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By Patti Agatston, PhD, IBPA President The International Bullying Prevention Association was proud to be a sponsor of the inaugural World Anti-Bullying Forum in Stockholm, Sweden. The exceptional conference was organized by Friends, International and was a showcase of thought leaders in the area of research to practice in the field of bullying prevention. According
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Meet the IBPA Board How long have you been involved with IBPA? I have been attending the IBPA conference every year since 2005. As the bullying prevention coordinator for my school district, my supervisor encouraged me to attend because in his words “I have no other way to provide professional development for you.” I have
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Written by Dr. Justin Patchin, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, Cyberbullying.org. When you sign up for the “Blue Whale Challenge,” you are given a series of tasks over a period of 50 days. One day you could be told to watch a scary movie at 4:20am, while on another you might be required to
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By Mary Yoder Holsopple At Elkhart Community Schools in Elkhart, Indiana we have been focusing on bullying prevention and intervention for eleven years. We have learned a few things over that time. One of them is the importance of student involvement in the effort. Here are a few examples: In our high schools and middle
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Meet the IBPA Board How long have you been involved with IBPA? I attended my first conference in either 2005 or 2006 in Atlanta. I’ve been somehow connected ever since. What drew you to the field of bullying prevention? At the time, I was working for Seattle Public Schools. My colleague, Celia Arriaga, and I
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The inaugural World Anti-Bullying Forum was held in Sweden this week (where the cherry blossoms were blooming!), and I had the honor of representing the Cyberbullying Research Center and the International Bullying Prevention Association (IBPA) in attending. I am doing some work at Dublin City University for the first half of this summer, and so
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Meet the IBPA Board How long have you been involved with IBPA? Since 2012. What drew you to the field of bullying prevention? My main focus was anti-bias education in schools and saw the specific connection between bias and bullying; need to address both in order to create positive, safe learning environments. What is your
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Patti Agatston, PhD, presented a keynote on Sunday, May 7 at the World Anti Bullying Forum in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Agatston is president of the International Bullying Prevention Association, sponsors of this important event. She addressed the topic of cyberbullying and provided practical strategies for participants that they could begin using the next day. A
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Meet the IBPA Board How long have you been involved with IBPA? Since the first conference in Atlanta. Been to every conference. Started serving on the board six or seven years ago. What drew you to the field of bullying prevention? Our organizations commitment to best practices in violence prevention and the personal and professional
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