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Bullying Prevention, with Dr. Elizabeth Englander

Friday, October 12, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

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During this one-day workshop, Dr. Englander will review recent research and materials about bullying and cyberbullying, including two curricula, which attendees will be trained to utilize. Topics covered will include: how to tell distinguish between teasing and bullying; how to anticipate which behaviors are likely to be visible during a bullying episode; how to interact with students to ensure that they understand the importance of gateway behaviors and how to respond to bullying; facts about cyberbullying, including comparison data on cyberbullying at the elementary, middle, and upper levels; when cyber-behaviors cross boundaries (e.g., self-cyberbullying); and how to work with bystanders and parents.

Comments from last year’s workshop at Milton Academy:
Dr. Englander was very knowledgeable about the topic, with clear recommendations for addressing the issues and data to back things up. She presented in a very compelling way, and was well organized. I left feeling as if I have a much better grasp of the complexities of bullying and tools with which to address them.

I thought Elizabeth's presentation of research was excellent as well as her no-nonsense approach to sorting out what is bullying and what is not.

I was engaged and interested the whole time and will be able to bring lots of this back to the work I do. I especially thought the to-dos and takeaways were helpful.

Workshop Leader: Dr. Elizabeth Kandel Englander

The speaker will be Dr. Elizabeth Kandel Englander she is a professor of Psychology and the founder and Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University, a Center which delivers anti-violence and anti-bullying programs, resources, and research for the state of Massachusetts. She is a nationally recognized expert in the area of bullying and cyberbullying, childhood causes of violence, aggression and abuse, and child development.

Since founding the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center she has trained thousands of teachers and administrators in Massachusetts, worked with thousands of schoolchildren, parents and community groups, conducted and published research on the topic of cyberbullying, authored the third edition of Understanding Violence (a standard text in the field), served as Special Edition Editor to the Journal of Social Sciences, and helped author and pass legislation to help prevent violence and bullying. The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center is the only center in public higher education which provides no- or low-cost cutting-edge research and programs for K-12 education. MARC is also the Department of Education’s bullying and cyberbullying prevention partner. Each year Dr. Englander trains and supervises graduate and undergraduate students and collaborates with multiple agencies around the State of Massachusetts and across the nation.

Dr. Englander has written for the New York Times, is the Special Editor for the Cyberbullying issue of the Journal of Social Sciences, the author of dozens of articles in journals and books, and the author of Understanding Violence, a standard text in the field of child development, biological psychology, and violent criminal behavior, which was released in 2007 in its third edition. She is author of a variety of curricula and educational handouts for communities, and writes the column Bullying Bulletin Board, which is syndicated by Gatehouse Media in dozens of newspapers nationwide. Her work in educating laypeople about cyber-dangers has been noticed by the United States Department of Education and dozens of news organizations. She has been cited on hundreds of occasions in the print media and has appeared dozens of times on both local and national television and radio across the country and in Canada. For detailed bio go to Elizabeth Englander.

 

AISNE Member Fees: $195 per person;
             three or more, $175 per person when registered at the same time.
Non-Member Fee: $390 per person
Fee includes all materials, continental breakfast and lunch.
Refund Policy: two weeks or more out = 50%; less than two weeks = 0%

 

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