Conflict Resolution and Bullying

Student Sites

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now! has lots of information for elementary and middle school students. The lively site features animated "Webisodes" about bullying, as well as some games. The adults' area has information for parents, teachers, and professionals, including training videos and a complete "Stop Bullying Now" kit.

Bullying.org is a cooperative Web site started by a Canadian teacher and a group of elementary and middle school students. Designed to help kids deal with bullying and teasing, the site focuses on three messages: "You are not alone," "It's not your fault," and "You can do something about it." Students are invited to submit stories, poetry, images, and music, and they can respond to other students' submissions.

Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along helps students in grades 2-4 learn to manage conflicts peacefully using animated stories. Students choose how to react to problems such as "My best friend called me stupid" or "My brother told my secret to everyone." A teachers' guide provides activities on conflict resolution, communication, listening, and more. The site is also available in Spanish.

Ripple Effects for Kids features five topics to help kids in grades 3-5 respond constructively to bullying. Choose a topic like bully, bullied, bystander, assertiveness, empathy, or getting help to see an example of someone else dealing with that topic and to explore it further.

The Bullies section of It's My Life, a PBS site for kids ages 9-12, has information as well as journal starters, a game, and a video clip. The teachers' page provides lesson plans and a discussion guide.

The Your Life section of the CDC's Body and Mind health site for kids includes conflict resolution resources such as the BAM Guide to Getting Along and an interactive board game called Bully Roundup.

From Bullies to Buddies is a self-help program for kids designed by a school psychologist. Included is a 10-step process to show children how to eliminate teasing and bullying on their own, as well as advice for teachers and parents.

Cyberbullying, Flaming and Cyberstalking, from WiredSafety's Internet Superheroes, provides explanations and tips for kids, tweens, and teens on these new forms of bullying.

Created by a Canadian teacher, Cyberbullying.ca provides information and advice for victims of cyberbullying.

Bullying: Whose Side are You On? from the BBC Children's site provides a guide to bullying with tips and tricks.

Don't Suffer in Silence is a British Government Office of Education anti-bullying program. It includes tips and information for students, teachers, and parents, as well as anti-bullying videos aimed at teens.

Teachers

Colorado's anti-bullying site no-bully.com provides simple guidelines for elementary, middle, and high school teachers to use in classrooms, as well as information for parents and children. It also features a video with kids' perspectives on bullying, and a list of books and other resources.

The Virginia Youth Violence Project is a program of the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. The Web site provides information and statistics about bullying and violence in schools, advice for parents, and more.

The Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management provides the 222-page Teaching Skills of Peace through Juvenile Literature. Click on "Elementary School Conflict Resolution Bibliography" to download this manual, which includes an extensive list of children's literature on topics such as respect for self and others, tolerance, friendship, managing anger, conflict resolution, and more.

Cyberbullying, from the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, provides an Educator's Guide to Cyberbullying, a Parents Guide, and other resources.

WiredSafety.org's NetBullies site explores issues of cyberbullying and includes a section on what schools can do about the problem.

The STOP Cyberbullying webpage offers some basic information on Cyberbullying and how to prevent it.

The Committee for Children offers several articles on bullying and on social and emotional learning in schools.

School Bullying is a brief introduction to this topic by the Australian author of a book on bullying.

Federal Resources

National Youth Violence Prevention Center

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action

Instructional Video Series for Wisconsin Teachers
Wisconsin teachers may tape these programs for classroom use. Click on each link to find information about the program, teacher guide and broadcast schedule from the ECB Instructional Database.

Character Education/Bullying, Early Elementary (grades K-2)

Character Education/Bullying, Upper Elementary (grades 3-5)

Character Education/Bullying, Middle School (grades 6-8)

Starsteps: Conflict Resolution (grades 6-8)

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