The new social science of restorative practices is effective in preventing and dealing with bullying problems in schools, says the keynote speaker at a conference on bullying at Southern Connecticut. State U.
A University of Cincinnati researcher will bring Ohio educators up-to-date on issues surrounding evolving technology and the legal responsibilities of schools.
Ritch Savin-Williams, professor of developmental psychology and director of Cornell University’s Sex & Gender Lab, comments on the efforts of schools to implement anti-bullying initiatives. Nov. 14 through 18 has been declared Ani-Bullying Week 2011 by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
Although passion and widespread sympathy for bullying victims is natural and admirable, those who want to stop bullying abuse need to act in ways that reflect good science and proven research if they want to contribute to a culture that does not condone this behavior, according to the director of the University at Buffalo’s anti-bullying center.
University at Buffalo Associate Professor of Psychology Jamie M. Ostrov’s work on understanding the development of bullying behavior in pre-school children has won him some influential admirers and boosters: Big Bird and his furry friends.
Bullying is not a new problem, but with advances in technology, bullying and cyberbullying have become an unrelenting ordeal. Michelle Molina, President and CEO of bullying prevention program PeaceBuilders, is available for interviews for October 2011 National Bullying Prevention Month.
During October, National Bullying Prevention Month, youth violence expert Dr. Charles A. Williams III, an assistant clinical professor in Drexel University’s School of Education and director of the Center for the Prevention of School-Aged Violence, is available to comment on tactics that both young people and their parents have at their disposal to respond to bullies, what the causes of bullying are and how can it be prevented.
Lady Gaga and other celebrities commenting on bullying have the chance to teach young people about the horrors of bullying abuse, says the director of the University at Buffalo’s Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse, a power that makes it important they act responsibly.
Sport and exercise medicine professionals have an important responsibility to protect the athletes under their care against abuse, harassment, and bullying, according to a position paper published in the September issue of Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.