| Conferences, Workshops, Schools Presentations and Training Institutes November 1997 – To Date.
| Below are links to lists of most of the schools where I have spoken, conferences that I have addressed and training institutes that I have conducted. Most of the teacher trainings have taken place at the schools where I have worked with students. Click on the links above for a complete listing. |
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For the past seven years, I have spent most of my time in schools talking with students, over 75,000 of them, in fact. Whether I am in New York, California, Ohio or Florida, I collect the same information from students - whether in public, private, parochial, rural, suburban or inner city schools. Children are hurting! The level of malevolence is very painful for millions of children. Studies indicate that American schools harbor nearly six million children who identify themselves as bullies, targets or both.
I believe that there are five kinds of bullying - physical, verbal, emotional, sexual and cyberbullying. My purpose is to empower students with their own collective wisdom. By the end of an hour children have a clearer picture of why students become bullies, how some students are singled out for taunting, strategies for dealing with bullying behavior and the role of the witness in the daily power struggles that permeate our schools. Children also want to discuss sibling bullying, the special ways that girls bully each other and opportunities to make amends with students they have hurt. They have profound insights about this subject and are eager to share their thoughts and feelings.
My goal is to speak with as many groups of educators, principals, counselors, parents, grandparents and community leaders as possible to help them understand how serious this issue is and to give them strategies for prevention and intervention. Since at least 25% of the bullies have a criminal record by the age of 30, we have an obligation to society to give the bullies, as well as the targets and witnesses, the help they need.
I conduct one-hour Student empowerment sessions, Inservice trainings for educators and school personnel, Seminars for parents and community leaders and Train the Trainer Institutes.
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