Current research demonstrates that bullying affects all children in
schools, not simply the several students who may be most visibly
involved in an individual incident. In order to prevent escalation or to
stop the action, something different must happen. The victim or bully
must change, but this may not be easy. Importantly the classmates or the
adults who witness the interaction have the power to change the
interaction as well.
Bullying and Teasing: Social Power in Children's Groups frames
bullying and teasing as part of the critical foundations of elementary
and middle school planning that will allow children to experience the
sense of personal safety needed to learn and grow.
Bullying and Teasing is designed for school psychologists and other
school mental health workers, including school counselors, social
workers and school nurses, who want to address the ways bullying and
teasing impact both individual students and the school as a whole. The
book will also be of interest to school administrators, health
coordinators, special educators and school board members.