Resources

=**Resources**=

**Websites:**

__General sites about Cyberbullying or Internet Safety:__

[] This website is a great resource for kids and adults. In the adult section, check out the catalog of resources separated by format (book, multimedia, etc) and audience (grade level). The site also lists animated webisodes to discuss with kids, provides worksheets to use with middle school students, gives information about state laws, and provides tip sheets and best practice information for dealing with cyberbullying situations.

[] The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) a national education organization with the purpose of promoting safe schools for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Since 1995, "GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression."

@http://www.values.com This is a website for the Foundation for a Better Life. Purpose is to encourage taking responsibility for actions and raising performance expectations for all people regardless of religion, race, or circumstances. The site has stories of people demonstrating positive character traits and offers posters, bookmarks and tv spots/videos for free download to promote a value driven culture.

__Sites for supplementing lesson plans:__

[] This website has a comic about bullying followed by blank comics that kids can fill out in class for themselves.

[] This website has several lesson plan ideas for teachers.

[] This site has lesson plans and resources geared toward middle school students that were produced as part of "no name calling week" to promote positive school cultures. Lessons include mini-scenarios to promote discussion and evoke feelings (desire is to evoke empathy). They address such topics as name-calling, use of derogatory names, when kidding isn't kidding, and bystander behaviors. This was a resource found from the www.GLSEN.org website

[] There are examples of songs, videos and other anti-bullying messages created by students in Canada for a "Bullying Awareness Week".

[] An a-to-z list of ideas and strategies for combating cyberbullying

[] Includes "Top-ten tip sheets" for preventing and responding to cyberbullying for teachers and sheets on the same topics for parents.

__Sites for parents:__

[|http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/cyberbullying/ParentRespectContract_0108.pdf] Sample written contract between student and parents regarding online behavior.

[] Includes "Top-ten tip sheets" for preventing and responding to cyberbullying for teachers and sheets on the same topics for parents.

[] An Internet Safety guide for parents created by the FBI

__Links to research studies:__ []

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Articles:
Chibbaro, J. S., School Counselors and the __Cyberbully__ : Interventions and Implications. Professional School Counseling v. 11 no. 1 (October 2007) p. 65-8

__Cyberbullying__ : Q&A with Nancy Willard [Interview with N. Willard]. The Prevention Researcher v. 14 no. supp (December 2007) p. 13-15

Dewey, J. __Experience and Education__, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1997

Fredrick, K., Mean Girls (and Boys): __Cyberbullying__ and What Can Be Done about It. School Library Media Activities Monthly v. 25 no. 8 (April 2009) p. 44-5

Freire, P. //From the Pedagogy of the Oppressed// from Brown, E.R. and Saltman, K. J., eds. __The Critical Middle School Reader__, Routledge, New York, NY, 2005

Fullilove, R.E, Barksdale, W. and Thompson Fullilove, M., //Teens Talk Sex: Can We Talk Back?// from Irvine, J.M., eds. __Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities__, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1994. Peterson, R.E., //Teaching How to Read the World and Change It: Critical Pedagogy in the Intermediate Grades,// from Darder, A., Baltodano, M., and Torres, R.D., eds. __The Critical Pedagogy Reader__, Routledge, New York, NY, 2003.

Stover, D., Treating __Cyberbullying__ as a School Violence Issue. The Education Digest v. 72 no. 4 (December 2006) p. 40-2 Sutton, S., __ School Solutions for Cyberbullying __. Principal Leadership (High School Ed.) v. 9 no. 6 (February 2009) p. 38-40, 42 Taylor, K. R., __Cyberbullying__ : Is There Anything Schools Can Do? . Principal Leadership (Middle School Ed.) v. 8 no. 9 (May 2008) p. 60-2 Willard, N., Flame Retardant [ Cyberbullying ]. School Library Journal v. 52 no. 4 (April 2006) p. 54-6

[] //Willard, Nancy, Flame Retardant//: Cyberbullies torment their victims 24/7. Here’s how to stop the abuse, **School Library Journal** ,04/01/2006. accessed 06/20/2010.

[] GLSEN (2006). From Teasing To Torment: A Report on School Climate in Illinois.New York: GLSEN.accessed 06/21/2010.

Books
Maudlin, K. L., __Sticks and Stones__, The W Publishing Group, Nashville, TN, 2002. This slim volume is a guide to preventing bullying for parents and teachers. It also offers advice for children and adolescents dealing with bullying. It does weave Christian themes into the text, such as why God does not expect a child who is being bullied to "turn the other cheek".

Willard, Nancy E. C//yber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the Internet Safely and Responsibly//. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. This book is a great resource for educators and parents. Chapter 23 "I Can Say What I Want Online: Cyberbullying and Social Aggression" and Chapter 26 "I'm Going to Get You: Cyberthreats and Distressing Materials" provide examples of Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats and give helpful advice on what to do if you become a victim.