Bullying

KIDPOWER teaches people of different ages and abilities to successfully learn and practice personal safety, self-protection, confidence, and advocacy skills.

The US website for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. It is a comprehensive, school-wide program designed for use in elementary, middle, or junior high schools. Its goals are to reduce and prevent bullying problems among school children and improve peer relations. The program has been found to reduce bullying among children, improve classroom social climate, and reduce antisocial behaviors, such as vandalism and truancy.

  • “Bullying at School: What We Know and What we can Do,” by Dan Olweus
  • “No-bullying Program: Preventing Bully/Victim Violence at School,” by James Bitney

Children’s Literature:

  • Bully on the Bus, by Carol W. Bosch
  • Oliver is a Sissy, by Tomie DePaolo
  • The Sneetches and Other Stories, Dr. Seuss
  • The Bully of Barkham Street, by Mary Stolz
  • Why is Everybody Always Picking on Me? by T. Webster-Doyle