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A sampling of websites and books related to bullying

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Websites related to bullying prevention

Blueprints Model Programs:  Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (BPP):  The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence offer many suggestions based on the Olweus model.

BullyFreeMeChuck Saufler's site; he is a  nationally-known bullying prevention trainer and a founding board member of the International Bullying Prevention association. 

Bullying Hurts:  Marvin Nash, a professional rodeo clown, created this program and runs it with the help of  his wife Darlene and son Cody.

Bullying.org : "Everyone has the right to be respected and the responsibility to respect other."  Bill Belsey created this organization and also http://www.cyberbullying.org/ .

International Bullying Prevention Association "Best Practices in Bullying Prevention."

International Bullying Prevention Association :  This page of the IBPA lists lots of Bullying Prevention Resources.

KidsHealth Dealing with Bullies :  Good website for kids dealing with bullies and bullying.

Maine Bullying Prevention Education Program :  "Maine Law & Civics Education at the University of Maine School of Law (formerly EXCEL) has initiated a program to assist Maine schools in creating a civil school community by preventing bullying, teasing and harassment."

McGruff.org's Milstein Child Safety Center :  A children's website where McGruff the Crime Dog offers tips on dealing with bullies.

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program a comprehensive, school-wide program designed for use in elementary, middle, or junior high schools.

Operation Respect :  "Creating compassionate, caring, and respectful environments"; has a link to Peter, Paul, and Mary's "Don't laugh at me."  Lyrics for the song are here.

Quick Training Aids--Bullying Prevention : "Periodically, windows of opportunities arise for providing inservice at schools about mental health and psychosocial concerns. When such opportunities appear, it may be helpful to access one or more of our Center's Quick Training Aids."

SAMHSA is an acronym for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an entity within the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.  This link is specifically about bullying.

SAPE--Strategic Alternatives in Prevention Education: "Creating a circle of support for learning" is a motto of this Michigan-based program.

Safe Communities, Safe Schools :  A Colorado initiative, bullying prevention is a component of the overall Safe Communities, Save Schools (SCSS) project.

SAVE--Students Against Violence Everywhere  "is a student driven organization. Students learn about alternatives to violence and practice what they learn through school and community service projects."

SoundOut Program"MISSION: Partner students, teachers, and administrators together to transform schools by fostering active, ethical, democratic partnerships throughout education."

Stop Bullying Now :  "The links on this site will lead you through an exploration of interventions that work to reduce bullying in schools. and practical research-based strategies to reduce bullying in schools."

Stop Bulling NowSame name as above, but this "U. S. Department of  Health Resources and Services Administration site offers flash movies, games, and information about bullying and how to prevent it."

Stop the Bullying Keith Baber and Madeline Offner are available for "Olweus Bullying Prevention Program implementation for agencies and schools and for Bullying Prevention Awareness training for school staff, parents, School and District Administrators."

Teaching Tolerance A website of the Southern Poverty Law Center: "Fight hate and promote tolerance."

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Books related to bullying prevention

                                        ***  Every school should have this resource

                                                    **  Each building should have one for the appropriate grade level

                                                     *  The District should have a copy

                                                          No asterisk signifies additional resources                

 

AAUW Educational Foundation. Hostile Hallways:  Bullying, Teasing, and Sexual Harassment in School, 2001.  $9.95  (May be available off internet.) 

 ***Davis, Stan.  Schools Where Everyone Belongs:  Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying.  Stop Bullying Now, 409 N. Wayne Road, Wayne, ME  04284, 2003. $14.00 

* Frederick, Linda.  Healing Wounds of Words: A Guide to Conflict Resolution through Story-telling.  Boulder, CO:  Colorado School Mediation Project. (303)444-7671, Ext. 104 (Don - T, Th., Fri.)  $19.95 

*Frederick, Linda.  Using Stories to Prevent Violence and Promote Cooperation.  Boulder, CO:  Colorado School Mediation Project.   $19.95 

**Froschl, Merle.  Quit It!  A Teacher’s Guide on Teasing and Bullying for Use with Students in Grades K – 3.  N.Y.:  Educational Equity Concepts, Inc. and Wellesley, MA:  Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1998.  $22.95/19.95 

*Greene, Ross.  The Explosive Child:  A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, 2nd Ed.  N.Y.: Quill, 2003.   $11.20 

*Horne, Arthur M., Bartolomucci, Christi L. and Newman-Carlson, Dawn.  Bully-Busters: A Teacher’s Manual for Helping Bullies, Victims and Bystanders.  Research Press.  (See Amazon.com)  $29.95 

Kivel, Paul.  I Can Make My World a Safer Place.  Hunter House: 2001.  "A kid's book about stopping violence."

KIvel, Paul, and Allan Creighton with the Oakland Men's Project.  Hunter House, 1997.  "A 15-session violence prevention curriculum for young people."

 *Kriete, Roxann.  The Morning Meeting Book.  Greenfield, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children, 2002.  $19.95

 Moss, Peggy. Say Something.  Tilbury House.  (See Amazon.com)  Award-winning children’s story.  $16.95 

 *Mullin-Rindler, Nancy.  Selected Bibliography About Teasing and Bullying for Grades K-8, Special Report.  Wellesley, MA:  Center for Research on Women, 2003.  $15.00 

Mullin-Rindler, Nancy.  Relational Aggression and Bullying:  It’s More than Just A Girl Thing.  Wellesley, MA:  Center for Research on Women, Paper No. 408, 2003.  $10.00 

 **Stein, Nan.  Bully Proof:  A Teacher’s Guide on Teasing and Bullying for Use with Fourth and Fifth Grade Students.  Wellesley, MA:  Center for Research on Women, 1996. $19.95 

**Stein, Nan D. and Cappello, Dominic.  Gender Violence/Gender Justice:  An Interdisciplinary Teaching Guide for Teachers of English, Literature, Social Studies, Psychology, health, Peer Counseling, and Family & Consumer Sciences (Grades 7-12). Wellesley, MA:  Center for Research on Women,  Teaching Guide No. CRW 20, 1999. $25.00 

**Stein, Nan and Sjostrom, Lisa.  Flirting or Hurting?  A Teacher’s Guide on Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment in Schools, Grades 6 through 12.  A Joint Project of the NEA Women and Girls Center for Change and the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1994.  $19.95 

Vasquez, Hugh, M. Nell Myhand, and Allan Creighton with Todos Institute.  Hunter House: 2003.  "A curriculum for making peace in middle school."

***Wessler, Stephen L.  The Respectful School:  How Educators and Students Can Conquer Hate and Harassment.  Alexandria, VA:   Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003.  $23.95