School Climate 2.0: Preventing Cyberbullying

School Climate 2.0: Preventing Cyberbullying
Title: School Climate 2.0: Preventing Cyberbullying and Sexting One Classroom at a Time

Author: Justin Patchin & Sameer Hinduja

Bullying is not new, but its venues have expanded to include social media and mobile phones. When students receive hurtful, threatening or sexually explicit electronic messages, it affects their ability to concentrate on schoolwork. Renowned cyber-bullying experts Sameer Hinduja and Justin W Patchin connect the off-campus high-tech behaviors of teens to the school environment and provide educators with a road map for developing a positive school climate that counteracts cyber-bullying and sexting. School Climate 2.0 differentiates cyber-bullying from traditional bullying and offers specific strategies for improving school climate, including:

1. Building a sense of community;
2. Peer mentoring;
3. Social norming;
4. Data-driven action plans;
5. Youth grassroots campaigns; and
6. Multi-pronged policy and programming approaches by adults.

Included are anecdotes, stories and high-profile case examples that illustrate the research. The book's companion website features a Twitter feed and Facebook Fan Page with regular Prevention Points you can put into action quickly, downloadable activities and worksheets, questions to facilitate staff and student discussions, and emerging best practices in school climate research and evaluation-powerful tools for bully-proofing your school.

ISBN: 9781412997836
Number Of Pages: 216
Published: 10th April 2012
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