The Essential Guide to Bullying: Prevention And Intervention

Headlines are filled with tragic stories of senseless murders and suicides that have resulted from child and teen bullying. As social networking and technology add to the ways that kids can be bullied parents feel powerless against this insidious force that compels even good kids to participate in or enable bullying in schools in extracurricular activities online and at home. The Essential Guide to Bullying Prevention and Intervention brings together the wisdom and experience of two people who have witnessed bullying's causes and tragic effects. School social worker Cindy Miller teams with Cynthia Lowen the co-creator of Bully to arm parents and teachers with the knowledge they need to:   • Understand the societal and human forces that are causing bullying to escalate.   • Discover who is most at risk for being bullied being a bully or not helping a bullying victim.   • Target-proof their kids and teach them coping skills.   • Identify even the most covert bullying situations.   • Infiltrate the world of cyberbullying and head off its disastrous effects.   • Intervene to stop a bullying situation.   • Know what legal recourse they have to back up other anti-bullying efforts.

Series: Essential Guide

Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Alpha; Original edition (September 4 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9781615642069

ISBN-13: 978-1615642069

ASIN: 1615642064

Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.7 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces