PBS Harassment Prevention and Intervention

Creating a school climate that is inclusive, welcoming and safe is a major goal of all 4J schools. Our schools use a variety of materials to help meet this goal. The more widely used ones are listed here.

Bullying and Harassment Curricula and Resources

Curricula:

• Steps to Respect: A Bullying Prevention Program, Committee for Children, Grades 3-5 or 4-6
• Second Step, Committee for Children
  • Grades Pre/K, foundation skills in empathy, impulse control and anger management.
  • Grades 1-5, build on primary lessons and can be used in conjunction with Steps to Respect.
  • Middle School - build on K-5 lessons
  • Second Step Prior Learning for elementary or middle schools to take advantage of students with prior knowledge of 2nd Step.
• Classroom Meetings: (Positive Discipline in the Classroom, Nelson, Lott & Glenn)
• Classroom Meetings: (The Morning Meeting Book, Roxann Kriete)
• Aggressors, Victims and Bystanders, Education Development Center
• Having Friends, Education Development Center
• Skillwise Series, Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
• Bully Busters, Newman, Horne & Bartolomucci, Gr. K-5 and Gr. 6-8
• Bullyproof, Nan Stein, Review

Resources:

• 4J responding to harassment training (based on Steps to Respect, Committee for Children)
  • Harassment Reporting and Coaching Training PowerPoint
  • Harassment and Discrimination in Law and Policy
  • The Hidden Cost of Bullying and Harassment
  • Identifying Bullying and Harassment (vs. conflict): A Test
  • Reporting and Coaching Role Plays
  • Bullying and Harassment Coaching Forms
  • Student Lessons
• The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, Coloroso