Goals
The overall Goals of the Bullying Prevention Institute’s two-day summit are as follows:
- Provide in-depth continuing education for professionals working to eliminate bullying in Pennsylvania schools.
- Lay out a basic blueprint and comprehensive framework for adoption by schools that are just beginning a bullying prevention effort.
- Offer an opportunity for schools to network and to investigate strategies and best practices currently in use in schools and communities.
- Convene a teen forum to educate and support students who want to act as advocates for change and a bully-free climate for their schools.
- Showcase resources that enhance bullying prevention efforts now available to schools.
Almost a third of American children in grades six through ten are directly involved in serious, frequent bullying.
More than two thirds of students believe that schools respond poorly to bullying, with a high percentage of students believing that adult help is infrequent and ineffective.
Source: Hamilton Fish Institute of George Washington University
