Bullying and harassment Books

Book SynopsisTrade Review‘As a finance professional, I really enjoyed how Van Fleet and Van Fleet applied Multidimensional Scaling to demonstrate just how much commonality exists between Bullying and Harassment thus creating "B≈H". In addition, they clearly demonstrate a very clever application of the V-REEL® framework and how it can significantly help organizations and employees address "B≈H". Their application can help establish baselines across 5 criteria areas and provide organizations a means to track their on-going progress.’ -- Jack Spitzer, Plexus Worldwide‘Bullying and Harassment at Work: An Innovative Approach to Understanding and Prevention by David and Ella Van Fleet delivers as the title promises. Definitions, descriptions, and examples help the reader understand the roles and responsibilities of the individual, the organization, and society in curtailing bullying and harassment and moving to functional, supportive workplaces. Therefore, this book will work equally well in the classroom or in corporate training settings. I especially like the idea of asking the reader to write out their answers to questions before reading a chapter and then to answer again after reading.’ -- Abagail McWilliams, UIC College of Business Administration, US‘This book has a structure that demystifies a complex topic, is easy to read, and is embedded with scholarly details that would allow people at any level of the organization to benefit. The first-level managers in my organization will find great guidance in understanding the larger implications of how their day-to-day simple actions can impact how positional power unbalances play in deteriorating the quality of work life. The methods in chapter seven, V-REEL®, will provide me with a playbook in putting together policies and objectives, that work with the small yet global nature of Tsquared Robotics LLC. I found the book to provide insight. My spouse and I have initiated objective conversations as she leads the Woman Resources Group at her company. I will even go as far as recommending the book as an HR guide to setting accountability and modeling good workplace conduct that transcends cultural and perceptive boundaries.’ -- Tani Tambila, Tsquared Robotics LLC‘The existence and effects of bullying and harassment in organizations are widespread and deeply caustic as eroding factors for both morale and performance. This book's effectiveness as a tool to help understand, mitigate, and eliminate bullying and harassment is greatly appreciated from my perspective. In an ideal world, managers and executives would not need this book. Because we do not live in an ideal world, my recommendation would be for managers and executives to keep a copy of this book nearby and occasionally return to it as a reminder of their responsibilities regarding the health and well-being of the people surrounding them. It has become part of my library of essential books for understanding how to be an effective leader.’ -- David Flint, Value Creation Company and author of Think Beyond Value–Building Strategy to Win‘The scenarios addressed in this book are both invaluable and timely. In this day and age, if companies are not thinking about these types of workplace situations, it is only a matter of time before they will. This book gives great insight and recommendations on how to deal with these situations while lowering risk and improving the workplace environment.’ -- Lloyd Church, Raymond James‘Unacceptable behavior in the workplace, at first glance, seems intuitive to recognize and address. If it were only that simple. The brilliance of this book is that it reveals the nuances of bullying and harassing behaviors. It is an evidence-based treatise on how to analyze, decide, and lead organizations in this critical time.’ -- Mike D’Onofrio, Bristol Myers SquibbTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Bullying and harassment 2. What is B≈H? 3. Types and examples 4. When management is the problem 5. Unacceptable workplace behavior in general 6. Workplace violence 7. Trying to understand 8. Individual actions 9. Organizational responsibility 10. Government regulations 11. What’s next? Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis A unique, proven approach to anger management for elementary and middle-school aged children. Anger is a natural human emotion, but if it isn''t managed properly its effects can be devastating. Seeing Red is a curriculum designed to help elementary and middle-school aged students better understand their anger so they can make healthy and successful choices and build strong relationships. This completely revised and updated edition includes a comprehensive anti-bullying component, complete with cutting-edge material specific to cyber-bullying and social media. Designed especially for use with small groups, Seeing Red enables participants to learn from and empower one another. Its unique group process helps children and teens build important developmental objectives such as leadership skills (taking initiative, presenting in front of the group), social skills (taking turns, active listening), and building self-esteem (problem solTrade Review...I can't express enough how much I love this book. [It] really focuses on what is behind the