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School CounselingBullying Technology

• COUN 511, Class Presentation
• Created by Jennifer S. Smith
• www.angelfire.com/funky/jenny12/
• 3/27/2007

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Introduction

• As many as ½ of all students experience bullying
  at some time during their school years, and at
  least 10 are bullied on a regular basis.
  American Academy of Child and Adolescent
  Psychiatry, 2001
• Bullying occurs between students both verbally
  and physically and has become increasingly
  problematic for students of all ages involving
  both boys and girls.
• Influences social development as well as academic
  success and motivation
• Awareness important for students, parents,
  counselors, teachers, administrators, and all
  member of the community
• Implementation of prevention programs
• Internet Resources valuable to awareness, change,
  and thus prevention

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Detailed Findings(hyperlinked to slides)

• Website 1 Education World
• Website 2 The Department of Education and Skills
• Website 3 Solution Tree
• Website 4 Guidance Channel Online
• Website 5 American Academy of Child and
  Adolescent Psychiatry
• Hyperlinks located throughout presentation

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We must work together to stop bullying!
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Education WorldThe Educators Best Friend

• Main Audience students, teachers, counselors,
  faculty, and administration
• Provides articles, developmental sources, news
  letters, classroom resources
• Example The ABCs of Bullying Prevention
• Valuable Links employment
• opportunities, educational opportunities,
• Resources (books and articles), fundraising ideas

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Education World (cont.)

• Anti-bullying programs have potential to not only
  reduce bullying, but also initiates a decrease in
  other detrimental behaviors such as vandalism,
  fighting, theft, and truancy. - Education
  World, 2007
• Steps to Reduce Bullying from The ABCs of
  Bullying Prevention)

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Department of Education and Skills

• Main Audience counselors, teachers,
  administrators, and parents
• Provides definition of cyberbullying and facts,
  hyperlinks, research strategies and programs
• Valuable Links various anti-bullying sites,
  study skills help, safe sites for youth to
  listen to music

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Department of Education and Skills (cont)

• Bullying as an international problem
• Cyberbullying on the rise
• Important Questions (hyperlink)
• What is cyberbullying?
• How extensive is the problem?
• Who is most vulnerable?
• What can you do about it?
• Duties to ensure prevention and proper
  establishment of policies to be regulated

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Solution Tree

• Main Audience school staff, students, parents,
  and those interested in professional development
• Provides resources (books, videos, and DVDs) on
  professional development on behaviors and
  prevention, classroom management tools, crisis
  prevention resources for at-risk youth
• Valuable Links other resources through Solution
  Tree, free professional guides

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Solution Tree (cont.)

• Our professional development on assessment
  offers specific and practical strategies to help
  you create assessment for learning. Our
  associates use Assessment Training Institutes
  learning team model of professional development
  to help you quickly learn to set clear targets
  and then continuously assess student progress.
  Solution Tree, 2007
• Although prices may be viewed as expensive,
  luxury of online shopping as well as tangible
  resources

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Guidance Channel Online

• Main Audience counselors, students, parents,
  school administration/faculty
• Provides articles, research, online buying
  tools, facts, prevention techniques
• Valuable Links page created around lists of web
  resources related to bullying

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Guidance Channel Online (cont.)

• Among the many types of violence in our society,
  bullying is actually the most common form falling
  between 15 and 30 of students who are either
  bullying or being bullied. Guidance Channel
  Online
• Emphasizes the importance of maintaining
  awareness and cohesiveness in achieving
  prevention

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American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry

• Main Audience children/students, family, other
  professionals in the community (i.e. mental
  professionals)
• Provides facts, assessment tips, general
  information, prevention techniques, medical
  health information, short- and long-term effects
  of bullying
• Valuable Links important links within AACAP
  facts for families, resources for medical
  professionals

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American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry (cont.)

• Bullying can be incredibly detrimental to
  students (victims and/or bullies)
• Necessary for proper assessments to alleviate
  current situations and prevent future problems
• Important Suggestions
• Medical advice

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Conclusions

• Five websites found through search engines using
  keywords school counseling and technology and
  bullying
• Bullying within schools is a big focus of
  counselors, faculty/adm., and equally parents and
  students? websites key element for change(s)
• Simply finding descriptions and/or tips and signs
  of bullying is most basic step towards
  recognition, initiation, and eventual change

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Conclusions (cont.)

• New research continuously being posted on
  Internet
• Must avoid unofficial websites and/or those
  providing unsupported info (unaccredited)
• Important to notice websites content,
  organization/presentation, as well as ease of
  usefulness

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Closing

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Additional Resources

• Research Paper
• Internet Address Book (IAB)
• OCR Scan