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Bullying Prevention Resources:
TEA Coordinated School Health and Safety - Bullying and Cyberbullying
This page provides the definitions and laws related to bullying and cyberbullying. There are also links to resources to assist in educating others about bullying and cyberbullying.
Minimum Standards for Bullying Prevention
The Texas Education Agency has released the minimum standards for bullying prevention policies and procedures to be implemented by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under Texas Education Code (TEC), §37.0832
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have come together to create this Bullying Prevention Toolkit. The toolkit provides resources for youth, parents, teachers, school administrators, community leaders, health care providers, policymakers and more to help prevent bullying through science, policy, and practice.
Bullying is a serious subject, with short and long-term implications for both the victim and the bully. The guide below brings awareness to numerous types of bullying and who may be targeted, while also providing guidance to students, parents, educators and school professionals on how to prevent and stop this debilitating public aggression. Special attention is given to cyberbullying, an ever-growing issue for today’s generation.
Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a bullying prevention toolkit for teachers. The toolkit includes information about the four main types of bullying, statistics on bullying, the harm caused by bullying and prevention and intervention techniques for teachers.
According to the survey, 25 percent of students in grades 5-12 report being bullied. This survey draws on anonymous responses from 180,000 students in 37 states, including Texas. The survey found that most bullying happened in person, not online. Almost half of all bullied students (44 percent) cited appearance as the reason they were bullied. This survey contains additional information on bullying that can be utilized in supporting bullying prevention activities.
This website provides information and updates on Bullying.
This website provides resources regarding cyberbullying.
Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center
The National Bullying Prevention Center has free, weekly year-long classroom resources designed to create environments in which every student is included, involved and invested in preventing and addressing bullying.
SAMHSA’s free mobile apps offer easy access to treatment and prevention tools for opioid use disorder, suicide, bullying, disaster response, and underage drinking. Learn how you can help spread the word about SAMHSA’s mobile apps and KnowBullying.
This website provides information on definitions and issues concerning bullying/cyberbullying.
BRIM is a bullying prevention platform that pairs a smart, cloud-based incident management system with a mobile bullying reporting app for students, parents and teachers.
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Trauma and Bullying Fact SheetDid you know that having been traumatized leads to an increased likelihood that a person will be bullied? To better understand the relationship between trauma and bullying, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has a downloadable fact sheet with helpful information and facts. Visit the webpage to download the PDF.