Bullying Resources for Youth
ADL RESOURCES FOR YOU AND YOUTH GROUPS
A national civil rights/human relations agency, the ADL fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all.
- 10 Ways to Respond to Bullying (English or Spanish, PDF)
- Are You Ready to Be an Ally? (English or Spanish, PDF)
- Internet Safety Strategies (PDF)
- Internet Safety Strategies for Youth (English or Spanish, PDF)
- More Anti-Bullying Resources
- Taking a Stand: A Student’s Guide to Stop Name-Calling and Bullying (PDF)
ADL is pleased to offer a free webinar series. Learn practical strategies and tips for addressing bias and bullying and creating a positive school climate from the leading provider of anti-bias education programs and resources.
Cable in the Classroom Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship is a holistic and positive approach to helping children learn how to be safe and secure, as well as smart and effective participants in a digital world. – See more at: http://www.ciconline.org/DigitalCitizenship#sthash.epWKjgOR.dpuf
Cartoon Network- Stop Bullying: Speak Up Campaign
How do you stop bullying? Just by speaking up! Join Cartoon Network and help us spread the word about bullying awareness and prevention with Stop Bullying: Speak Up.
CDC Center For Disease Control
Understanding bullying: Fact Sheet
www.cyberbullying.us/resources/teens/
GLSEN works to ensure that LGBT students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment.
http://www.welcomingschools.org
The Human Rights Campaign’s Welcoming Schools Guide is an approach to addressing family diversity, gender stereotyping, and name-calling in K-5th grades. The guide helps administrators, educators, and parents or caring adults make sure that their elementary schools welcome all students and families.
Kids Health: Teens Site http://kidshealth.org/teen/
- Kids Talk About: Bullying (Video)
- Shyness
- A World Without Bullying: Brigitte’s Story
- How Do I Help a Kid Who’s Bullied?
- How to Handle Abuse
- What Kids Say About: Bullying
- Dealing With Peer Pressure
- The Scoop on Gossip
- How Cliques Make Kids Feel Left Out
- Taking Charge of Anger
Young people tell their stories in their own words–and the results are heartbreaking, shocking, inspiring and poignant.
National Association of Student Councils http://www.nasc.us/
National Center for School Engagement http://www.schoolengagement.org/
National School Climate Center
Supporting student engagement and leadership. Creating positive school climates and addressing bullying
Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center http://www.pacer.org/bullying/
- Peer Advocacy http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/peer-advocacy.asp
- Raising Student Voice and Participation Bullying Challenge (RSVP) Process http://www.nasc.us/raising-student-voice-and-participation
- Sites for Teens and Kids http://www.pacer.org/bullying/sites-for-teens-and-kids.asp
- Stories http://www.pacer.org/bullying/stories/
- Books for children and youth that address bullying http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/book-club.asp
PBS KIDS
Its My Life Resources: http://www.pbs.org/parents/itsmylife/resources/bullies.html
What is bullying? http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/index.html
Its My life Journal Page http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/journal/bully_journal.html
Its My Life Journal Page “a pep talk for myself” http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/journal/bully_peptalk.html
A national network of leading researchers and organizations, working together to stop bullying in Canada. This link is designed to help kids with what they need to know about bullying.
Smart Social Networking: Fifteen Tips for Teens
It’s easy to feel powerless or alone when faced with bullying. We made this film to give you a voice. Whether you’ve been a victim, a bystander, or a bully, you can transform your school into a safe and caring community for you and your peers. We’ve provided the tools in the Bully Project link above to empower you to make change in your school or youth group!
U.S. Department of Education Bullying Prevention
Stopbullying.gov this link is especially for kids. It includes facts, what you can do, videos and games http://www.stopbullying.gov/kids/index.html
Stopbullying.gov this link is especially for youth. It includes ideas about what to do if your or someone you know is being bullied as well as a youth engagement toolkit for bullying prevention. http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-you-can-do/teens/index.html
Youth Leader toolkit from www.stopbullying.gov the federal website from the Department of Education devoted entirely to bullying prevention, intervention and follow up. PDF of the toolkit is here: http://www.stopbullying.gov/resources-files/youth-leader-toolkit.pdf
CYBERBULLYING - SOCIAL MEDIA - ONLINE SAFETY
Anti-Defamation League Cyberbullying Resources
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad through information, education, legislation and advocacy. ADL serves as a resource for government, media, law enforcement, educators and the public.
