How to Stop Bullying in Classrooms and Schools

<p>The premise of this guidebook for teacher educators school professionals and in-service and pre-service teachers is that bullying occurs because of breakdowns in relationships. The focus of the 10-point empirically researched anti-bullying program it presents is based on building and repairing relationships. Explaining how to use social architecture to erase bullying from classrooms this book </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>translates research into easily understandable language </li> <p> </p> <li>provides a step-by-step plan <em>and </em>the tools (classroom exercises activities practical strategies) to insure success in building classrooms where acceptance inclusion and respect reign</li> <p> </p> <li>examines the teacher’s role classroom management bystander intervention friendship peer support empathy incompatible activities stopping incidents and adult support from a relationship perspective</li> </ul><p>If every teacher in every classroom learned to apply this book’s principles and suggestions bullying would no longer plague our schools and educators could give 100 percent of their attention to academics. </p>