Ebook: Working with kids who bully: new perspectives on prevention and intervention

We all know bullying impacts the academic and emotional lives of our young people. We see it in our schools and hear about it in the news. If we know it's a problem, why is it still happening? Often it's because we fail to address the individuals at the heart of the problem-the kids who engage in the behavior. In Working With Kids Who Sully, Walter B. Roberts, Jr. challenges us to shift our thinking about these youths and offers innovative approaches to help kids pull back from and stop bullying. Readers will find information on a range of topics impacting schools today, including cyberbullying, relational aggression, mediation, building empathy, and bibliomedia therapy, Strategies and sample dialogue to use when intervening with kids who bully, Diagrams and charts to clarify suggested approaches, Written by one of the nation's foremost experts on bullying, this is a book designed to stimulate change and ultimately help create safer learning environments for all kids.;Why a book on those who bully? -- Understanding those who bully -- What exactly is bullying today? -- Relational aggression -- The law and bullying behaviors -- Will this stuff work? -- Essential skills for interveners -- Making the communciation and relational connection -- Forced apologies and mediations -- Applying elements of restorative justice techniques with those who engage in bullying behaviors -- Building empathy within those who bully -- Thought before action : slowing down impulsive behaviors -- Morality as a component of bullying prevention -- Dealing with the demon that is anger -- When bullies live in space -- Bystanders or upstanders? -- Engaging the parent -- Documentation -- Bibliomedia therapy -- When all else fails -- Potholes, gravel, and road tar.