STUDENTS AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE ~ Bully Articles & Information

• Resources for elementary schools

• http://www.schoolsantibullying.com/ - Schools Anti Bullying Web Gateway. There are numerous successful projects and Schools Anti Bullying Groups/Networks in many countries. Each project has been demonstrated to have a positive impact and has improved the school environment. This Gateway aims to gather links to best practices around the world on a searchable website.

• Group Looks to 'Cyberarmy' to Stop Violent Videos - ABC News, 4/15/08

• Pulling the plug on Web attacks - The Baltimore Sun, 4/15/08

• Don't be a bully- tampabay.com, 10/28/07

• Parents, agencies talk about bullying prevention ideas - The Times, Georgetown, SC, 1/24/07

• Several articles of cyberbullying - Journal of Adolescent Health, December, 2007

• School Violence/Youth Violence Articles

• Study: Gifted children especially vulnerable to effects of bullying .

• The 411 on Bullying. This publication provides an overview of the problem of bullying, as well as current research updates, information about cyber bullying and many resources for parents, teachers and students. 40 pages. (PDF download)

• Bullying is Not a Fact of Life (SVP-0052)
  This booklet contains information for caregivers who are concerned that a child might be a victim of bullying or may be bullying other children. The publication is available as part of SAMHSA's 15+ Make Time to Listen...Take Time to Talk initiative, which provides parents and caregivers with information about bullying and methods for communicating with children about the climate of fear created by bullying. Other bullying materials that are available include Bullying Prevention Conversation Cards (SVP-0051) and Take Action Against Bullying (SVP-0056). View or downlad them online at http://www.mentalhealth.gov/publications/allpubs/SVP-0052/

• New Online Bullying Resource for Professionals
  Source: Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
  Submitted by: Jessica Twedt, LCSW
  Date: August 2004

  The Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) has just completed a free online tutorial for all school personnel on school-based bullying. The tutorial, "The ABCs of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression," will offer CEU's to social workers, all counselors, health educators, and contact hours to all school personnel.

• An Increase in Girls Fighting Girls
  Source: The News Journal, Wilmington, DE
  Written by: Adam Taylor and Mike Billington
  Published: June 13, 2004

  Girls are fighting more than ever, according to state and federal statistics and juvenile crime experts. It's a nationwide phenomenon that also is happening across Delaware with increasing frequency, police and prosecutors said. Violence among boys was once 10 times more prevalent than violence among girls, the U.S. Justice Department said. Now, a generation later, it's four times more prevalent. In Delaware, adolescent girls committed five times more aggravated assaults in 2002 than in 1985.

• Some Say Schools Have Gotten More Violent
  Source: Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI
  Written by: Brenda Ingersoll
  Published: June 11, 2004

  Madison, WI school district statistics show an increase in student suspensions and expulsions despite an overall reduction in violent violations of the student conduct code. The data also shows increases in the number of girls responsible for violent incidents.

• In Violent Incidents, Preteen Girls More Likely than Boys to Be Involved in Retaliation for Previous Fight
  Source: PR Newswire
  Written by: staff
  Published: June 7, 2004

  Girls in middle and elementary schools involved in violent incidents may be more likely than boys of the same age to be retaliating for a previous event, to experience the violence at home, and to have a family member intervene. Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia surveyed 190 children aged 8 to 14 brought to the hospital's emergency department for injuries caused by interpersonal violence. The study appeared in the June issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

• Bullying Moves to the Internet
  Source: INDYchannel.com - Indianapolis, IN
  Written by: Staff writer
  Published: May 26, 2004
  

  School officials in Fort Smith told television station KHBS that some students are taking the age-old practice of bullying to the Internet. "Cyberbullying" is the latest trend in childhood harassment, according to experts. Police said the method of harassment involves threats made in chat rooms and through instant messaging.

• School disciplines Student Accused in Attack
  Source: KMGH - Denver, CO
  Written by: staff
  Broadcast: May 27, 2004
  

  A student with cerebral palsy was suspended for reporting a bullying attack while her attacker remained in school. The victim told an assistant principal that a boy pulled a knife on her and set her hair on fire. The interim principal admitted her staff did not call police, did not interview potential witnesses, and did not conduct a proper investigation, 7NEWS reported. … According to statistics, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School had the most fights of any school in the state. Sherrie Glowczewski attributes that in part to the bullying climate that pervades the school, a point disputed by DPS spokesman Mark Stevens.

• Family Files Suit Against School District Over Bullying
  Source: WIBW - Topeka, KS
  Written by: Associated Press
  Broadcast: May 8, 2004
  

  A family in the Kansas City area school district have filed suit against the school district, its superintendent, members of the school board, the principal of the junior high, and the principal and vice principal of the high school charging that they failed to stop name-calling and other bullying that forced the child to drop out of high school. The suit in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, alleges the child's parents repeatedly asked school and district officials in Tonganoxie, Kansas, for help. The family, whose name isn't disclosed, seeks unspecified damages.

• Peers Can Stop Bullies
  Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA
  Written by: Mary Niederberger
  Published: May 5, 2004
  

  Experts say, bystanders, who may account for 60 percent to 70 percent of school-age children, hold the key to stopping bullying. "Research shows that when a peer tells a bully to cut it out, it's much more effective than when adults do," said Jim Bozigar, a Pittsburgh child psychologist. The fact that bystanders, even friends, don't come forward can be a frustrating, painful experience for victims and their parents. But the reason may have less to do with the victim and more do to with the personality of the bystander, experts say.
  
  

• Battling Bullies
  Source: Scholastic News Senior Edition
  Written by: Laura Egodigwe y
  September 15, 2003
  

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