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Families / Caregivers / Communities Resources

These manuals were created by the Iowa Bullying Prevention Council, with resources for everyone: Managing the Challenges of the Political Season: Administrators, Educators, Students, and Communities

Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) provides fantastic resources for parents including tip sheets, tools and advice.

AbilityPath.org: Support for Parents of Children with Special Needs

About.com: Learning Disabilities

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Bullying Strategies and Resources for Parents/Families

Bullying Fact Sheet from Centers for Disease Control

Bullying Prevention and Intervention Resources from the Gay Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) for parents and families.

Center for Disease Control CDC- Resources for parents of LGBTQ Youth 

CHADD-  Children and Adults With Hyperactivity Disorder- Resources on Bullying

Connect Safely-  Here you’ll find tips, safety advice, articles, news, analysis, video and other resources to promote safe, effective use of connected technology.

Facebook for Students- This online training series teaches students the ins and outs of Facebook®.

Facebook Safety– On this page you can learn about facebook safety tools and resources.

Facebook Safety Tools– We provide tools that help you stay safe while using Facebook. You’ll also find other safety resources here to help you whenever and however you use the internet.

Facebook Family Safety Center Hub – This contains information, tools and resources to help you stay safe online. It includes special sections for parents, teachers, teenagers and members of law enforcement.

Connect for Respect- National PTA  National PTA’s initiative to encourage PTAs across the country to lead conversations in their school communities about bullying, how it is affecting their communities, and to develop solutions that they can implement collaboratively together.

Coping: Preventing School Bullying and Protecting Your Child: Learning about School Bullying Can Help Prevent It

Electronic Aggression Brief from the Center for Disease Control

Guides for Parents, Families and Communities Topics including: what to do if your child is being bullied, tips about texting, understanding cyberbullying and social networks, and when your child is bullying or is a target of bullying.

Kids Health-Parents Guide

Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center

NASP- National Association of School Psychologists- Resources for Families

National Parents and Teachers Association- Bullying: Connect for Respect

Stopbullying.gov-Community Bullying can be prevented, especially when the power of a community is brought together. Community-wide strategies can help identify and support children who are bullied, redirect the behavior of children who bully, and change the attitudes of adults and youth who tolerate bullying behaviors in peer groups, schools, and communities.

Stopbullying.gov – Parents Parents play a key role in preventing and responding to bullying. If you know or suspect that your child is involved in bullying, there are several resources that may help. Federal website for parents, students, communities in bullying prevention and intervention.

PBS

Public Broadcasting System- It’s My Life- Guides for Parents

Sesame Street for Parents Regarding Bullying

The Bully Project  Parents play a vital role in supporting their kids, helping them be upstanders, and teaching and modeling empathy in the home and beyond. We’ve provided resources below to help you with these discussions and to empower you to stand up for your child effectively- when working with a school to resolve a bullying situation.

The National School Climate Center–Resources for Parents and Communities (A Community of Upstanders)

Violence Prevention Works- Tips and Resources for Parents

Early Childhood Bullying Prevention

Bullying behaviors emerge in early childhood. All of us who interact with young children can take steps to teach them the skills they need to avoid bullying altogether. See a download guidance: Eyes on Bullying in Early Childhood.

Educational Development Center- Cyberbullying – Here you will find important information and tips for keeping children safe online, including how to teach digital citizenship—responsible and appropriate use of online media. Six interactive scenarios on this site will take you through different situations involving cyberbullying and digital citizenship, allowing you to hear real-life conversations between parents and youth, choose the paths they should take, and find the best outcomes.

Make Time to Listen-Take Time to Talk Encourages parents and caregivers to spend at least 15 minutes a day listening and talking with their children to prevent youth violence. Provides interactive questions to start conversations with children about bullying and bullying prevention.

From Head Start Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center:  Parents can be role MODELS for your children. Here is a guide for what we can all do to help keep our children “violence-free.”

How you can Deal with Aggressive Behaviors.

How to problem solve teasing that leads to intimidation, an example

Thoughts from Parents.com: What to Do if Your Pre-School Child Is Being Bullied

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying Research Center–Top Ten Tips for Parents

A Parents’ Guide to Facebook – Designed to teach parents how to help their teens strengthen their privacy and safety on Facebook, the guide features important topics such as risks involved in social networking, how to parent Facebook users, managing reputation in the digital age, managing your privacy on Facebook, reporting problems and more.  The guidebook is published in partnership with the iKeepSafe Coalition.

A Thin Line for parents and educators. MTV’s A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower you to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in your life and amongst your peers. The campaign is built on the understanding that there’s a “thin line” between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else.

Connect Safely: ConnectSafely.org is for parents, teens, educators, advocates – everyone engaged in and interested in the impact of the social Web and mobile technology. Here you’ll find tips, safety advice, articles, news, analysis, video and other resources to promote safe and productive use of connected technology.

Common Sense Media:  Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

Family Online Safety Institute:  The Family Online Safety Institute is an international, non-profit organization which works to make the online world safer for kids and their families. Look  for information on Teen Identity Theft.

NetCetera: The Net Cetera Community Outreach Toolkit helps you provide the people in your community with information about protecting kids online. Regardless of your experience as a speaker — or your expertise in online safety — this kit has the resources and information you need to convey key points about protecting kids online. Also available in Spanish.

NetSmartz:   NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations.

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN:

COMMON SENSE MEDIA

www.commonsensemedia.org
Resources for Educators, Youth, and Families:
Cyberbullying Research Center
http://cyberbullying.org/
National Child Traumatic Stress Network–info for families and their communities
http://www.nctsnet.org/resources/public-awareness/bullying-prevention-awareness-month
American Psychological Association (APPLICABLE EDUCATORS/YOUTH/FAMILIES)
Bullying Prevention for Teachers- School Administrators-Parents and Students
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/bullying.aspx
Scholastic (FAMILIES)
Parents Guide to Bullying
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/bullying-teasing/parent-guide-to-bullying
Teens Health (kidshealth.org)
Bullying: What Teens Can Do (YOUTH)
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html#a_What_Can_You_Do_

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