Bullying Resources

Credit is given for sources and annotations to Cindy Estrada and Idara Akpata, Texas Woman’s University practicum students at the Center for Parent Education and students of Dr. Arminta Jacobson in the Summer 2011 graduate class, Partnerships: Family, School, and Community.

Anti Bullying Network. http://antibullying.net/

The anti-bullying network devised this site as a free resource for educators and civic leaders to use when making decisions surrounding bullying behavior. The site implores young adults and those with decision-making capacity to educate themselves and their communities on the harms and long-term effects of bullying. This site offers help lines for bullying victims and provides means by which victims may contact support groups. The site offers the provision of training, publications and consultancy services. The site http://antibullying.net/ also grants info- generating services to schools, offices and other communities. It promotes intensive research on the different methods of bullying in order to more effectively provide for long-term solutions.

Bullying http://www.bullying.org/

This Bullying organization provides educational programs and resources to individuals, families, educational institutions, and organizations. It contains available online learning courses, presentations, and many other educational resources in order to help people deal effectively and positively with the act of bullying and its long-lasting negative consequences.

Bully Free Kids http://www.bullyfreekids.com/

This ‘bully free’ website is a place where past victims of bullying can share their experience and help prevent future issues with bullying. The website is a basic resource for those seeking help with bully issues, and it offers a variety of practical solutions and tips for kids, teachers and parents. It also provides many good links for those who need a more specialized help.

Bully Police http://www.bullypolice.org/

This website was created by Bully Police USA. This website contains some basic information on bullying like a definition, information on prevention, movements, etc., and describes antibullying laws for each state. It also contains a blog for individuals to share information about bullying.

Bullying Statistics http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/

This is a site that seeks to educate people in general about the harsh realities of bullying as well as provide statistics of reported bullying across the nation. It is especially significant however because it includes one of the darkest sides of bullying: suicide due to bullying issues, or bullycide as they call it. The site proposes informative coping strategies in cases of bullycide, prevention, and resources for parents if their child has just become a victim.

Bystander http://www.bystander.us/

This website offers a program aimed at encouraging middle school students to cease being bystanders of bullying. During weeklong rehearsals, a group of pre-selected students will rehearse a moving performance guaranteed to reach even the toughest of students and staff. Following up their performance with a small group debriefing session allows students to take control of bullying situations by finally acknowledging the role they play in perpetuating it. And, last a school assembly addresses the fact that the power to end bullying and make school a place where every student feels safe lies in the actions and words of the bystanders.

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program www.clemson.edu/olweus/

This online resource has information about launching bullying prevention programs at schools. Specifically it focuses on a program built by Dr. Dan Olweus a research psychologist and leading expert on the topic of bullying. The program’s goals are to reduce and prevent bullying problems among school children and to improve peer relations at school. It has been found to reduce bullying among children, improve the social climate of classrooms, and reduce related antisocial behaviors, such as vandalism and truancy. The site hopes to train others for its continuation and success.

Easing the Teasing http://www.easingtheteasing.com/

The website describes a breakthrough program that helps aid in the battle against teasing. The book Easing the Teasing by Judy S. Freedman is a feature of this website. The program she developed teaches children and parents how to deal with bullying and encourages coping skills. This website offers a variety of resources like links to other bullying organizations, an activity book, testimonials, and events like ‘Easing the Teasing’ sponsored camps. This site is an invaluable resource for parents, educators, and kids. Education (Bullying in Preschool: What Parents Need to Know) http://www.education.com/magazine/article/bullying-preschool/

This website provides many bullying and cyber bullying articles to help students, parents, teachers, and educators have a deep understanding of the definition of bullying, and its effects, preventions, and how parents and teachers can work together to offer help and support for students. That information is contained within activities, worksheets, schools, colleges, and online learning. How to get information to decide whether a child is bullied or not, what a child displays when he/she receives bullying, how to help children to reduce bullying, how to prevent bullying in the school, and what consequences relate to bullying are included. They educate adults on the ways to recognize bullying and how to deal with it, as well as, ‘bully-proofing’ your child by teaching him the tools he needs to deal with bullying. This website is an independent educational information site that accepts article submissions from professionals in the field. This website also offers a quiz on bullying made for teachers, mental health workers, and family life educators to help adults discover how much they know about bullying.

Keep Schools Safe http://www.keepschoolssafe.org/

The link includes a sort of how-to like manual for dealing with different bullying scenarios or things that have the potential to go astray in schools. Something unique and interesting about Keep Schools Safe is it addresses almost every single issue that could arise in the school environment and the things that directly relate to it, like the community, city, and life at home. The link also has age appropriate material as well as articles that are age specific.

Ken Rigby Research http://www.kenrigby.net

This website was put together by Dr. Ken Rigby as a research-based resource for parents and educators to address the issue of bullying. This website includes strategies, articles, books, and answers to questions we are all asking ourselves about how bullying became this great an issue.

