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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478931103321

Autore

Roberts Walter B., Jr.

Titolo

Working with parents of bullies and victims / / Walter B. Roberts, Jr. ; indexer, Junice Oneida ; cover designer, Scott Van Atta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-9766-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Disciplina

371.782

Soggetti

Bullying in schools - Prevention

School management and organization - Parent participation

School violence - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Every Parent�s Nightmare�and Yours, Too!""; ""Who will Benefit from this Book?""; ""The High Cost of Ignoring the Problem""; ""How Educators have Overlooked Parents as Partners""; ""How to Use this Book with Parents""; ""Chapter 2 - What Bullying and Teasing do to Everyone�Kids, Adults, and Communities""; ""Death Comes to Lake Wobegon""; ""When Intervention Stops Tragedy""; ""The Pain That Resonates to the Bone""; ""How Everyone Loses When Bullying Occurs""

""Chapter 3 - Why Parents Complain about Schools� Responses to Bullying""""Parents� Attitudes toward Public Schools: The Statistics""; ""About Those “They didn�t do Anything� Claims""; ""Documenting the Facts on School Interventions""; ""Chapter 4 - How to Talk with Parents Whose Children are Bullied""; ""Parents of Bullied Children: The Two Camps""; ""Working with the Actively Involved Parent""; ""Working with the Less Actively Involved Parent""; ""The “Inverted Curve� and Tension Cycle""; ""Chapter 5 - How to Work with Parents Whose Children Bully Others""

""Some Things to Keep in Mind about the Families of Aggressive



Children""""Television�s Impact on Children and Bullying""; ""Kissing a Plan Increases the Chances of Success for Everyone""; ""Chapter 6 - The Parent Who Refuses to Cooperate""; ""Subverting the Dominant Paradigm""; ""Conflict Resolution with Parents Who Refuse to Cooperate""; ""Eleven Global Approaches toward Conflict Resolution""; ""Chapter 7 - Types of Difficult Parents""; ""The Parent Bully""; ""The Silent Treatment""; ""The Staller""; ""The Negative""; ""The Complainer""; ""Know-it-alls""; ""Angels""

""What about Mediation and Negotiation?""""Chapter 8 - Helping Parents Talk at Home with Their Children about Misbehaviors""; ""Helping Parents Understand Punishment, Accountability, and Restitution""; ""Restorative Justice""; ""Helping Parents Help Their Child Think about Righting a Wrong""; ""What Happens after that First Step?""; ""Chapter 9 - Seven Talking Points for Helping Parents Talk to Children about Being Bullied""; ""Talking Point 1: Help Parents Understand the Importance of Listening to Their Child�s Concerns about Bullying and Teasing""

""Talking Point 2: Asking the Right Questions will Likely Increase Parent-Child Communication""""Talking Point 3: Parents want to Obtain as many Details as Possible in an Understanding Fashion""; ""Talking Point 4: Parents Need to Assure Their Children That They will Work with Them to Find a Solution to the Problem""; ""Talking Point 5: Parents should ask the Child�s Opinions and Concerns about Discussing the Situation with School Personnel""; ""Talking Point 6: Encourage the Child not to Respond to Provocation with Violence""

""Talking Point 7: Parents should Encourage Their Child to ask Those in a Supervisory Capacity for Assistance""

Sommario/riassunto

The author explores common concerns about bullying, provides sample dialogues with parents of bullies and victims, and presents an eight-point plan for communicating with parents.