ANTI-BULLYING RESOURCES

The following list of resources and services does not constitute a recommendation by the AAUW or the AAUW North Hills-McKnight Branch.  It is the responsibility of the individual to confirm the suitability of any information, service providers or programs.

PITTSBURGH RESOURCES

“Taking a Tough Stance on Bullying”

A recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by Karen MacPherson, Sunday, July 13, 2003. Available on-line at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03194/202144.stm

Youth Counseling

• North Hills Youth Ministry (412) 366-1300

• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (412) 692-5589

• Children’s Hopsital North (outpatient services) (724) 933-3600

• Samaritan Counseling Center, Presbyterian Church of Sewickley (412)741-7430

Classes, Training and Professional Development

• Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension, 400 North Lexington St., Pittsburgh, PA 15208. Nancy Crago and Susan Taylor, Extension Educators. An Act 48 Approved Provider

• The Children’s Friendship Project.  Jeffrey Parker, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Penn State http://alsek.la.psu.edu/research/fmatters.htm

• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (412) 692-7105 http://www.chp.edu/besafe/adults/adultsschvlncintro.php

• The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (used in the North Hills School District) http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov and http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/jjbulletin/9804/bullying2.html

RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON-LINE FOR ALL AGES

Anti-Bullying Network

Highly graphic, interactive site organized around two key questions: “What do we know about bullying?” and “How can bullying be tackled?” Includes Quick-Time video and a link to download the Quick-time player and special sections for young people, parents and families, school staff and others.

http://www.antibullying.net/

www.Bullying.org where you are not alone

An interactive web site for children, adolescents and everyone who cares about them. Encourages young people’s art, poetry and story submissions to the site. Provides massive resource list (articles, books, research, media) and links to support groups.

http://www.bullying.org/public/frameset.cfm?w=s

Bullying Online

Provides resource pages to targeted audiences, such as “Advice for Parents,” “Legal Advice,” “Problem Page for Children” and more.

http://www.bullying.co.uk/

Bullying at School

A Scottish research organization site providing info for bullying victims and their families, including descriptions of school policies.

http://www.scre.ac.uk/bully/

Don’t Suffer in Silence

Resource sections for students at all levels, parents, and teachers, including an anti-bullying pack for schools, case studies, and children’s stories in their own voices. 

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying/

Education Resources

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services provides abstracts and complete articles on bullying research and projects. For adults.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/

No Bully.org

New Zealand site with simple questions and answers. Good for beginning understanding of bullying issues. For all ages.

http://www.nobully.org.nz/advicek.htm

Success Unlimited

A resource site that lists Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD) as one of the psychological consequences of bullying. Includes books for PSTD by a PSTD survivor. Mainly for adults.

http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/#PTSD

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Links to research and model programs http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/index.asp

The Workplace Bullying and Trauma Institute

California organization founded by Gary Namie, PhD, author of The Bully at Work (Sourcebooks 2000). Advocates and provides information for self-education and political action, including the proposed California Healthy Workplace law, AB 1582.  For adults.

http://bullyinginstitute.org/

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