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Informationen zum Autor Nancy E. Willard, M.S., J.D., is the director of Embrace Civility, LLC. She specializes in translating research into practice and integrating insight from bullying prevention, trauma and resilience, and legal fields. Nancy is the author of several books on digital safety, including Cyberbullying and Cyber Threats, the first book ever published on the subject of cyberbullying. She also authored Cyber Safe Kids, Cyber Savvy Teens and Cyber Savvy: Embracing Digital Safety and Civility. Learn more about Nancy at https://embracecivility.org. Klappentext Rise Above Bullying: Empower and Advocate for Your Child provides research-based and legally grounded guidance that will enable parents to gain greater insight into how to support their bullied child. This resource helps prepare parents on how to empower their child and advocate on how schools should take the necessary actions to get this harmful environment to stop. Professionals who are supporting young people through counseling or advocacy, as well as educators, will also benefit from the insight in this book. In Rise Above Bullying , Nancy E. Willard, M.S., J.D., a respected voice in the field of bullying and youth trauma, provides valuable insight on: Why bullying occurs, who is involved, the immediate and long-lasting harms it can cause, and why current anti-bullying approaches implemented by schools are not achieving effective results Strategies to empower young people with greater resilience and effective relationship skills How to document what is happening, report these concerns to the appropriate authorities, and insist on an effective intervention Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 1 Those Who Are Bullied and the Harms 11 What Is "Bullying?" 11 Students Who Are Bullied 14 Bullied and Hurtful Students 14 Bullied Students 16 Identity-based Bullying 17 Societal Values of the Local Community 19 Identities 19 Implicit Bias and Microaggressions 22 Complicated History of Focus on Microaggressions 24 Ineffective Efforts to Change Implicit Bias 26 Implicit Bias in Schools 27 Respectful Dialogue 29 My Thoughts 30 The Harms of Bullying 31 Trauma 32 Academic Performance and Absences 34 Suicide and Self Harm 35 School Violence 36 2 Those Who Bully 39 The Quest for Dominance and Social Status 39 Public Stereotype 40 Motivations for Bullying 44 Successful Outcomes of Proactive Aggression 46 Situation Dynamics 47 Rationalizations 48 Bidirectional Aggression or Impulsive Retaliation 49 Bullying by School Staff 50 3 Lack of Effectiveness of Anti-bullying Efforts 55 Lack of Effectiveness 55 Survey Data on Bullying 55 Bullying and Cyberbullying Data 57 Current Anti-bullying Approach 58 Effectiveness of Prevention Programs 58 Student Perspectives of Staff Effectiveness 58 Effectiveness of "Tell an Adult" 59 Statutes and Directives 61 State Statutes and District Policies 62 The Problems 63 Shift of Focus Away from the Harmed Student 64 Lack of Effectiveness of Punishments 64 Enumeration of Specific Characteristics 64 Substantial Disruption Standard 65 Reduce Exclusionary Discipline 65 Required Public Bullying Reports 66 Characteristics of Hurtful Students 68 Failure to Consider the Data 68 Institutional Betrayal 70 What Schools Should Be Doing 72 4 Youth Development, Trauma, and Post-traumatic Growth 73 Key Areas of the Brain 73 Prefrontal Cortex - Thinking Center 74 Anterior Cingulate Cortex - Emotional Regulation Center 74 Hippocampus - Memory Center 74 The Amygd...
