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I recently caught a Dr. Phil segment focusing on bullying in schools…yes, I was watching Dr. Phil! Bullying in schools is a serious problem that has escalated to include verbal and cyber harassment, physical beatings, social humiliation and death threats.  In several cases, the bullying victims have even resorted to suicide to escape the tormenting of their peers.    On the show, Dr. Phil offered insight and advice on bullying targeted at tween girls.   Dr. Phil’s web site offers suggestions on how to launch an anti-bullying campaign with pledges for students, parents, teachers and faculty.  An excerpt from the Student Pledge is below: We theRead More →

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I am attending the 2009 Virginia School and Campus Safety Training Forum in Virginia and the speakers have been very informative providing the attendees with a whole lot of “what you should dos”…also called recommendations. The “what you should dos” and recommendations are targeting serious challenges and obligations: Legal Gotchas Regulatory Updates Gang and Drug Abuse Search Guidelines Violence and Crime Prevention Bullying Establishing Relationships with School and Community Threat Assessment Team Recommendations And many other important topics…   In talking with several of the attendees, I have been asking which step is the most difficult: Performing Assessments Planning and Development of Programs Implementing PlansRead More →