At the "Bullying 101" workshop at the East Brunswick Public Library,
there were two separate handout folders:
one for educators seeking professional development credits &
one for parents, teens, and other community members.
The downloads and links below include:
(1) For all attendees: two additional handouts on cyber safety for those who want further information on this topic
(2) For community members: the resource lists that I referred to during the workshop (these were provided in the educators' folders)
(3) For educators, especially administrators: two additional handouts. A checklist of topics that should be covered in a thorough professional development workshop for faculty, to prepare faculty to effectively prevent and respond to bullying, and a description of the steps to be taken toward developing a comprehensive best practices bullying prevention program in a school or district.
(4) For educators: the handouts that were provided at the workshop for community members. Note: The first 24 educators' folders did include these handouts, so if you were among the earlier arrivals you might already have these handouts.
(1) Additional handouts for all attendees:
Cyber Safety Tips for Parents This document is a very comprehensive list of safety tips for parents, covering general online safety, chat & IM, social networking, what to do if safety issues arise, etc. This document is not meant to be an eye-catching, quick-read handout; it is meant to be comprehensive.
Cyber Safety Tips for Teens This document is a very comprehensive list of safety tips for teens, covering general online safety, chat & IM, social networking, sexting, gaming, what to do if you run into trouble online, etc. Like the Cyber Safety Tips for Parents, this document is not meant to be an eye-catching, quick-read handout; it is meant to be comprehensive.
If you are looking for eye-catching, single-page handouts on specific aspects of cyber safety, there are a number of sites that offer these, and the links to them will be added to the Resources page of this website in the future. The resource list included in your handout folders at the workshop lists many recommended websites, many of which have safety tips sheets.
(2) Resource lists for community members (educators got these in their folders)
Resource list - general bullying
Resource list - cyber bullying
Resource list - racial, ethnic, and disability diversity
Resource list - sexual orientation and gender identity diversity
(3) Additional handouts for educators, especially administrators.
Checklist of topics that should be covered in a complete professional development workshop for faculty, to prepare faculty to effectively prevent and respond to bullying. Note: This list is a general outline only of the core topics that should be covered in PD education on general bullying; schools have varying needs, and additional topics, including topics related to bias-based bullying and cyber bullying, are usually necessary in any given school.
Steps toward the development of a comprehensive anti-bullying program in a school. Note: This list is a general outline only of recommended steps. As a school or district works through these steps, additional needs might be identified, leading to additional steps.
(4) Additional handouts for educators who wish to have copies of the handouts given to community members at the workshop.
Note: The first 24 educators' folders contained both sets of handouts; if you have a 4-page handout titled "Bullying 101" followed by HRSA tips sheets in your educators' folder, then you do not have to download any of the following handouts; you have them all.
Bullying 101: What It Is & What To Do about It. An overview of bullying, what it is, how it differs from normal conflict, types of bullying, how to work with schools to reduce bullying, and what can be done to prevent and respond.
The community members' folder also contained three of the tips sheets available at the US DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration website StopBullyingNow. Follow this link (this will take you out of the Spectrum Diversity website) http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adults/tip-sheets/default.aspx to find several tips sheets with excellent information. For educators, the "Best Practices" and "Misdirections" tip sheet are especially important. The three that were provided to community members at the Oct. 18 workshop are "Warning Signs," "What to Do If Your Child Is Being Bullied," and "How to Talk with Educators"
Types of Cyber Bullying Handout - a list of the most common types of cyber bullying to use to raise awareness. Contains a note that some of these online behaviors violate criminal and civil laws.
How to Avoid Cyber Bullying Handout - Basic tips to help prevent cyber bullying. Not exhaustive; this handout addresses the most commonly needed safety tips for youth.
Parent-Teen Internet Use Agreement - A pdf from Nancy Willard of CSRIU that parents and teens can use to discuss internet safety and establish guidelines for teen internet use, and in which parents agree to help the teen make responsible choices and to not over-react if an incident does occur. Following this link will take you out of the Spectrum Diversity website to the CSRIU website. The direct address is: www.cskcst.com, then click on "Parent-Teen Internet Use Agreement"
The handout showing examples of acronyms and emoticons directed attendees to the following two websites for additional information and lists of acronyms and emoticons: Netlingo and cyberbullying.ca.
For a news report about Jessica Logan, go to http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29546030