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Norton school bully survey shows more incidents than actually reported (MA)

Mike Tully — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:58 +0000

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 results this week.

The most recent survey comes after a baseline survey in October.

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Studies on Multitasking Highlight Value of Self-Control

Mike Tully — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:54:15 +0000

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 iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession With Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us. On average, he found, 13- to 18-year-olds use more than six types of media simultaneously during out-of-school time.

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Girls face ‘sexting’ threat from peers

Mike Tully — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:11 +0000

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.

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Parent bullies a ‘growing trend’ (AU)

Mike Tully — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:16:10 +0000

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 by parents, according to research in a new book by academics, Deirdre Duncan, Dan Riley and John Edwards.

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Understanding Bullying: Fact Sheet (CDC)

Mike Tully — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:11:54 +0000

(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
• Attack or intimidation with the intention to cause fear, distress, or harm that is either physical (hitting, punching), verbal (name calling, teasing), or psychological/relational (rumors, social exclusion);
• A real or perceived imbalance of power between the bully and the victim; and
• Repeated attacks or intimidation between the same children over time.
Bullying can occur in person or through technology (electronic aggression, or cyberbullying). Electronic aggression is bullying that occurs through e-mail, a chat room, instant messaging, a website, text messaging, or videos or pictures posted on websites or sent through cell phones.

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Don’t forget the May 4th Deadline to submit proposal to IBPA conference

Mike Tully — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:15:10 +0000

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.

Special Needs Don’t Depress Kids – Being Bullied or Left Out Does

Mike Tully — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:12:10 +0000

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 a victim of bullying affects youths with special needs.

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Mean Kids

Mike Tully — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:09:15 +0000

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 will it end? Will I make it through high school alive?

Jessie Klein, an assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice at Adelphi University, seems a good candidate to address this scourge on American schools.

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Why Autistic Children Are Bullied More — And Bully In Return

Mike Tully — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:39:38 +0000

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 lifetimes. Even more disturbing, autistic kids may be intentionally triggered into having meltdowns by bullies who know how to push the right buttons.

The new study, from Kennedy Krieger’s Interactive Autism Network, surveyed families with autistic and non-autistic siblings from all over the country, asking about their experience with bullying in the past and present.

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Cyberbullying and bullying are not the same: UBC research

Mike Tully — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:05:37 +0000

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 these programs deal with cyberbullying as well, says Jennifer Shapka, an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at UBC who is presenting this research at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Vancouver.

What we’re seeing is that kids don’t equate cyberbullying with traditional forms of schoolyard bullying. As such, we shouldn’t assume that existing interventions will be relevant to aggression that is happening online.

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