Evidence-Based Bullying Prevention Programs for Children and Youth

Bullying is a hot topic at schools across the nation. Chronicinvolvement in bullying is associated with many intrapersonal,interpersonal, and academic problems, and even sporadic experiencesof bullying are harmful. During the last two decades, severalprevention and intervention programs have been developed byresearch teams all over the world. Many of these programs have beenadopted in the United States.This volume introduces five evidence-based anti-bullyingprograms developed in European countries, where much of the earlyinnovations and adaptations have occurred. Based onstate-of-the-art knowledge, This volume answers:* How can educators detect that bullying is going on in theirschool?* How can educators respond competently in acute bullyingsituations?* How can educators prevent bullying in their schools in the longrun?This is the 133rd volume of New Directionsfor Youth Development, the Jossey-Bass quarterly report seriesdedicated to bringing together everyone concerned with helpingyoung people, including scholars, practitioners, and people fromdifferent disciplines and professions.