Understanding Bullying || Understanding Cyberbullying || Bullying Prevention || Publications

Understanding Bullying

Bullying.org
This is one of the most complete websites about bullying. It contains articles, books, multimedia and many more.
One particular issue discussed in this website is the policies and regulations on bullying in particular schools and countries. This information will give an understanding of the kind of prevention programs or assistance you may want to provide to clients dealing with such situation.

Stop Bullying Now!
A fun and interactive website to teach children about bullying.

A Japanese point of view about bullying
This is an article about a Japanese woman's experience and point of view about bullying in her country.

Bullying Prevention

Center for the study and prevention of violence
Fact Sheets and Prevention information useful to counselors about bullying. Check also this page for further information.

Preventing Bullying: the role of mental health professionals (.doc)
This document focuses on the advocacy role of counselors in bullying prevention.

Publications

Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying (Amazon.com link) by Stan Davis
This is one of the best books on bullying prevention.

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to High School--How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence by Barbara Coloroso (Amazon.com link).
This is another useful book to purchase.

Understanding CyberBullying

Information about Cyberbullying**

What is it?
Cyberbullying is harassing, humiliating, intimidating and/or threatening others on the Internet or using other technology such as cell phones or PDAs. Although the Internet is most often used for healthy social communications, teens are increasingly using the Internet to deliver cruel and harmful messages and photographs. Cyberbullying sometimes involves racial, religious or culture slurs. It can also be sexual in nature. It can involve someone your child knows or a complete stranger. Cyberbullying can include cruel jokes, malicious gossip, embarrassing information or photographs, and/or Web sites designed to target a specific child or teacher.

Why is it different from regular bullying?
Cyberbullying is different from face-to-face bullying because the bully is removed from the immediate and tangible feedback of the victim. They don't "see" the harm they have caused or the consequences of their actions, which minimizes any feelings of remorse or empathy. This creates a situation where kids do and say things on the Internet that they would be much less likely to do in person.

When does it happen?
Cyberbullying occurs easily away from the watchful eye of an adult, and MNet research shows that 50% of kids are online most of the time without adult supervision. Victims can be reached anytime and anyplace and frequently with complete anonymity.

When does it happen?
Cyberbullying occurs easily away from the watchful eye of an adult, and MNet research shows that 50% of kids are online most of the time without adult supervision. Victims can be reached anytime and anyplace and frequently with complete anonymity.

What can parents do?
Parents are the primary character educators of our children, and bullying of any kind is a character issue. Use the above MindOH! resources as a springboard for discussion about the values that are important to you as a family and how those values impact the issue of bullying and cyberbullying.


Cyberbullying Prevention Tools

* Family Activity: Instant Cruelty. This activity will allow you and your children to define cyberbullying, explore their knowledge, attitudes and experience with it and determine your Personal Internet Standards.

* Family Activity: Danger Ahead! This activity will allow you and your children to understand how advances in online and electronic communications can present a greater danger to individuals.

* Family Activity: Private Affairs. This activity will allow you and your children to explore the concept of privacy and the consequences of violating the privacy of others as it relates to cyberbullying.

* Lesson Plan: Instant Cruelty. This activity will allow you and your students to define cyberbullying, explore their knowledge, attitudes and experience with it and determine your Personal Internet Standards.

* Lesson Plan: Danger Ahead! This activity will allow you and your students to understand how advances in online and electronic communications can present a greater danger to individuals.

* Lesson Plan: Private Affairs. This activity will allow you and your students to explore the concept of privacy and the consequences of violating the privacy of others as it relates to cyberbullying.

* Thinking It Through: It's Just The Internet. For the bully or the bystander. This reflective activity is designed to help young people who participate in online bullying. They make excellent discussion starters.

* Thinking It Through: The Power of Words on the Internet. For the bully or the bystander. This reflective activity is designed to help young people who participate in online bullying.

* Thinking It Through: Cruel Messages in an Instant. For the victim. This reflective activity will help kids who have been victims of online bullying and provide a springboard for conversation with a trusted adult.

* Walking The Talk: Cyberbullying. For the bully or the bystander. This activity is designed to help young people who participate in cyberbullying. They are encouraged to interview a trusted adult who has been tempted to cyberbully before and instead made the responsible decision not to.

* Tips for Preventing Cyberbullying. Advice for kids, parents and educators on how to stop or prevent cyberbullying.

* Cyberbullying Prevention Posters (.pdf) : To hang up in the home, classroom, or computer lab to remind kids that it is not okay to cyberbully.

* "The Impact of Cyberbullying" (.pdf) by Dr. Beth Manke, Associate Professor in the Human Development Department at the California State University, Long Beach

* "Behind the Screen: Is There a Bully in the House?" (.pdf) by Elizabeth Van Auken, MindOH! Grant Writer


**Information obtained from mindoh.com


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