anger, how you have power over your reaction to angry feelings, and ways to cope with that anger. It is very engaging and fun! ---Danielle Schultz, author, School Counselor Blog Seeing Red is an excellent resource for anyone working with children who need help self-regulating their emotions. As a busy professional, it is often difficult to find the time to create lessons and do the planning necessary to run quality groups. Jennifer Simmonds has done the work for you! You can open up the Seeing Red curriculum and follow it each week with confidence. The kids grow from the quality experiences and practice they get from participating in the program. The lessons are creative and will hold their attention while providing real skill building. This resource should be in everyone's professional tool box! I wouldn't dream of doing my job without it. ---Lisa Hansen, school counselor Seeing Red offers a roadmap for steering our children through the scary and misunderstood feelings of anger. Clear lesson plans, clues for the leader, and a simple supply list make this curriculum accessible for even the busiest school social worker or group facilitator. Jennifer Simmonds has provided an invaluable curriculum for teaching angry kids how to hold onto their best selves during times of stress and emotional dysregulation. ---Chris Dooley-Harrington, LICSW, Children's Grief Specialist We teach kids important skills like reading and writing so they can get along in the world. We also need to teach kids the key skills needed to get along with other people. Anger management is one of those crucial skills and Seeing Red is a wonderful step by step program to teach children how to do it. -- David Walsh, PH.D., President, National Institute on Media and the Family The Seeing Red curriculum has been helpful for my students, enabling them to think about specific situations, to break them down, and to recreate new ways of handling their anger. Students have an opportunity to learn that everyone gets angry and that it is a normal feeling. This curriculum helps them understand different and more positive ways of expressing their anger. -- Leslie Colerin, School Social Worker, Anne Sullivan Communication Center The Seeing Red curriculum is very well laid out for the facilitator. It offers interactive activities to bring about discussion on a very serious topic, and does so in a fun and effective manner. Each lesson builds upon the others, creating a comprehensive and thorough curriculum that fosters learning and an understanding of anger as an emotion, and that it is how we deal with anger that makes a difference. -- Julie Neitzel Carr, Resolution and Prevention Program, YWCA of MinneapolisTable of Contents Part 1: Introduction About Seeing Red Group Process Keys to a Positive Group Process Helpful Hints to Enhance Your Seeing Red Group Experience Part 2: Sessions Session 1: Welcome to Seeing Red! Session 2: What Are My Anger Triggers? Session 3: Self-regulation: Brain Over Body Session 4: Masking Our Feelings Session 5: Not All Consequences Have Bad Outcomes Session 6: Bystanders Session 7: How to Keep Your Personal Power Session 8: Technology and Cyberbullying Session 9: The Power of Forgiveness Session 10: My Family's Anger Session 11: What Do I Ever Get to Decide? Session 12: Seeing Red Good-bye Celebration! Supplemental Seeing Red Activities and Self-regulation Techniques Seeing Red's Wood Block Statements List of Resources About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis practical and accessible resource contains a wealth of discussion sheets and games to help victims of bullying reflect and talk about their experiences and feelings using the internationally familiar Blob figures.Diverse and inclusive, the Blob figures are a proven way to help children and adults share their feelings and experiences. Without age, culture or gender, they enable the individual to focus on feelings and body language. In this book, the Blobs explore bullying. From Blob Trees to Bingo games, cards and emotional scales, the Blobs provide a visual structure that allows children, teenagers and adults to open up about being bullied.Offering unique activities that help scaffold conversations for people of all ages and abilities, this is an essential resource for teachers, teaching assistants, youth and social workers, psychologists, counsellors and all those who work with and have caring responsibilities for others.Table of ContentsIntroduction How to use these sheets Stages of Bullying Blob Victims Bullying Blob Tree Kindness Blob Tree Unkind Blob Tree Human Rights Blob Tree Numbered Blob Tree Gaslighting Sheets My Feelings Diary Blob Mood Detector Drawing The Line Drawing The Line Bully Drawing The Line Victim Drawing The Line Bystander Drawing The Line Angrr Drawing The Line Anxiety Drawing The Line Bullying Drawing The Line Isolation Drawing The Line Depression Drawing The Line Overwhelmed Drawing The Line Self-acceptance Drawing The Line Self-confidence Bullying Cards Blob Abuse Blob Bullying Blob Caged Unkind Classroom Unkind Playground Blob Online Dangers The Cycle of Revenge Blob Bingo Blob Bingo General Blob Bingo Anger Blob Bingo Happy Blob Bingo Lonely Blob Bingo Sad Blob Bingo Worried Blob Bullying Situations Blob Control Discussion Starter Sheets

