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NORTON – Many students who feel bullied at school are still not reporting the abuse to teachers or administrators, with some saying the taunts and teasing occurs within supposedly safe confines of the classroom, according to a recently released survey of students. Jennifer O’Neill, the district’s curriculum director, presented the school committee with the survey [...]
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For a generation of children immersed in technology, emerging research suggests that while the temptation to multitask may be pervasive, the ability to control it could be the real bellwether of academic success. Those under 18 multitask more often and more extensively than previous generations, says Larry D. Rosen, the author of the 2012 book [...]
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A report commissioned by the NSPCC, conducted in collaboration with King’s College London, reveals the level that ‘sexting’ has reached among teenagers, with schoolgirls facing increasing pressure to provide sexually explicit pictures of themselves, a threat that appears to come from friends and peers rather than strangers. MORE >>>
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Teachers are increasingly being bullied, yelled at, and in rarer cases, physically assaulted by some assertive parents who believe they have an ”inalienable right to scream and demand things for their children,” the NSW Teachers Federation says. More than 80 per cent of the 2500 teachers and school staff surveyed say they have been bullied [...]
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(NOTE: I posted this study (a downloadable PDF document) to contrast with this article from the Huffington Post that claims that 97% of middle school children are cyber-bullied. Quite a contrast. Here is the HuffPo article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/signe-whitson/cyberbullying_b_1462459.html) Bullying is a form of youth violence. Although definitions of bullying vary, most agree that bullying includes: 1 [...]
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Don’t forget the May 4th deadline if you are interested in presenting at the International Bullying Prevention Conference Nov. 4-6, 2012 inn Kansas City! Submit online at www.stopbullyingworld.org.
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A new study discovers that being left out, ignored or bullied by their peers is the main reason kids with special health care needs report symptoms of anxiety or depression. Researchers have known that being bullied has been shown to increase students’ risk for academic and emotional problems. However, research is sparse on how being [...]
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Review: “The Bully Society” by Jessie Klein Bully. Such a poisonous word for those of us who endured one. “Tormentor” feels more appropriate. What drives a person to torture another? To make life intolerable, until the bullied, dreading the thought of one more vicious homeroom encounter, can only wonder: Why is he doing it? When [...]
Despite the growing awareness, bullying is still common in schools these days. Some kids are bullied and some bully others. But, as a new study finds, kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have an even harder time with bullying, being many times more likely than their neurotypical siblings to have experienced it in their [...]
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By University of British Columbia, [RxPG] University of British Columbia research comparing traditional bullying with cyberbullying finds that the dynamics of online bullying are different, suggesting that anti-bullying programs need specific interventions to target online aggression. There are currently many programs aimed at reducing bullying in schools and I think there is an assumption that [...]
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