Banishing Bullying Behavior : Transforming the Culture of Pain, Rage, and Revenge

Fried and Sosland bring their combined experiences together to present a blueprint to reduce the pain, rage and revenge cycle of bullying. Their strategies have been captured from hands-on interaction with educators, parents and students. Their premise comes from the apocryphal village that is being ravaged by dysentery. Do you treat each person for their intestinal disorders or do you put in a sewer system? Do you work with each individual student or do you change a culture that hosts cruelty. Can you do both? The core of the book is the Student Empowerment Session that has been crafted and refined over fifteen years. This carefully organized, powerful system of questions has effected dramatic changes in children's insights about their behavior. The book also explores topics which include cyberbullying, children with disabilities, "mean girls," teachers who are bullies, parents who refuse to accept that their children are bullies, and academic vs. social emotional learning concerns to help readers change the culture and banish bully behavior. Dynamics Of Pain, Rage And Revenge -- Dimensions And Overview Of Bullying -- Back To Bullying Basics -- How Can I Hurt Thee? Let Me Count The Ways -- Perspectives On The Bullying Continuum -- Helping Students With Special Needs Achieve Sucess -- Challenge Of Changing The Culture -- Change Agents -- Engaging Students In The Solution -- Ten Burning Questions Posed By Educators -- Parents As Protectors, Partners And Advocates -- Resources To Move Us Into The Future. Suellen Fried And Blanche Sosland. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. "SuEllen Fried and Blanche Sosland bring their combined experiences together to present a blueprint to reduce the pain, rage, and revenge cycle of bullying. Their strategies have been captured from hands-on interaction with educators, parents, and students. The core of the book is the Student Empowerment Session that has been crafted and refined over fifteen years. This carefully organized, powerful system of questions has effected dramatic changes in children's insights about their behavior." --Book Jacket