Harrowing Hell: anti-bullying programs

Lecturers and Assembly Programs

Stop Bullying Now! -- This site advertises a program by Stan Davis, who's a social worker, an educator, and a magician.
The advertising is low-key, though, and the site has a lot of good info. Stan's also written a book, Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying, which is well worth reading. Its introduction and first chapter may be read online for free here.

Expert: Adults Need to Stop Bully -- Article by Cindy Kranz for the Cincinnati Enquirer about Stan Davis, whose own website is linked to above.

Duo Travelling Sask. Sing Songs about Bullying -- Article about Brea Lawrenson and Braiden Turner, who have a musical anti-bullying program. Article by Pamela Cowan for the Leader-Post.

Please Stop Laughing At Me -- Website of Jodee Blanco, anti-bullying author and lecturer. Jodee is running an anonymous e-mail service for reporting bullying.

Author Takes Message on Bullying to Dist. 13, by Justin Kmitch for the Daily Herald.

Take Action Against Bullies -- This is a commercial site advertising an anti-bullying program for schools, produced by the Canadian company Bully B'Ware Productions. The site also provides some good general information on bullying.

Anti-Bullying Speaker's Message to Students: "Be Like Belle" -- Article by Gregory Roberts for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Stopping Bullies Starts With Behavior -- Article about a talk by Susan Limber, Bullying Prevention Project director at the University of South Carolina, by Helen Altonn for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

Argos Huddle Up Against Bullying -- Article web-published by OurSports Central.

Former Principal Blames Bullying For School Shooting -- Article web-published by KTIV.

Just Gimme Some Truth -- Article about an anti-bullying documentary, "Teen Truth." Article by Danielle MacMurchy for the Tracy Press.

A Bullying Victim's Plea -- Article about a bullying survivor who now lectures against bullying. Article by Laura Halleman for the Madison Courier.

Bullying Destroys Lives -- Article about anti-bullying lecturer Cindy Wesley, whose daughter Dawn-Marie killed herself in 2000 after being bullied by schoolmates. Article by Monica Wolfson for the Windsor Star.

With Help from Friend, Woman Overcomes Bullying -- Article about anti-bullying lecturer Gabrielle Ford and her dog Izzy, both of whom suffer from ataxia. Ford was repeatedly bullied in school because of her disability. Article by Mike Celizic for MSNBC.

Finding Out About Bullying

Finding Out About Bullying -- Article by Andrew Mellor. Another good page by the Scottish Council for Research in Education.

Stonewall Targets Homophobic Bullying -- A U.K. survey of lesbigay students created by Stonewall.

Ending School Violence -- Short press release about a study conducted by Washington U. in St. Louis in which students were asked to say where and when they felt least safe at their schools. Web-published by NewsWise.

School 'Spies' Beating the Bullies -- Article by Mike Keegan for the Manchester Evening News.

Schools to Combat Bullying -- Article about a survey being distributed to students in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. Article by Margarita Raycheva for the Gazette.

Touted National Study on Bullying was Led by Naples Teenager -- A 16-year-old, working with four other high school students across America, made a presentation to the American Psychiatric Association about bullying's prevalence in middle schools. Article by Jennifer Sutcliffe for the Naples Daily News.

Students Will Join Bully Study -- Researchers at Yale are studying bullying. Article by Maggie Caldwell for the Redding Pilot.

Bullies Get the Point -- Students can use a website to report bullying. Article by Ben Turner for the Liverpool Echo.

Programs Aimed at Adults

Targeted Violence in Schools -- Article by Brooke Whitted, an Illinois lawyer who defends bullied students.

Simple Changes Bring Results -- Article by Laura Tode for the Independent Record.

Victimization of Obese Adolescents -- PDF journal article by Sabrina Robinson about steps school nurses can take to help bullied students. Article published in the August 2006 Journal of School Nursing.

Bullies Beware: Sutherlin's Watching -- Article about an in-service day on bullying. Article by Teresa Williams for the News-Review.

Tracy Unified Works to Wipe Out Bullying -- Article by Zachary K. Johnson for the Record..

How to Take on the Bullies -- Article about a lecture given by a Cambridge professor in Cyprus. Article by Alexia Saoulli for the Cyprus Mail.

Anti-Bullying Program Expands to More Schools -- Article web-published by WBAL.

Local School Districts Break Out New Program to Stop Bullying -- They're using the Olweus Program. Article by Stephen Szucs for the Chronicle-Telegram.

Snarl, You're on Bully Camera As Schools Act -- Article by Bridie Smith for the Age.

Programs Aimed at Students

Plight of Bullied Teen Brings Letters of Support from Around the World -- 14-year-old Olivia Gardner, who was bullied so much at school that she is being homeschooled, has received over 500 letters of support from all over the U.S. Article by Jim Staats for the Marin Independent Journal.

The Surviving Bullies Project -- The Project charges $15 for its anti-bullying workbook, which seems a bit steep to me. But they do have some useful information and links on their website.

Local School Confronts Bullying Problems -- Article web-published by WISH-TV

A Positive Environment, and Lower Class Sizes, Can Help Reduce Bullying -- Article by Mary Ann Hess for the Wisconsin Education Association Council.

