Working with kids who bully : new perspectives on prevention and intervention / Walter B. Roberts, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Walter B., Jr., author.

Contributor:

Commins-Holman Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bullying in schools--Prevention.

Bullying in schools.

Counseling in elementary education.

Counseling in middle school education.

Physical Description:

x, 293 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin/A SAGE Company, [2017]

Summary:

We all know bullying impacts the academic and emotional lives of our young people. We see it in our schools and hear about it in the news. If we know it's a problem, why is it still happening? Often it's because we fail to address the individuals at the heart of the problem-the kids who engage in the behavior. In Working With Kids Who Sully, Walter B. Roberts, Jr. challenges us to shift our thinking about these youths and offers innovative approaches to help kids pull back from and stop bullying. Readers will find, Information on a range of topics impacting schools today, including cyberbullying, relational aggression, mediation, building empathy, and bibliomedia therapy, Strategies and sample dialogue to use when intervening with kids who bully, Diagrams and charts to clarify suggested approaches, Written by one of the nation's foremost experts on bullying, this is a book designed to stimulate change and ultimately help create safer learning environments for all kids.

Contents:

Why a book on those who bully?

Understanding those who bully

What exactly is bullying today?

Relational aggression

The law and bullying behaviors

Will this stuff work?

Essential skills for interveners

Making the communciation and relational connection

Forced apologies and mediations

Applying elements of restorative justice techniques with those who engage in bullying behaviors

Building empathy within those who bully

Thought before action : slowing down impulsive behaviors

Morality as a component of bullying prevention

Dealing with the demon that is anger

When bullies live in space

Bystanders or upstanders?

Engaging the parent

Documentation

Bibliomedia therapy

When all else fails

Potholes, gravel, and road tar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Commins-Holman Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781506333878

1506333877

OCLC:

954533568

Publisher Number:

99970020050