Bullying Prevention Resources

Bullying Resources for Parents and Educators

AbilityPath.org
Support for Parents of Children with Special Needs

A World of Difference Institute, A Classroom of Difference
Anti-Defamation League addresses diversity issues in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade schools and communities.

Bullying - National Crime Prevention Council
The National Crime Prevention Council provides information and resources to help prevent the serious problem of bullying.

Bullying, Harassment, & Civil Rights
This video is designed to help schools, parents, and others who interact with kids understand the differences between harassment and bullying, and their legal obligations with respect to both.

Combating Bullying and Cyberbullying
Anti-Defamation League provides strategies and resources for preventing bullying and cyberbullying that are useful for educators, youth, and families.

Cyberbullying Resource for Parents and Teachers

Great Expectations / Eliminate bullying
Discover how Great Expectations can help eliminate bullying in your schools.

Edutopia.org
Edutopia compiles a multitude of resources to prevent bullying and harassment at school.

Eyes on Bullying
Eyes on Bullying provides insights, strategies, activities, and resources to address bullying.

International Bullying Prevention Association
The International Bullying Prevention Association strives to create safe learning environments for all children. 

KidsHealth
A wealth of information that addresses bullying and bullying prevention (from the Nemours Foundation).

Make Time To Listen
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides “Make Time To Listen...Take Time To Talk...ABOUT BULLYING” - interactive conversation starters.  Schools, adults and children can use these cards to start conversations about bullying and on how to prevent it.

Media Smarts   
Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy explores how to protect young people from a variety of electronic issues.

Medline Plus: Bullying
The National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health provide research and helpful information on bullying.

Preventing Bullying
Provides the tools and resources you need to understand what bullying is, how to prevent it from occurring and how to address it effectively.

National Centre Against Bullying
The National Centre Against Bullying educates the Australian community on bullying prevention and the promotion of safe schools and communities.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Internet Safety Information
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service offers information on Internet safety.

NASP Resource Library
The National Association of School Psychologist offers a number of links with recommendations for parents and teachers involving bullying and school violence.

National School Safety Center
The National School Safety Center serves as a leader for safe, secure and nonviolent schools worldwide and as a facilitator for the prevention of school violence.

Office of Civil Rights—Prevention of Civil Rights Problems
The U.S. Department of Education provides resources for developing solutions regarding civil rights problems including racial and sexual harassment. 

Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center
PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center educates kids, teens, parents and communities to address bullying through inventive and interactive resources.

Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network
This national network in Canada provides tools and resources needed to understand what bullying is, how to prevent it from occurring, and how to address it effectively.

Stand for the Silent
At eleven years-old Ty took his own life after being suspended from school for reacting against a bully that had been bullying him for over two years. Stand for the Silent permits Ty’s parents to share their story and offer education that will prevent future tragedies.

StopBullying.gov
StopBullying.gov provides information from several government agencies on how children, teens, young adults, parents, educators and community members can prevent or stop bullying.

STRYVE: Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere
Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) is directed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which uses a public health approach to preventing youth violence before it begins.

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) is a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing harmful decisions, particularly underage drinking, drug use, impaired driving, teen violence, teen depression, and suicide.

Student Bullying Guide
This site provides good information about common forms of bullying, preventing bullying and cyberbullying along with additional resources.

Students with Disabilities and Bullying, OSEP Dear Colleague Letter on Bullying (August 20, 2013),
from the US Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services providing an overview of a school district's responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to address bullying of students with disabilities and Enclosure - Effective Evidence-Based Practices for Preventing and Addressing Bullying.

Stop Bullying Now
Stop Bullying Now provides facts and resources on how to recognize and prevent bullying in schools. The website is created by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
CDC's YRBSS screens health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth in the United States. The YRBSS includes national, state, and local school-based surveys of representative samples of 9th through 12th grade students.

Youth Bullying:  What Does the Research Say?
This website offers resources and research on the prevention of bullying in children and youth.

Youth Violence Prevention
This site was generated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Youth Violence Division). Their task is to prevent injuries and deaths caused by violence.

