NAIS Annual Conference
Presentation on resilience at the National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference.
The Social Bond: A Practical Way for Schools to Reduce Bullying
If you work in the youth safety space, you know that certain initiatives (such as resilience building) have focused on targets of bullying and cyberbullying. Other programming has concentrated attention on aggressors – to the kids who harass, humiliate, and threaten other youth offline and online. Here, restorative practices and social emotional learning (anger management, […]
My Fulbright Award for Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention
This past summer, I served as a Fulbright Specialist at the Anti-Bullying Centre (ABC) at Dublin City University (DCU) in Dublin, Ireland. It was an amazing experience. I just wanted to take a few minutes to share what it involved, who I spent time with, and how it made an impact – not just short-term, […]
Full-day Educator Workshop
Full of practical, research-based strategies and solutions, we help school administrators and educators learn what they need to know.
Half-day Educator Workshop
The Cyberbullying Research Center provides a half-day (3 classroom hour) workshop for educators to learn how students use and misuse technology.
Parent and Community Presentation
This adult presentation provides an overview of ways teens use & misuse technology. It also discusses what adults can do to help children be safe online.
Reflections on the 2017 World Anti-Bullying Forum
The inaugural World Anti-Bullying Forum was held in Sweden this week (where the cherry blossoms were blooming!), and I had the honor of representing the Cyberbullying Research Center and the International Bullying Prevention Association (IBPA) in attending. I am doing some work at Dublin City University for the first half of this summer, and so […]
Facebook’s Global Safety Network Summit: Online Well-Being
A couple weeks ago, I attended Facebook’s annual Global Safety Network Summit in Washington, DC, to hang out with colleagues and long-time friends, and to make some new connections as well. Facebook first discussed the new safety initiatives they are implementing such as their outstanding new suicide prevention tools in Live and Messenger (check them […]
2016 Cyberbullying Data
This study surveyed a nationally-representative sample of 5,700 middle and high school students between the ages of 12 and 17 in the United States. Data were collected between July and October of 2016. Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge. Teen Technology Use. Cell phones and other mobile devices continue to be the most popular […]
Cyberbullying and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Discusses the reality of cyberbullying victimization among those on the autism spectrum, and provides strategies and solutions to support and equip this population.
