Bullying
Articles
- Bullying Facts and Statistics
- Health Care Practitioners and Community Bullying Prevention
- Helping a Youth Who Bullies Others
- School Bullying Prevention
- Treating a Bullying Victim
Best Bets
- Best Practices in Bullying Prevention and Intervention
This fact sheet presents ten strategies that represent “best practices” in bullying prevention and intervention. - Bully Proofing Your School
This fact sheet describes Bully Proofing Your School, a school-wide intervention designed to reduce bullying behaviors in schools and to increase students' sense of safety at school. It discusses program targets and content. - Bullying and Harassment
This fact sheet defines bullying and harassment, lists the feelings teens may experience if bullied or harassed, and provides suggestion about what teens should do if they or someone they know is a victim of bullying or harassment. - Bullying in Out-of-School Time Programs: Tips for Youth-Serving Professionals and Volunteers
This fact sheet discusses how youth-serving professionals and volunteers can prevent bullying in out-of-school time programs. - Working with Young People Who are Bullied: Tips for Mental Health Professionals
This tip sheet provides information on how mental health professionals can effectively intervene to help a young person who has been bullied. - US Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS), a part of the US Department of Education (ED) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities that are designed to (1) provide financial assistance for drug and violence prevention activ ... - US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Take a Stand Lend a Hand Stop Bullying Now
Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now! (Stop Bullying Now!), the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) National Bullying Prevention Campaign, was launched in 2004 to educate more Americans about how to prevent bullying and youth violence. Stop Bullying Now! was designed to sto ...
External Resources
- Stop Bullying Now
The "Stop Bullying Now!" campaign was developed by the Health Resources and Services Administration in partnership with more than 70 health, safety, education, and faith-based organizations. The website, which has both children's and adults' sections, offers animated scenarios, public service announcements, and resources for educators, health and safety professionals, parents, children, and the general public.
Federal Partner: Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Schoolwide Prevention of Bullying
This booklet provides an overview of what is currently known about bullying behavior and successful efforts to address it. It also profiles a number of anti-bullying programs and offers resources for further research and program development.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Education - Preventing Bullying (PDF 48 KB)
This digest examines the problem of bullying and some of its effects, discusses steps schools are taking, looks at ways peers can discourage bullying, and identifies other strategies that are being pursued.
Federal Partner: Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education - Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying (PDF 43 KB)
This fact sheet defines bullying, noting that it can take three forms: physical, verbal, and psychological. It also describes a recently published report by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and summarizes the report's findings on the long- and short-term effects of bullying.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice - The ABCs of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression
This online course from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention examines the causes and effects of bullying, prevention techniques and programs, screening, treatment options, and legal/ethical issues surrounding bullying. - Bullying Among Children and Youth
(published in “Combating Fear and Restoring Safety in Schools,” Juvenile Justice Bulletin, April 1998)
Stimulated by the pioneering work of Dan Olweus in Norway and Sweden, researchers from several nations have begun to explore the nature, prevalence, and effects of bullying among schoolchildren. Although studies of comprehensive antibullying programs are scarce in the United States, evaluation data from other countries suggest that adopting a comprehensive approach to reduce bullying at school can change students' behaviors and attitudes, reduce other antisocial behaviors, and increase teachers' willingness to intervene.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice - Bullying
(published in “Combating Fear and Restoring Safety in Schools,” Juvenile Justice Bulletin, April 1998)
This article lists services, strategies, programs, and suggested training classes identified as ways to mediate bullying.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice - Bullying in Schools (PDF 28 KB)
The document discusses a wide range of topics related to bullying in schools, including the extent of the problem, characteristics of bullies and victims, consequences of bullying, perceptions of bullying, and intervention programs.
Federal Partner: Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education - Educational Forum on Adolescent Health: Youth Bullying (PDF 799 KB)
This publication documents the proceedings of a May, 2002, forum for health care practitioners focusing on youth bullying.
National Organization: American Medical Association
and Federal Partner: Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration - New Ways to Stop Bullying
An October, 2002, article covering bullying statistics and trends, prevention programs, and new research findings.
National Organization: American Psychological Association
see also Harassment, Victims, Witnessing Violence/Bystanders