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The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is the most researched and the best-known bullying prevention program available today. * Proven to reduce bullying by up to 70% * Significant reductions in student reports of general antisocial behavior, such as vandalism, fighting, theft, and truancy\n * Significant improvements in the social climate of the classroom and student satisfaction with school life

See Cyber Bullying in the Digital Age. All three authors are clinical psychologists and Olweus Bullying prevention trained. They apply their expertise in this area to online problems related to cybersafety. Dr. Patty Afgatson works with over 100 schools in Cobb County School District, a suburb of Atlanta, GA.

This book was written by three school psychologists, all certified in Olweus Bullying Prevention training. They have applied their knowledge in that area to "cyberbullying." If you are an educator or a parent of an adolescent, this book is a must read. As the authors have stated, the impact of students using computers, etc. has had not only a positive but also a negative impact on the learning environment and safety issues within our schools. Cyberbullying in its infancy is creating an epidemic of problems. Awareness of the problem, what schools and parents should do to address cyberbullying, how the different states and schools systems view cyberbullying, and current resources are discussed by the authors. It is a compilation of the most current research.

Developed by the folks who designed the Olweus Bullying Prevention program, this curriculum offers students an opportunity to:
1. interact, collaborate and publish with peers, experts or others, employing a variety of digital environments and media.
2.communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences, using a variety of media and formats
3. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

Effects of Cyberbullying: New research by a group of school psychologists trained in Olweus Bullying Prevention methods that they have applied to bullying in the digital environment.

Review of book authored by three Olweus-trained school psychologists on the topic of cyberbullying.

See chart for descriptions of roles students play in bullying situations. To see the Olweus Bullying Prevention program used to address cyberbullies, check out the work of this group of school psychologists.

Cyber bullying not only looks and feels a bit different than traditional bullying, but presents some unique challenges in dealing with it. Learn from a School Psychologist team, trained in Olweus methods of bullying prevention.

Effects of Cyberbullying: New research by a group of school psychologists trained in Olweus Bullying Prevention methods that they have applied to bullying in the digital environment.

From Patti Afgatson, Olweus Bullying Prevention expert and author of Bullying in the Digital World