Sentences with phrase «of bullying prevention programs»

University of Illinois Psychologist Dorothy Espelage summarized the sentiment succinctly in a 2013 paper: «the impact of bullying prevention programs in the United States has been disappointing.»

More recently, Espelage and her colleagues reviewed 19 evaluations of bullying prevention programs and found that these efforts do ok with younger students (7th grade and lower), but largely fail among students in high school: «Altogether, the present analysis suggests that we can not yet confidently rely on anti-bullying programs for grades 8 and above.»

An important part of a bullying prevention program is to understand the dimensions of the problem in your school.

As educators, we know that most schools have, with great intentions, tried some form of a bully prevention program.

Recent high - profile analyses of dozens of bullying prevention program evaluations have all generally come to the same conclusion: nothing works.

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What started with matching shoe sales with donations has turned into a whole suite of socially responsible services, including access to clean water, glasses and eye treatment, safe birth services, and even bullying prevention programs.

The topics covered include youth sports philosophy, professional development, mission statements, policies & procedures, volunteer management, child abuse and bullying prevention, parent management, conflict resolution, insurance & risk management, inclusion of children with disabilities and evaluation & marketing of programming.

Some of the topics covered at the Academy are youth sports philosophy, professional development, volunteer management, child abuse and bullying prevention, parent management, conflict resolution, insurance and risk management, program evaluation and marketing.

Kathryn facilitated hundreds of workshops to preschool through high school aged students, teachers, and parents around the topics of sexual assault prevention, bullying, and stranger awareness, and became certified as a National Trainer for the Child Assault Prevention Program.

MANHATTAN — The city is ratcheting up its efforts to curb bullying by dedicating $ 8 million for new prevention programs and making it easier for bullied students to transfer out of their schools, Department of Education officials announced Monday.

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Project 2: Kernels of Practice for SEL: Evidence - Based Strategies for Social, Emotional, and Ethical Development In recent decades many school based programs have focused not only on academics but on an inter-related set of skills that fall under the headings of social and emotional learning (SEL), character education, bullying prevention, life skills, and / or youth development.

The second part of effective bullying prevention involves creating a bullying prevention team, delegating roles and responsibilities to maximize your impact, and then selecting the best programs and practices to help reduce bullying in your unique school environment.

Over the past twenty years, educators have developed a wide variety of approaches and programs that come under the umbrella of SEL including: character education, conflict resolution and peer mediation, restorative justice and other alternatives to punitive discipline / suspension, bullying prevention, school climate work and more.

In the absence of a comprehensive and sustained bully prevention program in school, directly confronting the bully often makes matters worse.

According to PBIS, the core features of an effective bully prevention program can be divided into student skills and faculty / staff skills.

SEATTLE — Schools using a bullying prevention program saw significantly less physical bullying and fewer teachers reporting fighting as a big program, according to a University of Washington study to be released this week.

All across the country this month, hundreds of schools and organizations are recognizing the harmful affects of bullying through collaborative programs, initiatives, and bullying prevention measures to highlight what students and educators can do to ensure safe and healthy school environments.

Sharon implemented a bullying prevention program, the elements of which include contemplative practice, restorative justice, peer mentorship, and teacher advocacy on behalf of students.

Based on years of research, her programs combat bullying through empathy - building practices and her 6R's of prevention.

(Calif.) With mental health issues a growing concern for education policy makers, Gov. Jerry Brown signed bills this week aimed at reducing bullying based on religion, restricting confinement of juvenile offenders and promoting model suicide prevention programs.

Candidates in the charter programs will also take required workshops on mandatory reporting of child abuse, on violence prevention, and on harassment, bullying, and discrimination.

Fully fund Title IV, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to improve school conditions for student learning through school based mental health services, bullying and harassment prevention programs, and schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports.

Comment: Rosalind Wiseman is the co-founder of the Empower Program, a national, nonprofit educational organization that aims to «empower young people and adults to create safe schools and communities by providing effective prevention strategies to address bullying and other forms of peer aggression,» she is also the author of the bestseller Queen Bees and Wannabees, and the mother of two boys.

