Those Who Bully and Those Who Are Bullied: A Guide for Creating Heroes in the Classroom

Bullying has reached epidemic proportions in this country with 83% of girls and 79% of boys experiencing bullying. Classrooms which are supposed to be a place of learning are no safe haven with 1 out of 5 students reporting that they have been bullied at school. Educators administrators and parents have tried a variety of techniques to stop bullying but those methods rarely work long-term. Why? Because bullying is much larger than the two-person dynamic typically envisioned. This innovative workbook Those Who Bully and Those Who Are Bullied takes a multi-pronged approach helping each member of the school community understand the role he or she plays in encouraging ignoring or addressing a bullying situation and outlining the skills needed to make a difference. With a variety of specific group and individual activities this workbook creates opportunities for discussion-giving language to define and identify the underlying emotions felt by everyone involved tapping into compassion and understanding on all levels and providing social skills awareness and self-esteem to empower the entire school community to be the upstanders needed to end classroom bullying.