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By Michele Borba, Ed.D. Bullying wreaks havoc on children’s emotional moral, and cognitive development; demolishes feelings of safety; and if not stopped, can shatter young lives. The typical approach to prevention and intervention has been to deal individually with the child who engages in bullying and the target. But new insight into the roles student […]

Mary Yoder Holsopple Board Member, International Bullying Prevention Association This month, I headed out to the beautiful city of Denver to represent the International Bullying Prevention Association at the 14th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support. On Friday afternoon, I presented a session titled “Best Practices in Bullying Prevention: Is PBS Sufficient?” I also set up

As educators, we know that creating a culture of inclusivity on school campuses is a key factor in preventing bullying. However, sometimes we focus so much on creating this culture among students that we forget about another critical group: parents. When I was teaching in a low-performing school in San Diego, one afternoon, the mother

Stan Davis and Charisse Nixon, co-directors: Youth Voice Project Almost twenty years since the beginnings of science-based bullying prevention, it is clear to us that school wide bullying prevention efforts got some fundamental things right. It also has become clear to us, as we listen to youth through the Youth Voice Project research and in

By Dr. Sameer Hinduja, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research Center and Professor of Criminology at Florida Atlantic University. We’ve all heard the “sticks and stones” adage while growing up, and the reality is that words – whether expressed online or in person – can hurt.  Sometimes very deeply.  But do they always?  And do they

A new model policy and related training are under way, with the goal of further protecting students in Missouri public schools from bullying. A committee tasked with developing both was created in response to a revised Missouri anti-bullying statute that was signed into law on June 4, 2016 (House Bill No. 1583). Among the highlights

by Anne Collier: visit NetFamilyNews for more articles like this one It’s fitting that the last day of a bullying prevention conference focusing on empathy, kindness and resilience happened to be Election Day 2016. Whether or not they were thinking about it, some 750 educators, students, researchers and practitioners together, capped off possibly the most