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A comprehensive examination of theory, research, prevention and
intervention, and professional practice issues - in one source.
Teasing, shunning, and bullying can have serious detrimental
effects on both victim and perpetrator. Bullying, Victimization,
and Peer Harassment: A Handbook of Prevention and Intervention
comprehensively gathers emerging research, theory, and effective
practice on this subject into one invaluable source. This thorough
review of a wide spectrum of innovative, evidence-based practices
targets the complex problems of victimization, peer harassment, and
bullying in our schools. Interventions range from individuals and
their peers to broad, systems-level change within schools and
communities. The challenge of prevention is also explored, using
the latest studies as a practical foundation. Suggestions are
provided detailing effective strategies to make changes in the
culture within schools while offering directions for future
research and practice. Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment
discusses research on current intervention programs now in place
that, until now, has never been evaluated. Several of the studies
address middle school issues and multi-ethnic populations,
including those from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Peer
sexual harassment and dating-related aggression are examined that
includes and goes beyond traditional views of bullying and peer
intimidation. This valuable handbook provides concise yet extensive
information on the most current theory, empirical research,
practice guidelines, and suggestions for preparing schools for
programmatic initiatives. Topics in Bullying, Victimization, and
Peer Harassment include: theory and conceptual issues in
victimization, bullying, and peer harassment assessment results
from a four-year longitudinal study on peer victimization in early
adolescents youth perceptions toward bullying high school students'
victimization profiles immigrant children and victimization
evaluating an adolescent violence prevention program a school-based
intervention program peer group intervention interventions for
victims multiple perspectives involving sexual harassment
school-wide approaches to prevention and intervention and much
more! Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment is a crucial
resource for researchers and mental health professionals who work
in schools and who work with children and their families, such as
school psychologists, counselors, clinical child psychologists,
social workers, and community psychologists.
Bullying and harassment threaten academic achievement and mental
health in our schools. Look beyond your work with individual
students to address these problems in their larger context! This
book presents enlightening empirical studies and reviews of the
literature on peer harassment, bullying, and victimization.
Designed to expand our knowledge and understanding of these topics,
Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: The
Next Generation of Prevention documents the widespread nature of
the phenomena both inside and outside the United States, identifies
risk and protective factors, and provides practitioners with
specific, evidence-based guidelines for effective preventive
action. From the editors: The problem of bullying, peer harassment,
and victimization is a serious one in our schools. It greatly
affects the climate for learning and productivity and the emotional
health of students and staff. This book presents empirical data and
theoretical and legal case reviews to show how pervasive and
serious these problems are and how they threaten both academic
achievement and mental health within many of our schools. Taking a
longitudinal and developmental perspective, the authors begin to
outline the next generation of research in this field that will
shape knowledge and practice for the next few decades. For
practitioners, the book is a call to action, particularly at the
school-wide level, focusing on reducing the substantial
social/emotional harm done to perpetrators, bystanders, and
especially, victims. Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization
in the Schools provides vital information on: what mental health
professionals can do to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in
schools the relationship between middle-school adjustment and
bullying aggressive behavior and friendship patterns in immigrant
children school-based intervention strategies the relationship
between the cultures of childhood and sexual harassmentfrom
developmental, domestic violence, and legal perspectives risk
factors and protective factors affecting victimization and more! It
has been estimated that bullying affects more than half of the
students in American schools. This book can add significantly to
your ability to combat and prevent this pervasive problem. Use it
to improve the quality of education received by students in your
community!
A comprehensive examination of theory, research, prevention and
intervention, and professional practice issues - in one source.
Teasing, shunning, and bullying can have serious detrimental
effects on both victim and perpetrator. Bullying, Victimization,
and Peer Harassment: A Handbook of Prevention and Intervention
comprehensively gathers emerging research, theory, and effective
practice on this subject into one invaluable source. This thorough
review of a wide spectrum of innovative, evidence-based practices
targets the complex problems of victimization, peer harassment, and
bullying in our schools. Interventions range from individuals and
their peers to broad, systems-level change within schools and
communities. The challenge of prevention is also explored, using
the latest studies as a practical foundation. Suggestions are
provided detailing effective strategies to make changes in the
culture within schools while offering directions for future
research and practice. Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment
discusses research on current intervention programs now in place
that, until now, has never been evaluated. Several of the studies
address middle school issues and multi-ethnic populations,
including those from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Peer
sexual harassment and dating-related aggression are examined that
includes and goes beyond traditional views of bullying and peer
intimidation. This valuable handbook provides concise yet extensive
information on the most current theory, empirical research,
practice guidelines, and suggestions for preparing schools for
programmatic initiatives. Topics in Bullying, Victimization, and
Peer Harassment include: theory and conceptual issues in
victimization, bullying, and peer harassment assessment results
from a four-year longitudinal study on peer victimization in early
adolescents youth perceptions toward bullying high school students'
victimization profiles immigrant children and victimization
evaluating an adolescent violence prevention program a school-based
intervention program peer group intervention interventions for
victims multiple perspectives involving sexual harassment
school-wide approaches to prevention and intervention and much
more! Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment is a crucial
resource for researchers and mental health professionals who work
in schools and who work with children and their families, such as
school psychologists, counselors, clinical child psychologists,
social workers, and community psychologists.
Bullying and harassment threaten academic achievement and mental
health in our schools. Look beyond your work with individual
students to address these problems in their larger context! This
book presents enlightening empirical studies and reviews of the
literature on peer harassment, bullying, and victimization.
Designed to expand our knowledge and understanding of these topics,
Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: The
Next Generation of Prevention documents the widespread nature of
the phenomena both inside and outside the United States, identifies
risk and protective factors, and provides practitioners with
specific, evidence-based guidelines for effective preventive
action. From the editors: The problem of bullying, peer harassment,
and victimization is a serious one in our schools. It greatly
affects the climate for learning and productivity and the emotional
health of students and staff. This book presents empirical data and
theoretical and legal case reviews to show how pervasive and
serious these problems are and how they threaten both academic
achievement and mental health within many of our schools. Taking a
longitudinal and developmental perspective, the authors begin to
outline the next generation of research in this field that will
shape knowledge and practice for the next few decades. For
practitioners, the book is a call to action, particularly at the
school-wide level, focusing on reducing the substantial
social/emotional harm done to perpetrators, bystanders, and
especially, victims. Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization
in the Schools provides vital information on: what mental health
professionals can do to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in
schools the relationship between middle-school adjustment and
bullying aggressive behavior and friendship patterns in immigrant
children school-based intervention strategies the relationship
between the cultures of childhood and sexual harassmentfrom
developmental, domestic violence, and legal perspectives risk
factors and protective factors affecting victimization and more! It
has been estimated that bullying affects more than half of the
students in American schools. This book can add significantly to
your ability to combat and prevent this pervasive problem. Use it
to improve the quality of education received by students in your
community!
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