BUILDING UP KIDS

BULLYING

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS

Globe and Mail Newspaper Article "Bullying-Why Don"t We Intervene?

This article presents disturbing Facts and Figures painting a picture that is also a call to action. Updated 2018. At time of article's publication (2010) Dr. Wendy Craig was scientific co-director of the Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network at Queen's University. Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt was a professor at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Debra Pepler was scientific co-director of the Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network at York University.

Bullying and Teasing: No Laughing Matter

This scholastic article encourages parents to learn the facts about bullying even if you don’t think it affects your child.

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The Bully, The Bullied and The Not-So-Innocent Bystander 

by Barbara Coloroso (Collins Canada, first published in 2003, fully revised and updated in 2015)

 
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We Want You To Know: Kids Talk About Bullying 

by Deborah Ellis (Coteau Books, 2010)

Students aged 9-12 are interviewed by the author and speak about their direct experiences of bullying including what has helped and what has not helped.

Teacher's Guide available at www.coteaubooks.com.

 
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Childhood Bullying, Teasing and Violence: What School Personnel, Other Professionals and Parents Can Do 

by Dorothea M. Ross (American Counselling Association, 2003)

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Bullying in Schools - How Successful Can Interventions Be? 

Eds. Peter K Smith, Debra Pepler and Ken Rigby  (Cambridge University Press, 2004)

 
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Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do 

by Dan Olweus (Wiley-Blackwell, 1993)

 
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Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying 

by Stan Davis with Julia Davis (Research Press, 2nd ed. 2007)


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Empowering Bystanders in Bullying Prevention 

by Stan Davis with Julia Davis (Research Press, 2007).


 
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The Bully-Go-Round: Literacy and Arts Strategies for Promoting Bully Awareness in the Classroom 

by Larry Swartz (Pembroke Publishers, 2013).

Written for teachers of grades 4-12 this flipbook includes 35 class activities designed to help students and teachers understand the issues that surround bullying.

 
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Youth Voice Project Student - Insights into Bullying and Peer Mistreatment 

by Stan Davis together with Dr. Charisse Nixon (Research Press Publishers, 2013)

The Youth Voice Project  collected the online surveys of 13,000 students in over 30 schools across the US. Using the insights provided by these surveys, the authors develop recommendations for teachers, parents and administrators. Based on what students say works and doesn't work.