Bullying can follow a young person off campus and into the neighborhood, so efforts to prevent bullying are more successful when they extend beyond the school and include the larger community. This webinar will introduce school-based bullying prevention principles and present options for incorporating bullying prevention at parks, faith-based settings, health clinics, neighborhoods, Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCAs, and other settings.
This webinar will describe the main components of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, which is recognized as an effective model. The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program improves the school and classroom social climate, and has demonstrated substantial reductions in reports of bullying and victimization, vandalism, fighting, theft and truancy. Part of the success of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is its engagement of the broader community. This webinar will share examples where this approach has paid off. Everyone can play a role to ensure that each child is cared for and feels safe. Register for this webinar to learn about local initiatives where preventing bullying is a community-wide effort, not just a school effort.
Beyond the Campus: Bullying Prevention in the Community
Thursday, September 8, 2011
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST / 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST
Host: Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth (UNITY)
Facilitator: Xavier Morales, Program Manager, Prevention Institute
Remarks by: Neil Rainford, Public Health Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presenters include:
- Penny Bisignano, Olweus Coordinator, State of Iowa
- Rodger Dinwiddie, Executive Director, STARS Nashville
- Marlene Snyder, Director of Development, Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Clemson University
Download slides for this webinar here.