Authors: Walter B. Roberts Jr., Rosalind Wiseman
ISBN-13: 9781412925808, ISBN-10: 1412925800
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Walter B. Roberts, Jr., is a professor of counselor education at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He began his career in education as a classroom teacher in 1978 and later served as a school counselor before moving to higher education in 1993. In addition to being licensed for private practice, he has extensive public policy experience in mental health and school safety issues, consults and testifies with legislators and the judicial system, and is a frequent source with the media on counseling-related issues. Bullying from Both Sides, his first book published by Corwin Press in 2006, continues to be a bestseller.
This resource offers supportive intervention strategies for counselors and administrators committed to working effectively with bullies and the students they victimize.
Acknowledgments | vii | |
About the Author | ix | |
Foreword | xi | |
Preface: Going Upstream | xiii | |
Part I | The Reality of Bullying, Bullies, and Victims | 1 |
1 | The Prevalence of Bullying | 3 |
2 | Definitions of Bullying and Teasing | 13 |
3 | Victims | 21 |
4 | Victimization and Retaliation | 37 |
5 | Bullies | 49 |
Part II | Effective Intervention Strategies for Bullies and Victims: Parents and Schools as Partners | 65 |
6 | Strategic Intervention Point 1: The Best Intervention Is Prevention | 73 |
7 | Strategic Intervention Point 2: Safeguard the Victim | 81 |
8 | Strategic Intervention Point 3: Engage the Victim in Constructive and Supportive Interactions | 89 |
9 | Strategic Intervention Point 4: Engage the Bully in Constructive and Supportive Interactions | 123 |
10 | What Now? Taking Those First Steps | 161 |
Recommended Resources | 167 | |
References | 173 | |
Index | 185 |