Cyberbullying Prevention Resources for Parents and Educators

Common Sense on Media for Educators
As an independent, non-profit organization this website provides independent reviews, age ratings, & other information for educators and parents.

Connect Safely
This website offers tips, safety advice, and systematic breakdown of news, video and additional resources to support safety while connected to technology.

Cyberbullying Resource Center 
Up-to-date resources and facts for families and youth on bullying and other related issues.

Cyberbullying Research Center
The Cyberbullying Research Center provides information and consequences of cyberbullying in youth.

Facebook Safety Center
This website provides the information, tools and resources you'll need to keep your family safe on-line.

NetSmartz
This website provides Internet safety information for parents, adults and teens.

iKeepSafe
This website provides strategies to keep your youngster safe online.

I-Safe
I-SAFE e-Safety education offers schools with curriculum and tools to empower students with the skills they need to be responsible cyber citizens.

OnGuard Online 
This website offers educators, parents and students strategies to safeguard themselves online.

Stop Bullying : Cyberbullying
This website educates parents and youth on what cyberbullying is and how to prevent it from happening. Tips, tools and advice included on how to report cyberbullying.

Social Media
CDC uses social media to provide consumers with access to trustworthy, science-based health facts.

Social Media 101 for Parents 
Mayo Clinic provides strategies for parents as their children go back to their online schoolyard.

Stay Safe Online
This website advises parents, educators and youth on how to stay safe online.

Webonauts Internet Academy
This website is a teaching tool (game) for parents and educators to interact with kids (8-10 years old). The interactive Webonauts game teaches children to become respectful citizens on the World Wide Web.

Bullying Resources for Students with Disabilities

Asperger's and Bullying: An Inclusive Educational Approach
Young people with Asperger Syndrome experience disproportionate levels of bullying in the mainstream school. The National Centre against Bullying empowers educators with resources to address this challenge.

Vulnerable Targets: Students with Disabilities and Bullying
The Federation for Children with Special Needs shares information and resources for parents to help prevent bullying.

Keeping Students with Disabilities Safe from Bullying  
This document provides a summary of the school districts' responsibilities to assure that students with disabilities who are subject to bullying continue to receive free appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

National Autism Association – Protecting your Child from Bullying
The National Autism Association offers specific solutions for preventing and responding to bullying by creating a safe environment for autistic children.

Students with Disabilities and Bullying, OSEP Dear Colleague Letter on Bullying (August 20, 2013),
from the US Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services providing an overview of a school district's responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to address bullying of students with disabilities and Enclosure - Effective Evidence-Based Practices for Preventing and Addressing Bullying.

Bullying Resources for Youth (7-12^th grades)

Prevent Cyberbullying and Internet Harassment
This website is intended for teens. It provides resources for youth who have been harassed online. The website was created by the Center for Innovative Public Health Research

Connect Safely
This website offers tips, safety advice, and systematic breakdown of news, video and additional resources to support safety while connected to technology.

Cyberbullying Research Center
The Cyberbullying Research Center provides information and consequences of cyberbullying in youth.

A Thin Line
A Thin Line campaign was developed to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in a teen’s life.

Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center
PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center educates kids, teens, parents and communities to address bullying through inventive and interactive resources.

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) is a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing harmful decisions, particularly underage drinking, drug use, impaired driving, teen violence, teen depression, and suicide.

 Students Against Violence Everywhere
This organization provides students with tools to learn crime prevention, conflict management skills, and the virtues of good social responsibility, respect, and nonviolence.

Bullying Resources for Kids (K-6^th grades)

It's My Life
This PBS Kids site offers advice and topics on bullying. It is geared toward elementary school aged children.

StopBullying.gov
StopBullying.gov provides information from several government agencies on how children, teens, young adults, parents, educators and community members can prevent or stop bullying.

Webonauts Internet Academy
This website is a teaching tool (game) for parents and educators to interact with kids (8-10 years old) on becoming a respectful citizen on the World Wide Web.

Children’s Books