AERA Issues Report on Prevention of Bullying in Schools and Colleges

The AERA report results from the work of a blue-ribbon task force mandated to prepare and present practical short-term and long-term recommendations to address bullying of children and youth.

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NYIT Criminal Justice Expert Available to Discuss Recent High School Sexual Abuse and Suicide Cases

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WIU Professor's Interactive Bullying Survey Available in Conjunction with New WQPT-PBS Anti-Bullying TV Program

An interactive bullying survey for parents and children created by Western Illinois University School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration Associate Professor Jill Myers is available on WQPT's website (see www.wqpt.org/stopbullying). According to Lora Adams, director of marketing and local content at WQPT-Quad Cities PBS—a media service of WIU-QC in Moline—The Cyber Safe Cyber Savvy Survey provides an additional anti-bullying resource for families and is available in conjunction with WQPT's promotion of its new program, "Stop Bullying with Dr. Jennifer Caudle," which is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 18.

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‘Mean Girls’ Be Warned: Ostracism Cuts Both Ways

If you think giving someone the cold shoulder inflicts pain only on them, beware. A new study shows that individuals who deliberately shun another person are equally distressed by the experience.

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Gay Teen Bullying Study: Expert Available to Comment

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Bullying Causes Significant Short-Term Emotional and Physical Consequences for Children with Autism

Study by Kennedy Krieger’s Interactive Autism Network finds children with autism and psychiatric comorbidities are at especially high risk of being bullied.

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Survey Shows That Nearly 1 in 3 Children with Food Allergies Experience Bullying

Nearly a third of children diagnosed with food allergies who participated in a recent study are bullied, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Almost eight percent of children in the U.S. are allergic to foods such as peanuts, tree-nuts, milk, eggs, and shellfish.

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Bullying by Childhood Peers Leaves a Trace That Can Change the Expression of a Gene Linked to Mood

A recent study by a researcher at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and professor at the Université de Montréal suggests that bullying by peers changes the structure surrounding a gene involved in regulating mood, making victims more vulnerable to mental health problems as they age.

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Workplace Harassment of Adolescents

Harassment of teen workers can be alleviated by providing them more meaningful assignments and coping strategies.

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Tour Planned For Play Written By St. Lawrence Prof

An organization that works to create "peaceful schools" plans to tour New York State with performances of a play written by a St. Lawrence University professor that is based on a popular children's book with an anti-bullying message.

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