Bullying Best Prevented by Pupils -- Article web-published by the BBC.

Giving Bullying a Black Eye -- Article about an implementation of the Olweus program, by Joe Callahan for the Star-Banner.

Schoolgirls Tackle Bus Run Bullies -- Article web-published by the BBC.

Students "Act Out" to Prevent Bullying -- Article by Brendan McKenna for the New Britain Herald.

Bully Pulpit -- Article by Azure Collier for the Times.

Fighting Back Against Bullies -- Article by Azure Collier for the Northwest Indiana News.

Bullying Focus of Middle School Summit -- Article by Donna Lowry for WXIA.

Orlando School Program Helps Stop Bullies -- Article by Kathy Marsh for WESH.

Seattle Schools May Not Be Quite As Scary As They Were -- Follow-up article about various anti-bullying programs undertaken by the Seattle school system. Article by Deborah Bach for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Bullying is Not Cool -- Article by Joe Rizza for the Mineola American.

Learning How to Give Bullies the Rap -- Article by Sara Wallis for the Evening Chronicle.

Twinfield Union Focus of Study on Bullying, Bias -- Article by Anne Nadel for the Times-Argus.

Bullies Targeted in Text Messages, web-published by the BBC.

Student Troupe Puts Bullying on Center Stage -- Article by Mary Jo Diem for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

CD Will Highlight School Bullying -- Article web-published by the BBC.

Anti-Bullying Program Shows Success -- Article web-published by WESH.

Starlight Runner Goes Back to School with Anti-Bullying Hip-Hop DVD -- Press release web-published by Top40-Charts.

Boost for Bullying Mentor Scheme -- Article web-published by the BBC.

Concerns Raised Over Bullies Poll -- Schools in Britain and the U.S. are testing an online poll system in which students are encouraged to cast votes for students who are bullies, thus enabling teachers to know whom to watch. In an attempt to curb potential abuse, votes are not anonymous, and the results are being made available only to teachers. Article web-published by the BBC. See also Educators Discover New Online Voting System is a Bully Beater, a press release web-published by PRWeb, and Online Poll Aims to Beat Bullies, web-published by the BBC.

School Program Battles Bullying, Even in Cyberspace -- Article by Bruce A. Tomaselli for the Catholic Register.

MPUSD Program Aims To Curb Bullying -- Students are being trained as mentors. Article web-published by KSBW.

Program Targets Student Insolation [sic], Bullying -- Article about an implementation of a program based on an essay by Rachel Joy Scott, one of the students killed at Columbine. Article web-published by the Dispatch.

Role Play Game to Prevent School Bullying -- Article about a computer game which lets students take the role of a bystander in a bullying situation. Article web-published by Scenta.

N.S. Students Rebuke Bullies by Wearing Pink -- A boy was beaten up for wearing a pink shirt. Two other boys were angry about the incident, so they wore pink and urged their friends to wear pink. Then more and more students in schools across Nova Scotia joined in. Article web-published by the Toronto Star. See also Pink Floods School Hallways in Bid for Tolerance, Peacock Students Wear Pink to Fight Bullying, by Shelby Parker for the Moose Jaw Times Herald, , Hampton Academy Eighth-Graders Tickled Pink, by Christina Hamilton for the Hampton Union, web-published by Seacoast Online.

But some schools objected to their students' wearing pink. See Pink-Shirt Punishment Infuriates Schoolgirl's Mother, web-published by the Vancouver Sun.

School Offers Safe Haven for Victims of Bullying -- Three older students have set up a lunchroom table for bullied students at their school. Article web-published by the Northern Scot.

School Takes on Bullies -- A middle school has installed a "bully box" system for reporting bullying. Article by Laura Legere for the Times-Tribune.

Middle School Pupils Get Lessons in How to Treat Peers -- Article by Sarah Viren for the Houston Chronicle.

Anti-Bullying Lessons Paying Off at South Park -- A middle school had a party to celebrate their first semester of following the Olweus Program. Article by Amanda M. Wimmer for the Northwestern.

JFK Middle School Targets Bullying -- A middle school has adopted an anti-bullying program involving assigning students to small-group discussion circles. Article by Catherine Buday for the Hudson Sun.

Templeton Middle School Reins in Bullying -- A middle school teacher ripped up her students' anti-bullying posters and then told them, "That's how a victim feels." Article by Katherine Michalets for the Freeman, web-published by GMToday.

Local School, U. of I. Professor, Part of Anti-Bully Film Debuting March 28 -- An Australian filmmaker came to the U.S. to make "Stories of Us," a documentary about school bullying. Article by Craig Chamberlain for the News Bureau.

School Supports Solidarity with 500 Yellow Shirts -- Students, inspired by the Canadian pink-shirt protest, wore yellow shirts to protest bullying. Article by Darcie Hoenig for the Hawk Eye.

Helping Students Build Outside Social Connections Can Prevent School Bullying -- Bullied students are brought together into small groups in hopes that they will become friends. Article by Sue Loughlin for the Tribune-Star.

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