Kids’ Health (Dealing with Bullying) http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html

This practical website on bullying aimed at teens has an audio version in English and Spanish for listening while reading the article. Website articles have answers to questions such as: Who is a typical bully? What can kids do if they are a victim or the bully? How can kids help stop bullying at their school? The website provides relevant health, school, social, development and medical information. The website addresses bullying from the basics of what it is to real stories for parents and children to read and utilize in their dealings with this issue. Educators can also use this as a group lesson to watch in the classroom and follow with a discussion or as an assignment to listen/read the article and write comments and ideas about the article. National Bullying Prevention Center http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/

The Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) Center has the goal of enhancing the life of children and young adults with disabilities. Under the scope of their programs PACER National Bullying Prevention Center website provides interactive activities for both elementary and high school level students. The resources provided on PACER’s website can help students, parents, and teachers learn how to address bullying. Some of these resources include worksheets or handouts, videos, books, FAQs and workshops to participate in.

No Bully http://www.nobully.com/index.html

This is a non-profit organization built by professionals in the social sciences field dedicated to providing special training for schools, parents, and teachers in order to combat bullying. They have devised a program which you can access online with courses to further the community’s education about bullying, for prevention purposes, and to supply coping strategies. This organization is unique in that it offers videos depicting the different perspectives on bullying from the student’s side, the counselor’s side, the teacher’s side, etc.

Overcoming Bullying http://www.overcomebullying.org/

The Overcome Bullying website is an independent site that focuses on preventing all types of bullying at school and in the workplace. Their website offers current news articles and resources aimed at parents, teachers, administrators, employees, and employers. They offer tips for parents of bullies and victims of bullying, a place to share one’s story, and support groups. For those in need of legal help, this online resource also offers legal advice at a reduced fee in relation to bully issues.

PACER Kids Against Bullying http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/

This site is supported and published by the National Bullying Prevention Center. The aim is to prevent young children from engaging in bullying behavior. The website contains interactive games and contests that are designed for younger children. It explains prevention strategies and how to recognize bullying. This site is easily navigated and illustrated in a form that is both family and child friendly.

PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/ This portion of the popular pbskids website gives very young students insight into the power struggles evident in many schools today. It gives understandable definitions of the term “bully” along with scenarios that give insight into the intricacies of the very broad term. It offers interesting and age appropriate games and activities to educate kids while they play. Further, it offers parents and students activities that can build stronger families that advocate against bullying in the community.

Stop Bullying http://www.stopbullying.gov

StopBullying.gov provides information and resources about bullying from various government agencies. The website includes information geared towards children, teens, young adults, parents, educators, and community efforts. The “Kids” section addresses signs of bullying and includes “Webisodes”, or kid-friendly videos depicting instances of bullying. The “Teen” and “Young Adults” sections focus on how to deal with being bullied and take a stand against bullying. The “Parents” section describes what can be done if your child is being bullied or if your child is bullying others. This section also outlines specific steps parents can take to stay involved in the child’s school and in the community. The “Educators” tab notes how teachers can prevent, monitor, report, and intervene in bullying issues. Finally, “In the Community” discusses state laws and policies and has a directory of Violence Prevention Programs. Based on age and position, this website introduces pertinence methods to find out bullying and prevent bullying.

Stop Bullying Now http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/

This website focuses attention on childhood bullying and harassment and provides interventions for students, parents, teachers, and educators who need help. The Stop Bullying Now interventions are based on the work of many researchers in bullying prevention, including Norway’s Dan Olweus, England’s Smith and Sharp, the USA’s Dorothea Ross, Canada’s Wendy Craig and Debra Pepler, Australia’s Ken Rigby, and on social worker Stan Davis’s forty years of experience with children, families, and schools. The links on this website provide an exploration of interventions that work to reduce bullying in schools and to reduce the harm that bullying can do. Webisodes for children and students are effective and provide basic empathy for others through real-life case studies. Cyberbullying is also addressed and exhausted on this site.

Stomp Out Bullying http://www.stompoutbullying.org/

This website is a national anti-bullying and cyber bullying program aimed at kids and teens. It includes: songs; ideas on bullying; tips and comments from celebrities; and information on topics important to teens e.g. sexting, suicide, teen dating violence and harassment, how to recognize if you are a bully and how to stop bullying, and what to do if you are a victim. It also has tip sheets for parents and teachers. This site could be used by educators with students, teachers or mental health workers, and by family life educators to help adults understand bullying and what can be done.

Teens Against Bullying, by the National Bullying Prevention Center http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/#/home

Teens Against Bullying, sponsored by the National Bullying Prevention Center, targets teenagers through their creative website, videos, and relatable terminology. Teenagers talk to users about bystanders, signs of bullying, and response strategies. Parents and teens can view the site together to discuss bullying. The site links to other useful resources such as Facebook Safety. It contains photos and videos of teens expressing ideas about bullying and what to do if you are bullied. The videos of teens discussing bullying could help adults understand what teens feel and think about bullying and parent involvement, and help teens feel like they are understood.