Safety Issues for Middle Schools

Bullying in Middle Schools

Links:

Safe Culture Project
http://www.safeculture.com/ "Those who can, do. Those who can't, bully." A site discussing character traits, how children need to be taught what is wrong and what is right, and what children need to know about the basics of bullying.

Bullying Online
http://www.bullying.co.uk/ This would be a great resource for kids and parents to go to themselves, not just teachers. The site is filled with thousands of little suggestions, emails from people who ARE being bullied, and more. A great site for everyone who needs and wants to know about bullying.

Bully Online
http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/ This site has a lot of information for the school as well as for the parents. It's important that Middle Schools have good communication with the parents and this site really gives some useful tips. The implications of bullying, according to this site, scar people for life, which would make it very important for Middle Schools to know and understand.

Kidscape
http://www.kidscape.org.uk/ The page offers information on training and how to cope with bullying as a child, parent, and teacher. It has lots of applications for Middle School including the fact that with this site actually being in existence it kind of proves that bullying is an issue. Not just that, but this site also offers helpful suggestions and facts. It gives tips for how to deal with bullying.

Hurt Free Schools
http://www.hurt-free-character.com/ This site would be good for a Middle School because it helps the school understand how they could work with their problems to make it better. It talks about team teaching and how the processes that they describe could be used within classes themselves. It's very interesting although this site has less material and more "buy me" statements.

Books:

Creating School Climates that Prevent School Violence. (Magazine: Clearing House v 74 n 3 p 155-63 Jan-Feb 2001)	A Middle School survey on the effects of bullying, the children who work through their problems, and how they do so. The article will help schools predict what makes bullies bully and what helps them choose a victim. The article also suggests programming and deprogramming of bullies.
Creating School Climate. (Magazine: Preventing School Failure Spring 2000 v 44 Issue 3 p 122)	This article presents approaches for the school to use when dealing with bullying and violence. It talks about how to improve school climate, ways to prevent violence, and ways to improve students' self-motivation and problem solving skills.
How Long before it Hurts? (Magazine: School Psychology International v 21 n 1 p 37-46 Feb 2000)	School needs to know what to do in case of long term bullying. This article discusses when it starts to hurt or when harassment and teasing actually becomes bullying.
The Bully as a Victim. (Magazine: Professional School Counseling Dec 2000 v 4 Issue 2 p 148)	This article talks about the relationship between a bully and a victim. It talks about why the bully does what s/he does and why the victim usually is the victim. The article also discusses how parents and school staff can deal with the issues effectively.
Examining the Social Context. (Magazine: Journal of Counseling & Development Summer 2000 v 78 Issue 3 p 326)	This article discusses family and adult relationships and how they effect bullying. The article takes an in depth look at Middle School children and how influenced they are by the relationships they have with adults.