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Book Synopsis'An important resource that also lays a foundation for social change.' — Edna Acosta-Belén, distinguished professor, University at Albany, SUNYPhysical, emotional, verbal, and now cyber bullying are an increasing problem in our nation's schools and within our children's social networks. How can we understand it? Community leaders and activists Gómez and Arroyo worked with children, teenagers, and parents— both the victims and the bullies — o put together this searing anthology of original essays, poetry, plays, and commentary on how bullying has affected their lives.This anthology captures a wide spectrum of stories in diverse genres, from people of all ages and walks of life. This volume was created out of a sense of urgency to provide venue for those who too often remain unheard, or whose stories are relegated to the sidelines as the work of 'experts' takes precedence. In Bullying, you will not find the words of the bullying 'experts' you will find the experiences of those who have lived it.

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Book SynopsisRewrite your story—and this time, you make the rules. Were you the victim of childhood bullying based on your identity? Do you carry those scars into adulthood in the form of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dysfunctional relationships, substance abuse, or suicidal thoughts? If so, you’re not alone. Our cultural and political climate has reopened old wounds for many people who have felt “othered” at different points in their life, starting with childhood bullying. This breakthrough book will guide you as you learn to identify your deeply rooted fears, and help you heal the invisible wounds of identity-based childhood rejection, bullying, and belittling. In The Healing Otherness Handbook, Stacee Reicherzer—a nationally known transgender psychotherapist and expert on trauma, otherness, and self-sabotage—shares her own personal story of childhood bullying, and how it inspired her to help others heal from the same wounds. Drawing from mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Reicherzer will help you gain a better understanding of how past trauma has limited your life, and show you the keys to freeing yourself from self-defeating, destructive beliefs. If you’re ready to heal from the past, find power in your difference, and live an authentic life full of confidence—this handbook will help guide you, step by step.

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Book SynopsisYoung people develop their value systems during their school years, offering the perfect window of opportunity for educators to challenge prejudice and promote race equality during these formative years. Yet, as teacher training is increasingly school-centred and school budgets are stretched more thinly than ever, most teachers do not feel they have the time to develop the language or skills to do so.More Than Words is an easily implementable tool for all educators - teachers, senior leaders, governors and support staff - to help them look beyond fire-fighting racist incidents to create long-term systemic changes. Supporting teachers in a non-judgemental fashion, this book dismantles any myths they may be harbouring so they can engage with issues with an open mind, allowing them to create positive change. This comprehensive guide helps school staff to create a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for all young people.Trade ReviewA useful resource for educators, supporting our critical reflection and asking us to consider our own bias. Within a context where prevailing ideology attempts to diminish and dismiss the impact of racism, 'More than Words' repositions us to rearticulate anti-bias and anti- racist approaches in a whole school approach for all our learners. * Fiona Ranson, EAL consultant and teacher educator *More than Words is an incredibly useful resource, covering complex issues in an accessible way, with practical tips to support the whole school community to effectively tackle racism in school. A must-read for all school staff! * Liffy McDonnell Bond - Programme Manager at the Anti-Bullying Alliance, www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk *Table of ContentsForeword; 1. Introduction - why is this work important? 2. Starting the journey; 3. Embedding race equality in teaching practice; 4. Educating young people about race and racism; 5. Diversifying the curriculum; 6. Effectively challenging racist incidents; 7. Creating whole-school change; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAs the digital world assumes an ever-increasing role in the daily lives of the public, opportunities to engage in crimes increase as well. The prevention of cyber aggression is an ongoing challenge due to its multifaceted nature and the difficulties in realizing effective interventions. The consequences of cyber aggression can range from emotional and psychological distress to death by suicide or homicide. Enduring prevention programs need to be defined and take into consideration that the digital revolution changes the way and the meaning of interpersonal relationships.Developing Safer Online Environments for Children: Tools and Policies for Combatting Cyber Aggression explores the effects of cyberbullying and cyberstalking on children and examines solutions that can identify and prevent online harassment through both policy and legislation reform and technological tools. Highlighting a range of topics such as cyberbullying, fake profile identification, and victimization, this publication is an ideal reference source for policymakers, educators, principals, school counsellors, therapists, government officials, politicians, lawmakers, academicians, administrators, and researchers.

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Book SynopsisIt is 2001 and Detective Inspector Charlie Moon is back with a new case! A prisoner found hanging in his cell after serving over twenty years of a life sentence draws Moon into the investigation of a murder which took place in the 1970s – a student named Sharon Baxter who was stabbed to death and her body dumped at the side of a canal. At first nothing seems to make sense and the plot thickens with the discovery that all the files on the case have mysteriously gone missing leading Moon to suspect a police cover-up and implications going far beyond a simple miscarriage of justice. Assisted once again by his journalist friend, Jo Lyon, Moon sets about following a trail of clues which soon reveal the chilling truth about how an innocent man came to be convicted of a crime he did not commit. Dark secrets from the past are uncovered as Moon and Jo piece together what turns out to be a harrowing tale of corruption and depravity stretching back many years. It is not long, however, before Moon is drawn into conflict with his bosses and he is forced to choose between yielding to their wishes to drop the case or putting his career on the line. Moon realises time is not on his side but will he discover who killed Sharon and why before it is too late? There is, however, one final twist to the story – a twist nobody expects not even Charlie Moon!

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Book SynopsisGraham Ramsden's insightful new book helps understand why people, particularly children, bully others. It utilises research from a wide variety of psychological and sociological sources to explore the context of bullying from both a historical viewpoint as well as from a social perspective. It delves into the psychology of those people who choose to bully and helps the reader to understand why some people bully others and why some do not. The closing chapters use this understanding to explore a variety of ways schools and other education settings can use their existing systems and structures to address this endemic issue.

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