Boston Public Schools Cyber Safety Campaign
Resources on this website were developed entirely by students in the Boston Public Schools
Varied and numerous resources in cyberbullying, young kids and bullying, bullying and prejudice, popularity, social status and bullying. From Education.com
A free toolkit to help you build digital citizenship and address important issues, such as cyberbullying.
Here you’ll find tips, safety advice, articles, news, analysis, video and other resources to promote safe, effective use of connected technology.
The Center is dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents
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.
Facebook Resources for Educators
A resource that helps adults be supportive partners so that teens make safe, smart and responsible choices throughout the online world.
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.
On this page you can learn about Facebook safety tools and resources.
Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)
The Family Online Safety Institute brings a unique, international perspective to the potential risks, harms as well as the rewards of our online lives. FOSI’s 30+ members, from Amazon to Yahoo! represent the leading Internet and communications companies in the world. And our work encompasses public policy, industry best practice as well as good digital parenting.
The online materials are part of iKeepSafe’s BEaPRO™ initiative, which aims to help parents and educators prepare students to create, collaborate, and share responsibly in the 21st century. Digital Citizenship resources
National White Collar Crime Center
FREE online training for parents, educators, and caregivers on cyberbullying
NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations designed to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. It is for children ages 5-17, parents & guardians, educators, and law enforcement.
Seattle MS Cyberbullying Curriculum
This initial set of Internet safety curriculum materials focuses on cyberbullying. As a part of a bullying prevention program, the Lessons contained in the materials are designed to coordinate with and fit into ongoing Olweus Bullying Prevention programs.
Stopbullying.gov- Cyberbullying
The site features resources from various government agencies on bullying prevention and intervention. Content for this website is provided by the partners on the StopBullying.gov Editorial Board.
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.
Anderson Cooper on CNN presents a program, “#Being 13:Inside the World of Teens.”
CNN bills the program as “the first large-scale study to analyze what kids say to each other on social media and why it matters so deeply to them.” This is a six-month study and analysis of over 150,000 posts of 8th graders on Instagram, Facebook, and twitter.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN BULLYING PREVENTION
Stop Bullying @ the Federal Partners Website contains resources for teens who want to help younger children launch a bullying prevention project. Youth Leaders’ Toolkit
Want to show your leadership in bullying prevention in your school? Join other youth leaders across the country and the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention to organize a bullying prevention social and educational event. Youth Engagement Toolkit
Kiwanis Club and Bullying Prevention in Schools and Community. Kiwanis International empowers people at every stage of life to become competent, capable and compassionate leaders by helping them learn to help others. Through its Service Leadership Programs, Kiwanis enables its youth and adult leaders to serve their communities, opening doors for them to change the world.
Federal Partners Bullying Prevention: Bullying Prevention Summit, Day 1, Youth Leadership Anti-bullying activists talked about the problem of youth bullying in schools and strategies to prevent bullying. August 2012.
National School Climate Center- Student leadership in bullying prevention resources.
A program of Safe- expectrespect The Expect Respect Youth Leadership programs educate and empower youth to have healthy relationships and to become role models, allies and peer educators. Youth leaders speak out about bullying, harassment and dating abuse through youth-generated projects, campaigns, theatre, art, music and poetry.
Anti-Defamation League has many resources supporting Youth Leadership and Youth Engagement in combating hate, bias and bigotry. 10 Ways Youth Engage in Activism. Six Simple Ways to be an Ally. Internet Safety Strategies for Youth.
A Shift in Focus: From Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs)
Adverse Childhood Experiences Bullying was added as an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) by the Center for Disease Control in 2017, placing the impact of bullying behavior on par with all other ACEs. In short, these experiences have been shown to disrupt neurological development, leading to cognitive, social, and emotional impairment. This impairment may lead to […]