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Bullying, Hazing, and School Policies
The article defines bullying, what school bullying policies need to include, anti-bullying policies, what 'alternative discipline' means, Anti-hazing policy, and what we can do on our own. Guide to Online Safety & Security for Families Most parents worry about how to let their children participate in online activities while maintaining their safety online and at home. In today's technologically advanced world, teaching kids how to safely navigate the internet is as necessary as teaching them how to safely cross the street. Fast Fact: Preventing Bullying A summary of bullying, how big the problem is, what the consequences are, and how we can prevent bullying. Bullying Surveillance among Youths The PDF is designed as a tool to help organizations, researchers, evaluators, community groups, educators, and public health officials define and gather systematic data on bullying to better inform research and prevention efforts. It is intended to improve the consistency and comparability of data collected on bullying. Bullying in Schools The articles share the distinctions between aggressive behavior and bullying. It shows a positive school climate can prevent it. How parents, teachers, and kids can take action to prevent bullying The article summarizes what teachers, parents, and students should do to prevent bullying in school. 
Helping Kids Deal With Bullies
The article discusses what bullying is, why students bully, signs of bullying, how parents can help, advice for students, and building student’s confidence. School Bullying: Changing the Problem by Changing the School This article describes the development and evaluation of a bullying prevention program in one large, public elementary school. Bullying at School: Never Acceptable The article claims that no child should be harassed for his or her unique characteristics. Schools should encourage an environment of respectful self-expression for all students, and no group should be singled out for special treatment. Parental involvement should be a school’s primary method of resolution with programs emphasizing general respectfulness serving to set the tone in the classrooms. A Profile of Bullying at School The article shares what is bullying, basic facts about bullying, common myths about bullying, about victims and the bullying circle, and the many programs initiated to prevent bullying in schools. Bullying Prevention The article shares the bullying prohibition policy, the definition of bullying, cyber bullying, encouragement to report bullying, and how bullying behavior is prohibited. Can You Sue a School for Bullying? Taking Legal Action to Protect Your Child The article dives deep into sharing about what parents need to know about legal recourse against school bullies, their parents, and the school’s liability for personal injuries. The article also mentions how parents can help their children against school bullying, laws against bullying, 6 types of school bullying, and signs that your child is being bullied. Coordinated School Health - Bullying and Cyberbullying The articles discusses bullying, cyberbullying, and Texas laws related to bullying and cyberbullying. Fast Facts: Bullying The article is a response to the question of 'How many students are bullied at school?' with a graph of Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year. Bullying at School The article highlights the stories of students who made positive change in schools by taking actions in response to bullying. The article also discusses connection questions for the readers to think about at the end. The Power to Create a Positive School Climate The article shares many reasons why choosing the Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit works in schools to prevent bullying. 11 Facts about Bullying The article shares 11 facts about bullying. BULLYING & HARASSMENT The article reports on bullying and harassment. It dives into bullying, bullying behavior defined, and examples of bullying and harassment. 
Bullying in school: nature, effects and remedies
This review synthesizes recent research on bullying in school, a widespread social problem among school-age children in many countries. It begins with a theoretical examination of the definition of bullying, showing the multifaceted coercive behaviors of bullying. The review proceeds to demonstrate the short- and long-term consequences of bullying for both victims and bullies. The authors outline individual characteristics of victims, bullies and bystanders as well as school characteristics of bullying. The authors examine, from the sociological perspective, the social tolerance of bullying, and provide theoretical bases for explaining bullying behaviors. The review ends with a discussion on successful prevention and intervention programs of bullying as well as on the counseling aspects of bullying. In addition, the authors examine quantitative and qualitative methods commonly used in the research of bullying, evaluating each method and introducing new, promising quantitative and qualitative methods, and discuss future directions in the study of bullying in school. |
How to Handle Bullying at School
The article defines bullying and outlines practical ways to manage bullying by parents, teachers, and administrators working together to create a safe and inclusive environment and confront problems when they arise. Bullying and Cyberbullying The article shares statistics on bullying and cyberbullying. It also suggests the importance of a positive school climate to ease bullying. What you need to know about school violence and bullying The article shares statistics and bulleted information on what we need to know about school violence and bullying. What Are the Best Ways to Prevent Bullying in Schools? The article shares four top practices to prevent bullying in schools. The Nature and Extent of Bullying at School The review begins with statistics about school bullying in the United States, following the range of prevention methods, and ending with further studies needed to help alleviate the bullying problem in US schools. Help, My Child is Being Bullied The article provides a chart for ways parents can respond to bullying behavior. The article also shares definitions and prevalence of bullying and why it matters. It also dives into the impact of bullying, cyber bullying, and statistics of prevalence and impact. Bullying & Harassment The article provides a short description of why bullying and harassment is wrong and how we can deal with it. The Culture of Bullying in Middle School The journal assesses the nature and extent of student attitudes toward bullying. Based on a data set including 6 middle schools and over 2,400 students, the results indicate that a culture of bullying is a pervasive phenomenon among middle school students and should be an important consideration in bullying prevention efforts. Law and policy on the concept of bullying at school This article identifies the conceptual challenges that bullying poses for legal and policy efforts, reviews judicial and legislative efforts to reduce bullying, and makes some recommendations for school policy. 
