IBPA Blog and News
Felicity Harfield Series – Part 3
Dear Self-Acceptance, I remember when we first met…I was a child, and a happy child who had you, Self-Acceptance, in her life. Then as the teenage years came, I lost you. But by the time I was in university I had the songs; a thousand times, and I sang along. I listened to podcasts and […]
Felicity Harfield Series – Part 2
Dear friends who were not good friends, I don’t want this to take away from the good times we had. I know we had some nice moments together. We would giggle together about almost nothing at all. We would support each other in our sports and took a ridiculous amount of photos together. I don’t […]
Why I Serve as a Board Member of IBPA
By: Jacob U’Mofe Gordon, Ph.D., LLD (Hon) Professor Emeritus, University of Kansas In a large measure, this article is in response to these questions that people often ask me at professional and social gatherings: Why are you a Board Member of the International Bullying Prevention Association (IBPA)? What is Bullying? What do you hope to […]
The International Bullying Prevention Association’s Annual Conferences: “Looking Back” to Look Forward to Chicago
By: Nicolette G. Granata and Andrew Faubel With the 16th Annual IBPA Conference quickly approaching (November 7-9, 2019), we decided to take some time to reflect on how our annual conferences have become the special spaces that we believe and see them to be. To do this, we needed to hear from the presenters and […]
A New Lens for Bullying Prevention
By: Julie E. McDaniel-Muldoon, PhD Bullying behavior remains prevalent in American schools and a persistent problem for students. The results of two surveys given every two years help to explain this prevalence. First, results from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2007-2017) describes the rate of bullying as stable over the past decade for high school […]
(A Sense of) Safety First
By: Julie E. McDaniel-Muldoon, PhD Since the 1950s, American schools have been engaging in safety preparedness, beginning with fire drills, evolving into additional emergency protocols, and finally with active shooter training. Unfortunately, no evidence exists that these measures bring any improvements in the sense of safety. As Dr. Daniel Siegel (2015) explains, students need to […]
Dear Educators: Who might be at risk to bully or be bullied in your classroom, and why?
By: Nicolette G. Granata, Vanderbilt University As the majority of those who work with children already know, bullying is a pervasive issue among youth today; around 20% of children ages 12-18 have experienced it per the 2017 School Crime Supplement (www.stopbullying.gov). Service providers (educators especially) play an extremely important role in preventing and addressing bullying. […]
Bullying Prevention as a Trauma-Informed Approach
By: Julie E. McDaniel-Muldoon, PhD Article #4 of the IBPA Trauma Series In using the lens of trauma, the effects of bullying are better understood for their widespread impact on all involved in a bullying situation. This lens then allows for a systems-level approach to bullying prevention through trauma-informed practices. The foundation of trauma-informed practices […]
Individual Approaches of Trauma Informed Care
By: Sally Kuykendall Article #3 of the IBPA Trauma Series Traumatic experiences influence how a person responds to bullying. One child may lash out. Another child may become anxious or withdrawn. Responses vary by the type and degree of trauma, age, gender, personal resilience, and social support. This article offers practical tips for working with […]
Bullying as a Behavior Learned Through Trauma
By: Sally Kuykendall and Maria DiGiorgio McColgan, M.D., MSEd, FAAP Article #2 of the IBPA Trauma Series The relationship between trauma and bullying is complex. Bullying can create a traumatic experience and traumatic experiences can create bullying. This article discusses two mechanisms through which traumatic experiences may cause a child to act violently. In understanding […]
Reflecting on being a Youth Presenter at the 2018 IBPA National Conference in San Diego
By: Sam Culver It was such an amazing honor to have been invited to attend IBPA’s National Conference in San Diego! Initially, I didn’t know very much about the conference itself. I knew that it would be in the Golden State, but besides that, I was clueless! In all honesty, I was worried that the […]
Perspectives: Bridging the Gap
By: Jenny Mischel, Ph.D. Candidate at George Mason University Research focused on bullying behavior is prolific and the expansion into cyberbullying continues to grow. However, bullying/cyberbullying behavior continues to be elusive, detrimental, and worrisome. This may, in part, be due to discrepancies in how the constructs are conceptualized and operationalized (Tokunga, 2010). Volk, Veenstra, and […]
Inside Middle School
By: Josh G. Many adults see middle school as just a short period of time in our academic career before things “really start to count”. But for many kids, middle school can have a major impact even years after they’re gone. The physical and emotional complexities facing middle school students can be overwhelming. There is […]