Resources

Programs mentioned in this booklet:

Steps to Respect: A Bullying Prevention Program
Contact:
Committee for Children
2203 Airport Way South, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98134-2027
Phone: 1-800-634-4449
Web site: http://www.cfchildren.org/

Olweus’ Core Program Against Bullying and Antisocial Behavior (also known as the Bullying Prevention Program)
For more information visit the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) at the University of Colorado Web site at:
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/model/bully_materials.html

Or contact:
• Dan Olweus, Ph.D.
University of Bergen
Research Center for Health Promotion (HEMIL)
Christies gt. 13, N-5015
Bergen, Norway
47-55-58-23-27
47-55-58-84-22 FAX
E-mail olweus@psych.uib.no

• Susan Limber, Ph.D.
Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
Clemson University
158 Poole Agricultural Center
Clemson, SC 29634
(864) 656-6320
(864) 656-6281 FAX
E-mail slimber@clemson.edu

Effective Behavior Support (EBS) Program
Contact:
Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
College of Education
1265 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1265
(541) 346-3592
E-mail: ivdb@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Web site: http://www.uoregon.edu/~ivdb/

Technical Assistance Resource

National Resource Center for Safe Schools (NRCSS)

NRCSS provides technical assistance and resources on school safety and violence prevention to schools and school districts. The Center is operated by NWREL under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Center provides access to research on school safety, and includes a lending library. The Web site includes answers to frequently asked questions about school safety, promising and effective programs, timely information about hot topics such as bullying and crisis response, and news about funding opportunities to assist with planning and program implementation.

For more information call the National Resource Center for Safe Schools at 1-800-268-2275,
e-mail safeschools@nwrel.org or visit the Web site at http://www.safetyzone.org

Additional Resources

Ballard, M.B., Argus, T., & Remley, T.P. (1999). Bullying and school violence: A proposed prevention program. NASSP Bulletin, 83(607), 38-47.

Gropper, N., & Froschl, M. (1999, April). The role of gender in young children’s teasing and bullying behavior. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED431162)

Leckie, B. (1997, December). Girls, bully behaviours and peer relationships: The double edged sword of exclusion and rejection. Paper presented at the conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane. Retrieved November 19, 2001, from http://www.aare.edu.au/97pap/leckb284.htm

Slaby, R.G., Roedell, W.C., Arezzo, D., & Hendrix, K. (1995). Early violence prevention: Tools for teachers of young children. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. 382384)

Weinhold, B.K. (2000). Bullying and school violence: The tip of the iceberg. Teacher Educator, 35(3), 28-33.