BullyingWhat We Know and What We Can Do, Marlene Snyder

Parents, Let's Unite for Kids presents:
A one day seminar designed for special educators, administrators, parents, counselors, health and safety professionals, or anyone that works with children.

Bullying: What We Know and What We Can Do

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: Miles City Community College
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Presenter: Marlene Snyder, Ph.D
Marlene is an independent consultant, international conference speaker, curricula writer, and workshop presenter for educational, child welfare, juvenile justice, and parent education agencies. She is one of five Master Trainers for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. She trains trainers that work with school administrators, teachers, support staff, law enforcement officers and parents to implement the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. In addition, she regularly consults on issues involving juvenile crime and violence prevention in rural communities with professionals in the juvenile justice system.

Session Description: Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional and that involves an imbalance of power or strength. Bullying can take many forms, such as hitting, kicking, threatening others, teasing, name-calling, excluding from a group, or sending mean notes or emails. A child who is being bullied has a hard time defending himself or herself. Often, children are bullied not just once or twice, but repeatedly. For many years, bullying has been treated as a rite of passage - an undesirable, but sometimes unavoidable, reality of growing up. This is far from the truth. Bullying is a serious public health issue that affects countless young people everyday. Further, research shows that the effects of bullying can last well into adulthood.

Given the rising concern about violent crime among youth, parents, schools, and communities are concerned about reducing "bullying" behaviors because:

Persistent bullying can leave long-term scars on victims (e.g., low self-esteem, depression). Some victims of bullying may turn to violent means of retaliation.
Students who bully others are especially likely to engage in other antisocial/delinquent behaviors such as vandalism, shoplifting, truancy, and frequent drug use. This antisocial behavior pattern often will continue into young adulthood.
Bystanders who repeatedly watch others being bullied may become withdrawn, fearful, or lose empathy for others.
Bullying may contribute to a negative, unsafe school social climate that is not conducive to learning.
Bullying is a widespread problem among school children throughout the world. Through research, we know that around 33% of the children in American schools are involved as either the bully or the target of bullying behaviors.
Recent legal action has been brought against school systems that allow bullying to go without intervention. Bullying is now being seen as an important risk management issue.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Participants in this workshop will be able to:

Define bullying.
Explain the differences between teasing, fighting, bullying and harassment.
Explain the roles of people involved in a bullying incident through the Bullying Circle model.
List steps schools can take to reduce the incidences of bullying.
Describe the role schools should take in helping a child who is being bullied.
Describe the role schools should take in helping a child who bullies others.
Describe the role parents should take in helping a child who is being bullied.
Describe the role parents should take in helping a child who bullies others.
Outline steps parents can take to work with the school to get bullying to stop.
Explain steps that should be taken if the child who is bullying others/ or the child who is the target is also a child with special needs.

Access:
Please advise us at least two weeks prior to the sessions if you require any special accommodations during the sessions or the materials in an alternate format.

Scholarships/credit:
We are happy to pursue accreditation for any of our participant needs. At the time of the printing of this brochure, the following credit is available:

Certificates of attendance for everyone
OPI renewal units for Montana Teachers
Montana Early Care and Education Career Development

PLUK is offering a limited number of parent scholarships to cover the registration fee. Indicate in the comments on the registration form that you would like to be considered for a scholarship and state your reasons for needing one.

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Location: Miles City, April 14, 2005

Tuition:
$99 for single registration
$75 each for two or more registrants
$50 special rate for full-time students
$50 special rate for parents of children with special needs

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OPI Renewal Units - 6 hours
Early Care and Education Career Development

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