For Immediate Release From Office of Safe and Supportive Schools!
October is recognized as National Bullying Prevention Month, a month-long event to raise awareness about the importance of preventing childhood bullying and promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. During this month, many groups across the country will release new resources, campaigns, and efforts aimed at bringing awareness to the issue of bullying.
Bullying Awareness and Prevention: Creating Safer Schools
Tuesday, October 26, 3:00 – 4:00 PM EST
Please join the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse for an informational webinar on bullying awareness and prevention resources, tactics, and strategies to create safer school environments. This session will provide information and resources to the kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) school community and will feature guest speaker and bullying prevention expert Melissa Mercado Crespo, Ph.D., MSc, MA from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Violence Prevention. She will provide an overview of what bullying is and how to identify it, key strategies and actions schools and school personnel can implement to prevent and address it, and the tools and resources available from the government to support schools in these efforts. She will also describe the different types of bullying (including cyberbullying), their impact on school violence, and the relationship between bullying, suicide, and the well-being of school-age youth.
The discussion will also feature additional school safety-related resources on topics like school climate and mental health access and support and a Q&A session for participants to engage directly with Dr. Mercado Crespo.
Register for the event:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bullying-awar... ____________________________________________
Understanding and Preventing Youth Hate Crimes and Identity-based Bullying
On October 27-28, 2021, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will host an event titled, “Understanding and Preventing Youth Hate Crimes and Identity-based Bullying: A Virtual Symposium.” This symposium will address important topics including current trends and research on identity-based bullying, cyberbullying, youth-related hate crimes, and how hate groups use social media and technology to reach, recruit, and radicalize youth. It will also provide programs and best practices from experts in the field on how schools, families, law enforcement, and communities can work together to build protective factors in youth and help youth resist and disengage from extremist hate groups.
Register for event HERE!:
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/events/2021-virtual-... ********
Creating a Safe and Respectful Environment in Our Nation’s Classrooms is designed to support classroom teachers, other educators, and support personnel to reduce instances of bullying behavior and to build a supportive classroom climate in which bullying is less likely to occur. Building on the work of the successful first edition of this resource, this newly revised edition integrates the latest insights and strategies in this constantly emerging field of study:
https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/crea... Creating a Safe and Respectful Environment on Our Nation's School Buses Training Toolkit | National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE):
https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/crea... This training toolkit is made up of two modules to address bullying on school buses. Specifically, it is designed to assist school bus drivers in cultivating meaningful relationships with students while creating a positive climate on the bus.
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools. The Center offers information and technical assistance to states, districts, schools, institutions of higher learning, and communities focused on improving school climate and conditions for learning:
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/om/... This NCSSLE website serves as a central location for the Center. In particular, it includes information about the Center’s training and technical assistance, products and tools, and latest research findings:
https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/?utm... and
https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/?utm... Stopbullying.gov
A wide range of information related to bullying, including toolkits and programming, can be found at the home for Federal bullying prevention information:
www.StopBullying.gov. This site is a clearinghouse for all Federal resources relating to bullying. The National Center for Safe and Supportive Learning Environments, a technical assistance center that works with the Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, provides State Bullying Prevention laws/requirements annually for posting on the stopbullying.gov website.
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