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Book SynopsisBullying: A Handbook for Educators and Parents offers a comprehensive exploration of the bullying within public schools, drawing upon research conducted in the United States, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Canada. It offers insights into the immediate and long-term impact bullying can have upon the lives of students, their families, and teachers. It offers parents useful tips for working proactively with school administrators to resolve bullying issues, and it provides teachers with materials that facilitate a better understanding of the social dynamics of the classroom, hallways, and playground. In addition, the handbook offers administrators a quick, no-nonsense guide to recent state and federal statutes, directives, and legislation relating to bullying and antisocial behavior in grades K-12. The book is divided into four sections providing a review of research on bullying behavior and an understanding of the dynamics of the classroom through the media of sexual bullying, homophobic bullying, and the challenges faced by parents of students who have special needs. Guidance is offered on the immediate and long-term effects of bullying and ways in which parents can engage proactively with schools to ensure that their child is supported in finding a way out. Finally, the authors ask key questions that parents and educators should consider when working to stop bullying in schools.
Trade ReviewO]ffers a comprehensive exploration of the bullying within public schools, drawing upon research conducted in the United States, United Kingdon, Scandinavia, and Canada. It offers insights into the immediate and long-term impact bullying can have upon the lives of students, their families, and teachers. It offers parents useful tips for working proactively with school administrators to resolve bullying issues, and it provides teachers with materials that facilitate a better understanding. * Adolescence Magazine *
Drawing on research conducted in the US, the UK, Scandinavia, and Canada, Rivers (psychology, Queen Margaret University, Scotland) offers insight into the immediate and long-term impact that bullying can have on the lives of students, their families, and teachers. He gives parents tips for working proactively with school administrators to resolve bullying issues, and provides teachers with materials that facilitate a better understanding of the social dynamics of the classroom, hallways, and playground. Administrators will find a quick guide to recent state and federal statutes, directives, and legislation related to bullying and antisocial behavior in grades K-12. Sexual bullying, homophobic bullying, and special needs and bullying are some areas discussed. * Scitech Book News *
[P]rovides an exploration of the bullying within public schools. It offers insights into the immediate and long-term impact bullying can have on the lives of students, their families, and their teachers. It presents parents with useful tips for working proactively with school administrators to resolve bullying issues, and provides teachers with materials that facilitate a better understanding of the social dynamics of the classroom, hallways, and playground. The handbook also offers administrators a quick, no-nonsense guide to recent state and federal statutes, directives, and legislation relating to bullying and antisocial behavior in grades K-12. * School Library Connection *
Unlike many other resources....it draws from developmental psychology to explain why some individuals engage in bullying behavior. Most delightfully, the authors also sensitize school staff to various systems-level factors inherent in school environments that may create a culture of bullying. It is this ecological approach that truly sets Rivers, Duncan, and Besag's book apart from other volumes and makes it especially useful . . . . Bullying: A Handbook for Educators and Parents should be on the bookshelf of every school mental health worker and administrator to help design and maintain safe and healthy schools. The book is an excellent resource for psychologists, school counselors, school administrators, and parents who are asking what bullying looks like and what can be done to address it, both at an individual and at a systems level. * PsycCRITIQUES *
Table of ContentsPart 1 General Introduction Chapter 2 Introduction: Bullying, What Is It? Chapter 3 Understanding Bullies and Victims Chapter 4 Institutional Factors in Bullying Part 5 Advice for Educators Chapter 6 Gender, Sexuality and Bullying in Schools Chapter 7 Homophobic Bullying Chapter 8 Special Needs and Bullying Chapter 9 Challenging Bullying Behavior in Schools: Current Approaches Part 10 Advice for Parents Chapter 11 Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Bullying Chapter 12 Working with Schools: A Guide for Parents Part 13 The Way Ahead Chapter 14 Beyond Childish Antics
