Useful Web Resources
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Stop Bullying Now (http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adult/indexAdult.asp?Area=cyberbullying)
Focuses on Cyberbullying and offers advice on how parents can help their children if they are being bullied on the computer. Gives some alarming statistics about cyberbullying.
About.com: Parenting of Adolescents (http://parentingteens.about.com/library/sp/quiz/bullying/blbully.htm)
Parents: take a quiz to find out if your child is a bully. Click the links to access additional resources to help your child if they are the bully or being bullied by others.
National Mental Health Information Center (http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/15plus/parent/)
This site offers advice on how parents and teachers can deal with bullying. A great feature of this site is the tools that you can download. Click on the link "download tools" to access brochures, posters, and conversation starters.
Riley Hospital for Children (http://rileychildrenshospital.com/parents-and-patients/wellness-center/commed/professional-bullying.jsp)
Local children's hospital provides alarming statistics about bullying. Also gives links to additional resources.
Kidscape (http://www.kidscape.org.uk/parents/index.asp)
Gives parents a definition of bullying along with signs you can look for. Be sure to click the links on the left hand side of the page to access additional information on how you can help your child and cyberbullying.
Taking a Look at Bullying (http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/bullying/bullies.htm)
A unique feature of this site is that if takes a look at family risk factors that play a part in children who bully.
Bullying in Schools (http://www.education.unisa.edu.au/bullying/)
Dr. Ken Rigby offers advice on how parents and teachers can deal with bullying. Click on the link on the left hand side of the page to access "bystander intervention" information. Bystanders are often overlooked in bullying situations and they are as guilty as the bully.
White Lick Elementary Bully Prevention Program (http://www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/whitelick/newsletter/Olweus.pdf)
Provides statistics about bullying at White Lick Elementary. States the school's definition of bullying and offers strategies on how parents and teachers can help with bullying.
Useful Books:
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And Words Can Hurt Forever by James Garbarino
Helps parents and teachers distinguish between normal "teasing" and bullying. Provides interviews that give insight into the lives of the bullies and the bullied. This straightforward text will make you realize how serious of an issue bullying is.
The Bully and Me: Stories that Break the Cycle of Torment by Helen Carmichael Porter (http://www.amazon.com/Bully-Me-Stories-Break-torment/dp/1896836798/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203223030&sr=1-5)
This is a great book to read with your children or students. A compilation of real life bully experiences. This is a great discussion starter.
The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to Highschool--How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence by Barbara Coloroso (http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.ulib.iupui.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=43&hid=13&sid=ea9d6dbc-8f79-400d-9b08-3693dc3fa07c%40sessionmg r9)
A wonderful book that shows parents and teachers how they can "re-write" the script of bullying. Coloroso breaks down each role: the bully, the bullied, and the bystander and shows specific ways to help each child.
Lesson Plans
Education World (http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson191.shtml)
Ten lesson plans and activities to help students understand bullying. Lessons can be adapted for students of all ages.