We’re always looking for more information about how to educate people about bullying. Recently we can across a great online training course that costs just $5. If you are a parent, teen, or educator who is interested in helping to stop bullying check out www.Stand4Hope.com and their online training program!

Hazelden has an online 2 hour course for professionals about bullying. They also have other online courses that are worth looking into. If your a teacher or youth worker you might look into taking this online course.  

Zach Hayden, a local self-defense expert and martial artist joined other experts that traveled worldwide to attend the recent Instructor Certification for the FAST Defense program. FAST Defense is the result of an evolution in a self-defense system that started thirty five years ago and was voted Black Belt Magazine’s Best Self-Defense in the Industry. FAST is an acronym for [...]

Olweus is one of the world leaders in Bully research and prevention. Recently the ATA (American Taekwondo Association) has partnered with Olweus to offer bully prevention education to students and parents across the country. Check out the resent post on the Olweus website! You can also see more at www.ATALeadershipNOW.com.  

Just released, Mouse Mail is a program that parents can use to monitor their children’s emails and text messages. Check out this story about the new product. – USA Today Story Also check out the Mouse Mail Website!

At the Indiana Youth Institute’s recent conference I was introduced to an great, inexpensive, program to help you and your children deal with cyber bullying online. Cyber Bullying Alert is a program you can download and install to your computer. When your child feels that they are being bullied online they can click on the Alert button in the toolbar [...]

Cyber Security Tips describe and offer advice about common security issues for non-technical computer users. Dealing with Cyber bullies Bullies are now taking advantage of technology to intimidate and harass their victims. Dealing with cyberbullying can be difficult, but there are steps you can take. Read the whole article here: http://latest-tech-news-updates.blogspot.com/2010/12/cyber-bullies-security-tips.html

If you attended Panther University at Avilla School on November 30th or your child was in a presentation at North Side or Albion Elementary you’ll have heard about Verbal Judo and Verbal Self Defense. Teaching children to deal with verbal confrontations properly is very important when dealing with bullies. I mentioned a few different Car Talks you can do with your children and I [...]

Recently I’ve been having a lot of talks with teens and their parents about cell phones. Parenting with cell phones is a new thing. It’s not something we grew up with so I’ve been doing some research on what’s being said about the issue. I’d suggest you check out these sites! Parenting Teens Contract: Cell Phones Common Sense Media Cell [...]

The PACER Center works very activly to help promote anti-bullying and bully prevention. They have a great campaign called “The End of Bullying Begins with You” where students tell their story. Here’s what they say: “What impacts students when addressing bullying? One of the more powerful influences, as rated by the students themselves, is learning about their peer’s unique experiences. [...]