In 2010, Travis authored eight children's books that led to the creation of a bully prevention and character education program for pre-kindergarten through first grade children entitled «The Adventures with Travis & Presley».

In fact, Maria Ttofi and David Farrington (both from the University of Cambridge) conducted a more sophisticated analysis of forty - four bullying prevention efforts (excluding programs that targeted violence or aggression generally) and uncovered some promising evidence: ``... school - based anti-bullying programs are effective: on average, bullying decreased by 20 — 23 % and victimization decreased by 17 — 20 %.»

Sixty - five percent of the schools had some bullying prevention program, presumably as reported by the students from within those schools.

Some programs try to get at the root of bullying, while others give a cursory nod to prevention, use simple slogans and surface - level events.

Committee for Children develops evidence - based programs for the prevention of violence, child abuse, and bullying, and to promote social, emotional and academic development.

Scholars at the Wellesley Centers for Women have conducted numerous research studies on issues related to gender violence, including bullying - and sexual harassment - prevention programs in schools, and patterns of and interventions for intimate partner violence, including family violence and teen dating violence.

Specifically a meta - analysis of studies found that the most effective bullying prevention programs in schools included parent training, improved playground supervision, multiple disciplinary strategies (not Zero Tolerance), school conferences or assemblies that raised awareness of the problem, classroom rules against bullying, classroom management techniques for detecting and dealing with bullying and the work of peers to help combat bullying.

Whether the particular program is focused on conflict resolution, character education, bullying prevention, or another version of social skills instruction, the development of SEL programs is based on the consensus among social scientists, educators, and health care professionals that social and emotional skills matter.

With our flagship curriculum and suite of programs, we have a rich history of supporting children and educators through social - emotional learning, child protection, and bullying prevention.

«Our research - based bullying prevention program draws on bullying - related research from across the different stages of childhood.

The focus of the school programs ranges from bullying prevention to interventions aimed at reducing anti-social behavior and helping children resist negative peer group influences.

She collaborates on research projects examining bullying and school climate; the development of aggressive and problem behaviors; effects of exposure to violence, peer victimization, and environmental stress on children; and the design, evaluation, and implementation of evidence - based prevention programs in schools.

Research and best practices show that the best way to address bullying and cyber bullying is through a combination of evidence - or research - based social - emotional learning and bullying prevention programs; policies, standards, and practices set by school districts and out - of - school programs; national and state laws; and training.16, 17 The recommendations below should be implemented while engaging youth in identifying problems and solutions and combining their voices with those of bullying researchers and program and practice experts.

For example: the importance of whether and how our school rolls out new and sensitive programs about such hot topics as drugs and alcohol, puberty, or bullying prevention.

The group launched the program in response to new research that shows social - emotional learning to be an effective part of bullying prevention.

We currently offer social - emotional learning, bullying prevention, child sexual abuse prevention, and mindfulness programs — all of which allow students to excel in the classroom and teach skills that will last a lifetime.

«Their social - emotional learning — based bullying prevention programs are right in sync with the Safer Internet Day message: The solution to online risk is social and needs all of us participating.»

Implementation of the PATHS curriculum in grades PreK - 5, the Second Step program in grade 6, student support teams, mental health services in schools, bullying prevention and mediation programs, and a unique intervention called Planning Centers, a constructive alternative to in - school suspensions.

A meta - analysis of school - based bullying prevention programs» effects on bystander intervention behavior and empathy attitude.

As with other major public health problems, the burden of suffering associated with aggression, bullying and violence will not be significantly reduced by clinical services alone; effective prevention programs are also urgently needed (Craig and Pepler 2003; Offord et al. 1998; Waddell et al. 2005, 2007).

A growing number of states have laws requiring schools to adopt bullying prevention programs.

The current study compared the efficacy of a combined universal violence prevention approach that included individual - level skill - building (i.e., lessons from Second Step) and school environment (i.e., Olweus Bullying Prevention Program; OBPP) interventions to OBPP alone.

The report took into account on only who experiences bullying, but the different types of bullying, race and ethnicity, school climate, bullying prevention programs, the negative impacts of bullying, and bystanders, among other issues.

StandUp is a bullying prevention program for adolescents that showed encouraging changes in behavior from first to third session in a small sample of high school students.