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I was working on a blog post this weekend in which I planned to do something lighter, more upbeat and encouraging about our fight against bullying. Then it was Monday. I got home from the dentist, [...]
What Do Elementary Kids Believe About Bullying?
Two weeks ago I wrote a blog concerning statistics and what students in middle school understand about bullying. Despite having classroom guidance lessons since kindergarten, the students I surveyed in a middle school had limited understanding [...]
What Do Kids Really Know About Bullying?
A lot of questions have arisen lately about the statistics of bullying. People often wonder if we are blowing things out of proportion. Does it really happen? Do programs focusing on prevention really work? My next [...]
The Importance of a Safe Haven in Bully Prevention
The beginning of the year has already brought some great news to many bullying prevention efforts in Colorado. At the January 3rd school board meeting, district 70 in Pueblo County agreed to become the second district in the state [...]
Bullying Statistics: What Is Really Going on in Schools?
We all know that bullying in school has become a problem that is gaining increased press in recent years. At first, much of the outcry against bullying centered on the “part of life” notion that adults are feign to take [...]
Life After Bullying, Part II: The Bully
What happens to bullies when they grow up? They grow out of it, right? No; unfortunately they do not. Children who do not learn how to interact appropriately with others before they reach the end of [...]
Life After Bullying: A Three Part Series, Part 1: Views from a victim
Working in both schools and clinical settings, I have had the opportunity to work with many people who were bullied as children. The adults often times come in suffering from depression, anxiety or other stress related [...]
Using the Anger Triangle & the “I-Message” in Bully Prevention
Anger is a complex emotion and one common to us all. However, few of us, especially children and teens, truly understand the underlying roots of our anger and what our expressions of anger really mean. In bully [...]
Five ways to deflect bullying behaviors for children
Have you heard the phrase ‘victim mentality’? This is the aura that some people can give off when they are low in confidence, which is thought to attract predators such as bullies by showing undisguised weakness. [...]
“That’s so retarded!” What!!??
Maybe I am just a little more tuned in to this because I was a special ed. teacher earlier in my career, or maybe because a dear friend of ours has an intellectual disability, but I am [...]
