Bully Proofing

Bully-Proofing Your Child: A Parent's Guide

Bully-Proofing Teacher's Manual and Lesson Plans Book

A team of educators, psychologists and social workers in the Chery Creek Schools in Colorado have developed this comprehensive program designed to make the school environment safe for children both physically and psychologically.

Bully-Proofing Children is a comprehensive guide for parents, teachers, and all caretakers on the often overlooked but pervasive issue of bullying in our culture. Parents and teachers will be able to use the questioning techniques, scripts, tips and stories for dealing with this timeless issue. Children of all ages will relate to the real-life stories and they will also identify with the themes, characters, and feelings as they gain an insight and understanding of why bullying and teasing occurs and that it has nothing to do with them.

With a little help, parents can raise assertive, confident, bully-proof children. While he shows parents how to avoid over-parenting and how to instill the virtues of toughness, wisdom, and courage, Paul Coughlin paints a clear picture of the real Jesus, not just the meek-and-mild side often presented to children. By shaping confident and virtuous children, parents are giving them the tools to live a happy and more abundant life.

A team of educators, psychologists and social workers in the Cherry Creek Schools in Colorado have developed this comprehensive program designed to make the school environment safe for children both physically and psychologically.

Incorporates everything you need to successfully create and teach 12 classroom structures, integrating social-emotional well-being into your existing curriculum.

Every day, thousands of South African children go to school filled with terror because they know they’re going to be bullied. Children who are targeted by bullies are at enormous risk, yet many parents don’t know why it is happening to their child, or what to do about it. Bully-proof looks at every aspect of bullying, from name-calling, taunting and rumour-mongering to physical assault, and examines why and how bullies behave the way they do, and what can be done to help them and their victims. The more we understand bullying behaviour, the better we can address the underlying causes and put effective controls in place. Studies have shown that the ‘whole school’ approach, involving pupils, teachers and parents, is by far the most effective method of reducing incidents of bullying, as well as limiting the potential for future incidents. Implementing an effective anti-bullying campaign is not just about changing the behaviour of a few maladjusted children; it is about changing the philosophy of the entire school. Using a step-by-step approach, this book provides educators, parents, counsellors and children with the tools they need to develop a successful anti-bullying programme.

The most excellent way! At last, a sensible approach to bullying; one that breeds respect and keeps children's and adults' dignities intact. This book is a potpourri of stories, anecdotes, ideas, challenges, sound concepts, and effective strategies that may well revolutionise our thinking about bullying. Bullying can be defined as a repeated, persistent, or systematic action by one or more people that violates another person's rights to feel safe and be respected. Bullying is all about power imbalance. Bully-proofing is therefore about balancing the power. The BUZ Gimme 5 Tactics for Bully-proofing © rebalances the power through a collective of strategies that empower children. Along with other level-headed proposals and ideas, it has the potential to make our schools, communities, and homes places where children are safe and treated with respect.

Help kids ages 8 to 12 build the skills and resilience to confidently handle bullying Bullying has become a common problem for kids. Yet, many may not know what bullying actually is or what to do if it happens to them. The No More Bullying Book for Kids gives kids the information they need to identify bullying, followed by strategies for dealing with specific situations when they or someone they know is being bullied. The No-More Bullying Book for Kids addresses the various forms of bullying that occur in today's world and includes: An overview of bullying to help kids understand what bullying is, possible reasons why people bully others, and the different types of bullying—physical, verbal, emotional, and cyber Practical tips for specific words and actions kids can use to deal with bullies, as well as advice for getting help from others when they need it Strategies for becoming "bully proof" which focus on helping kids build the resilience to bounce back from bullying Real-world examples and anecdotes that illustrate a variety of real-life bullying instances and encourage kids to practice making judgment calls Written by professional school counselor Vanessa Green Allen, The No-More Bullying Book for Kids puts the power back in kids hands with tools that will give them confidence in the face of bullying and help them feel really good about who they are—which is all that actually matters.