Upcoming Symposium on Bullying in Schools
What: Creating
Positive Social Learning Environments:
Eliminating Bullying in Schools
Where: Ft.
Lewis Community Concert Hall
When: 8:30
am to Noon Saturday, February 9th, 2013.
Who: Students,
parents, educators, administrators,
health and service providers for youth, media, business
leaders throughout La Plata County
Cost: FREE
Did YOU Know?
· 1 out 3 American kids will be
bullied
· 160,000 students skip school EACH
DAY due to peer cruelty
· Cyber bullying is increasing
· Successful academics is directly
tied to a safe school culture
Creating Positive Social Learning
Environments: Eliminating Bullying in School
The Essential 6 R’s of
Bully Proofing
Research shows that over 160,000 students
each day skip school because of peer cruelty. The National School Safety Center
tells us that school bullying is our most under-rated school problem.
Specific tools to help the bully, the bullied as well as bystanders will
be taught and dozens of no-cost examples to reduce the cycle of youth violence
are offered.
The social jungle is plain vicious these
days. Is it any wonder that bullying is among parents top concerns? But if any parent thinks they are powerless over their kid’s social
lives, they better think again. Bully prevention
skills can be taught, and this session will help you learn the essential skills
(such as dealing with teasing, handling peer pressure, resolving conflicts, and
confronting bullies) that all kids need not only here and now, but for the rest
of their lives. What’s more, you’ll learn exactly what to do
to help your child survive the social jungle, bounce back from rejection, avoid
bad friends, and find and make new friends. Based on Dr.
Borba’s best-selling book, Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me: The Top 25
Friendship Problems and How to Solve Them, this session is filled with
practical, research-based strategies you can use instantly use at home to boost
your child’s social competence. Participants will walk away with concrete tools
they can instantly use to help their child be less likely to be bullied, be a
bully or a passive bystander.
~ What bullying is and why it is
increasing in children
~ How to know if your child is bullied
~ Signs of a bully and why a child may use
aggressive bullying behavior
~ The CALM way to help children learn to
stand up to a bully
~ Bully BUSTER Skills - six skills
children who witness bullying can use safely to help their friends
~ Where bullying is most likely to happen
(Hot Spots)
~ How to respond and what to do if you
suspect your child is bullied
~ How to keep your child safer online and
signs to look for that will help you if your child is cyber-bullied or
cyber-stalked
~ What parents, educators and community
members can do together to stop bullying and aggression
~ What to do if you
suspect your child is a bully; a 7 step plan to turn bullying behavior around
About Dr. Borba
Dr. Michele Borba is an
internationally recognized expert and author on children, teens, parents,
bullying and moral development. Her work aims to help strengthen children’s
character and resilience, build strong families, create compassionate and just
school cultures, and reduce peer cruelty. Her practical, research-based advice
is culled from a career of working with over one million parents and educators
worldwide.
Dr. Borba’s strategies to mobilize
student bystanders to reduce peer cruelty were featured on Dateline and NBC’s
Nightly News. She appeared as the bullying expert in the documentary, “Bullied
to Silence” and is on the advisory board for the film “BULLY.” Her proposal: “Ending
School Violence and Bullying” (SB1667) was signed into California law in 2002.
Her thirty-year career has been
devoted to developing a framework to strengthen children’s character and build
moral school climates. Her best-selling book, Building Moral Intelligence, and
her Character Builders program for young children (Respect, Responsibility,
Caring, and Peace-Making) are used in hundreds of schools and organizations
worldwide. She served as a consultant for the Center Resource Group for
Character Education and Civic Engagement for the U.S. Department of Education
and is on the board for Character Education Partnerships.
Proposed
Agenda:
8:00
am – Doors open
8:30
am – Mr. Mark Hyatt, President and CEO, Character Education Partnership
8:45
am – Dan Snowberger, Superintendent, Durango School District 9R, Michael
Ackerman, Head of School, Animas High School, Jackie Oros, Head of School,
Mountain Middle School
9:00
am Dr. Michele Borba – The Essential 6 R’s of Bully Proofing
11:30
am – Open session for questions
Noon
- Adjournment
