Contact: Sopris West, 1140 Boston Ave., Longmont, CO; 80501; (303) 651-2829.
• Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do, by Dan Olweus, 1993; $19.95. Contact: Blackwell Publishers, P.O. Box 20, Williston, VT 05495; (800) 216-2522.
• The Bullying Prevention Handbook: A Guide for Principals, Teachers, and Counselors, by John Hoover and Ronald Oliver, 1996; $21.95. Contact: National Education Service, 1252 Loesch Rd., Bloomington, IN 47402; (812) 336-7700 or (800) 733-6786.
• Bullyproof: A Teacher's Guide on Teasing and Bullying for Use With Fourth and Fifth Grade Students, by Nan Stein, Lisa Sjostrom, and Emily Gaberman, 1996; $19.95, plus $5 shipping and handling. Contact: Centers for Women, Publications, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02181; (617) 283-2532.
• Safe at School: Awareness and Action for Parents of Kids K-12, by Carol Silverman; Saunders Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 400 First Ave. N., Suite 616 Minneapolis,MN 55401-1730 (612) 338-2068. The tips in this book help parents deal with bullying, gangs, sexual harassment, and other school safety issues.
• Set Straight on Bullies, by Stuart Greenbaum with Brenda Turner and Ronald D. Stephens; National School Safety Center 4165 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (805) 373-9977. The problem of bullying is examined in this book. It offers prevention and intervention strategies for parents, teachers, and students.
• Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Me? A Guide to Handle Bullies, by Terrence Webster-Doyle; Atrium Society Publications P.O. Box 816 Middlebury, VT 05753 (800) 966-1998 or (802) 388-0922. This book helps children and teens to develop the confidence needed to resolve conflicts without fighting and to cope with bullies.

• Additional resources mentioned at the sessions

The PACER organization recently unveiled a new anti-bullying interactive website that features lively animation, interactive games, and contests designed to educate kids in grades 2 through 6 about bullying and how to respond to prevent this widespread problem. For more information, log onto www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org.