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Eyes on Bullying

Free Teleseminar: Stop bullying in camp & youth programs
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @ 2 - 3 pm ET (Register by Tuesday, June 3 at 12:00 pm ET)

HHD’s Children’s Safety Network focuses on how maternal and child health professionals can help prevent bullying. They delivered a webinar that was attended by over 100 maternal and child health professionals around the country. To view the slides from the presentation click here. They also developed a factsheet, Preventing Bullying: The Role of Public Health and Safety Professionals (PDF).

Teenage Health Teaching Modules, HHD’s successful, comprehensive school health curriculum for grades 6 to 12, has two modules on violence. Voices Against Violence addresses the critical role that bystanders—both adults and youth—can play in preventing school violence. Aggressors, Victims and Bystanders builds habits of thought and action that help students understand and practice effective strategies for preventing violence among aggressors, victims, and bystanders.

Bullying: Prevention Strategies for Parents and Caregivers

Each year millions of youth experience humiliation and other devastating effects of bullying. What we know about bullying—who is involved, where, when, and why it occurs, and the situations that allow it to spread—has increased tremendously over the past couple of decades. This new knowledge has helped researchers develop new and useful strategies that both children and adults can use to prevent bullying before it ever occurs and to intervene effectively when it does happen.

TheEyes on Bullying Toolkit (PDF) provides specific insights, strategies, activities, and resources to address bullying. Created by a team of specialists, including youth violence prevention experts, Kim Storey and Ron Slaby, this toolkit was initially developed for IBM employees and their children’s caregivers.

It is designed especially for parents and caregivers working in child care settings, camps, and after-school or youth programs. These are the adults on the front lines—in the position to establish the rules needed to prevent bullying, most likely to see bullying when it occurs, and available to help children deal with it. Yet, the issues surrounding bullying can be complex. Knowing how and when to intervene requires a better understanding of bullying as well as effective strategies and practice.

This toolkit was developed on the premise that to prevent bullying, youth and adults must:

Take a new look at the ways they think about bullying
Understand how their actions—or inaction—can either prevent or escalate bullying behaviors
Take responsibility and action for preventing bullying
Learn and teach others successful strategies and skills to prevent bullying
Create an environment where rules of conduct are clear, children feel safe, and everyone understands that bullying will not be tolerated

Bullying does not have to be a part of growing up. With greater understanding of the extent, seriousness, and dynamics of this problem, the amount and consequences of bullying can be greatly reduced.

For more information visit the website at www.eyesonbullying.org or contact eyesonbullying@edc.org. Funding for this project was provided by the IBM Global Work/Life Fund

May 15, 2008


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