How to support victims of bullying

Some tips on what to say: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/9-ways-parents-can-help-bullied-kids-learn-resilience/2017/06/19/a76e2cca-2e9f-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?utm_term=.9141998a95fd  

A Needham mom has helped develop  a new program to help teach kids how to be kinder to others: http://www.wcvb.com/news/program-teaching-kids-power-of-kindness-compassion/42437356 http://choosetobenice.com http://mcc.gse.harvard.edu  

An update on current research and clinical understanding on bullying: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/policy-brief.aspx  

Here’s some advice from clinical social worker Devra Edelstein on how to handle when your teen is bing picked on or bullied by peers: What’s Your Role When Someone is Mean to Your Teenager?  

The BACPAC program is a new Boston-based program where children faced with bullying and cyberbullying can seek help, learn their rights under federal and state laws, and learn strategies to deal with the bullying. http://fcsn.org/newsletter/2016/newsline-winterspring-2016/ http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/a-_-e/bullying-and-cyberbullying-prevention-and-advocacy-collaborative-bacpac-program/bacpac

A summary of the latest research on the causes, impacts, and efforts at prevention and treatment of Bullying: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/07-08/upfront-bullying.aspx https://www.yahoo.com/health/the-number-one-reason-kids-are-bullied-123555176933.html  

Some new research seeking to understand bullying, including how it develops,  its consequences, and how to curtail it:   A look at four decades of research on school bullying: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/293/ Long term consequences of peer victimization in childhood and adolescence: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/300/ Trying to understand how bullying develops: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/311/ On attempts to prevent bullying: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/322/ On attempts by […]