Banishing Bullying Behavior challenges students, parents, educators, education support professionals, administrators, counselors, and policy makers to confront the culture of cruelty that is devastating our society. This book is filled with insights, personal stories, anecdotal material, and strategies that are directed to the widest audience possible. It urges us to become change agents and empower children to transform their pain, rage, and revenge to empathy, kindness, and healing. Fried and Sosland tackle the demanding questions about physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, cyber, sibling, and even summer camp bullying. What sets this book apart is Chapter Eleven, "the Student Empowerment Session," which focuses on giving students ownership of the problem and the solutions. Anti-bullying legislation and school policies are essential supports, but we must change the hearts, attitudes, and behavior of students. President Obama said it well, “Bullying is not normal and it is not inevitable.” The implication of that statement is daunting but not impossible. Banishing Bullying Behavior will inspire you to prevent peer abuse and intervene effectively when necessary.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-09-09
Mått:161 x 240 x 20 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781610484329

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SuEllen Fried created BullySafeUSA, a bullying prevention program that has been introduced to 90,000 students in thirty-six states. She has co-authored four books on bullying; is a past chairman of Prevent Child Abuse America; has appeared on the TODAY Show, on MSNBC, and in an A&E documentary; and was a participant in the 2011 White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. Please visit the author at her website, http://www.bullysafeusa.com/Blanche Sosland is professor emerita at Park University in Parkville, Missouri, and education consultant and author. She has taught in classrooms ranging from early childhood and head start to middle school.

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Bullying has unfortunately become a major issue in school communities. Fried and Sosland have extensive experience to support their writing. Fried created a bully prevention program, BullySafeUSA, which is utilized in 36 states, in addition to authoring four books on the topic. Sosland brings her classroom expertise to the topic. The book defines bullying behavior; gives profiles of the bullies, targets, and witnesses; and discusses types of bullying (e.g., physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and cyber bullying). The authors also give examples across grade levels. Most helpful is the authors' description of roles of each change agent, including administrators, teachers (they address specific content area teachers separately), parents, counselors, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and others. This holistic approach assists communities in changing the culture of the school and challenges readers to end this cycle of pain. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1Transforming the CultureChapter 2Dimensions and Overview of BullyingChapter 3Back to Bullying BasicsChapter 4Getting Specific About BullyingChapter 5Cyberbullying: Unimagined CrueltyChapter 6Bully Free Summer CampsChapter 7Bullying from Pre-School through AdolescenceChapter 8Helping Special Needs Students Achieve SuccessChapter 9The Challenges of Changing the CultureChapter 10Change AgentsChapter 11Empowering Students in the SolutionChapter 12Ten Burning QuestionsChapter 13Parents as Protectors, Partners, and Change AgentsChapter 14Letters From the Children