Bullying
Many people attended the anti-bullying workshop on April 8, 2010, presented by the GPTA, GYFS and GHS.
If you missed our workshop and want to learn more, the following information may be of interest to you.
Websites:
http://www.pta.org/bullying.asp
mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/15plus/aboutbullying.asp
actagainstviolence.apa.org
www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/bullying.asp
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp
http://www.janebluestein.com
http://www.aftab.com/
Books:
Coloroso, Barbara (2003) The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander: From Preschool to High School - How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence, New York: HarperCollins.
Bolton, J., Graeve, S. (2005) No Room For Bullies.
Riivers, I., Duncan, N. Besag, V. (2007) Bullying.
Wiseman, R. (2009) Owning Up.
Olweus, Dan. (1993) Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
Willard, Nancy (2007). Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and Distress. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
One of the 2009-2010 Guilford PTA initiatives is to eliminate bullying in our schools. No one approach will solve this problem, but gathering data is critical.
GPTA is very excited to offer parents an opportunity to participate in its Bullying Survey, and you do not need to be a member of GPTA to take the survey, it is open to all GPS parents and/or students.
Please take two minutes of your day to take the GPTA Bullying Survey. The information gathered is anonymous, but powerful!
The survey will only be available times this school year:
September 15-30
January 15-30
May 15-30
Your input will hopefully assist us in changing our schools’ culture for the better.
Feel free to pass this message on to other Guilford parents.
GPTA Bullying Committee
Kim Beckett
Maureen Belden
Lisa Carbone
Sarah Kellogg
Karolin Regan, LCSW
Bullying in the News
July 22, 2010 | NY Times
Q&A: Rumors, Cyberbullying and Anonymity By DAVID POGUE