Bullying in the Early Teen Years
The article highlights the trends in middle school and early teen bullying, effects of bullying, and solutions to school bullying. Bullying Prevention in DCPS The article describes that the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) created a Bullying Prevention Policy that outlines the definition of bullying and the steps required by schools to address it. It shares parental involvement and cyber-bullying. Bullying in School This PDF shares what is bullying, what to do if you believe your child is being bullied at school, what can be expected, what to do if you're unhappy with the school's response, what NOT to do after witnessing bullying, and additional resources on bullying. School Administrators: Steps to Address Bullying at Your School The article outlines why schools need a bullying prevention program, the initial steps for school administrators, and the other ways to address bullying. ANTI-BULLYING RESOURCES The article shares how the Boston Public Schools (BPS) community has taken action to help aid bullying- creating a hotline staffed 24/7 by trained counselors and collaborating with Safety Services, Cyber Safety Campaign, and Education Development Center to actively develop a variety of educational initiatives. Children in School: Bullying: Fighting Back The article begins with the story of two students being bullied at their school in rural Pennsylvania. The article then describes the new and old side of bullying, addressing bullying in public schools using existing law, private school bullying, advice to students/parents/lawyers, and advice to school administrators/teachers/lawyers. Update on bullying at school: Science forgotten? This paper reviews past findings on school bullying, notes a slowing of publication, reminds readers of the need for the scientific process, and highlights the reasons for additional research, especially in data collection, evaluation, developmental understanding, and prevention. Bullying in School: An Overview of Types, Effects, Family Characteristics, and Intervention Strategies The authors discuss the dynamics, types, characteristics, and consequences of school bullying. Risk factors for engaging in bullying, being bullied, and becoming both a bully and a victim are discussed. Research indicates that bullying has serious long-term negative effects on bullies, victims, and victims who turn to bullying as a coping strategy. Longitudinal relationships between childhood bullying and victimization and adult mental health outcomes such as anxiety, depression, substance use, and conduct disorders are outlined. Prevention programs, and their relative efficacy from empirical evaluations, are also presented. Finally, implications for school-based prevention services are provided. 
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What is Bullying?
The article discusses what bullying is and how to report bullying. Bullying and Harassment The article mentions what is school bullying, what bullies do, questions whether both boys and girls bully, talks about cyber bullying, and who to contact about bullying concerns. 
6 Ways Educators Can Prevent Bullying in Schools
The article mentions 6 ways to prevent bullying in schools. Bullying Prevention The article is the suggestion of Wake County on how to help a child being bullied. The article also mentions the behaviors associated with bullying. Four decades of research on school bullying: An introduction This article provides an introductory overview of findings from the past 40 years of research on bullying among school-aged children and youth. Research on definitional and assessment issues in studying bullying and victimization is reviewed, and data on prevalence rates, stability, and forms of bullying behavior are summarized, setting the stage for the 5 articles that comprise this American Psychologist special issue on bullying and victimization. These articles address bullying, victimization, psychological sequela and consequences, ethical, legal, and theoretical issues facing educators, researchers, and practitioners, and effective prevention and intervention efforts. The goal of this special issue is to provide psychologists with a comprehensive review that documents our current understanding of the complexity of bullying among school-aged youth and directions for future research and intervention efforts. School Bullying: Insights and Perspectives The book gives a succinct and authoritative account of research into the nature and extent of bullying in schools, evaluating the success of different approaches to the problem. Bullying at School The writing begins with the definition of the terms bullying or victimization. The writer continues by reporting prevalence data and briefly provides a profile of typical victims and bullies as a general background. The first part of the chapter examines the possible long-term consequences of regular bullying or victimization by peers in school. The latter part of the chapter mainly concerns the effects of the school-based anti bullying intervention program that we developed and evaluated in 42 schools in Norway. Parenting and School Bullying The article claims that Intervention studies have shown that levels of bullying can be reduced, but not eradicated from schools. This may be because bullying behavior has its origins in parenting as well as in the school environment. Little work has yet been done directly in this area. However, several studies in Europe, Australia and the US have now linked violent behavior and harsh discipline in parents with bullying behavior, and overprotectiveness in parents with victimization. Complexities are also emerging regarding the roles of bullying behavior, including bully/victims whose parenting may be particularly dysfunctional; in differences between boys and girls; and in the different developmental pathways to bullying, and victimization. These issues are discussed in the light of recent developments in attachment theory. Relevant research is reviewed, emerging themes suggested and implications for practitioners are outlined. 
Six Key Points on Bullying, Bias, and Schools
The article shares six key points on bullying, bias, and schools with evidence from research that these rules work. Bullying Information The article carries bullying information- bullying definition, types of bullying, Anti-Bullying apps, Anti-Bullying websites for parents, and statewide resources for youth. Bullying: What It Is & What Schools Can Do About It The article is a series of questions and answers about bullying and what schools can do about it. Bullying Prevention The article defines bullying and provides resources for families and educators. Model Protocol for Bullying in DuPage County Schools This PDF is a model protocol for bullying in DuPage County Schools. This Protocol is intended as a guiding resource for school districts engaged in developing effective strategies for bullying prevention and intervention School bullying: development and some important challenges The journal addresses a number of potentially controversial issues related to the definition and measurement of such problems. In a final section, the author summarizes some reasons why it may be considered important and interesting to focus both research and intervention on bully/victim problems. School bullying: its nature and ecology The journal concludes that bullying is a multi-faceted issue, which is best understood in the larger social context in which it occurs. Individual characteristics of students contribute to bullying when students have families that promote violence, teachers that ignore or dismiss bullying, schools that have negative climates and students who socialize with friends who bully. These social contexts need to be targeted in bully prevention programs to reduce bullying and peer victimization in schools. |