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Responding to the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect

New Perspectives on Collaboration, Compassion, and Responsibility

Second Edition
By: Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin, Maureen Taylor

This updated edition of Breaking the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect offers a comprehensive approach to discouraging misbehavior by establishing an environment of responsibility and respect.

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Grade Level: K-8
ISBN: 9781412968546
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2009
Page Count: 296
Publication date: February 19, 2009

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"The book gives excellent ways to empower children, help them solve their own issues, and give them real strategies that will help them deal with difficult situations in the future."
—Elizabeth Barrett, Civics Teacher
Clark County Schools, Winchester, KY

Create a safe learning environment so students can achieve!

Bullying is an ongoing concern for students, with as many as half reporting that they have faced aggression or harassment at some point. This updated edition of Breaking the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect provides the tools to successfully respond to bullying and other negative behaviors by creating an environment that discourages negative behavior and encourages greater responsibility and respect.

The authors offer a comprehensive, therapeutic approach, complete with sample transcripts and activities. Instead of using punitive measures, which can model the very behaviors they are trying to eliminate, educators will discover how to establish a cooperative, caring environment and guide students in thinking about positive alternatives to misbehavior. This new edition features:

Updated research, including real-life examples of successful experiences
Additional case studies and a list of problem-solving questions
A new chapter on brain research and how children learn
An all-new section focusing on prevention methods

Empowering, enlightening, and practical, Responding to the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect is a necessary resource for teachers, administrators, and support staff dedicated to promoting respect, tolerance, and responsibility in their schools.

Author(s)

Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin

Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin, Ph.D. is the Training Director of the Narrative Therapy program at Bay Area Family Therapy Training Associates (BAFTTA) where she supervises the counseling of doctoral interns in schools from three school districts in Silicon Valley, California. In her private practice, she enjoys working with young people, their families, and their schools, on a wide variety of issues. Marie-Nathalie values bringing forth people’s own wisdom and knowledges, through respectful, creative, and collaborative conversations. She has published numerous professional articles, has been featured in several magazines such as the California Educator and Educational Leadership, and is known internationally for her entertaining, thought provoking, and inspiring workshops. She was recently invited to produce three videotapes with Alexander Street Press (one which is specifically on school work).

Marie-Nathalie has won several grants and awards, with the most recent one focusing on the effectiveness of narrative therapy based group activities. She is the author of several successful books such as Working with groups to enhance relationships (1998), Responding to the culture of bullying & disrespect: New perspectives on collaboration, compassion and responsibility (2004, 2009); Creating a positive School Culture: How principals and teachers can work together (2004); and the popular paperback for parents, teachers, and therapists titled The SKiLL-ionaire in Every Child: Boosting Children’s Socio-Emotional Skills Using the Latest in Brain Research (2010) (sample at www.skillionaire.org). She has been the recipient of several prestigious awards such as a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant (SSHRC), a Canadian Foundation for the Advancement of Research grant (FCAR), the John F. Kennedy University best psychology professor award (JFKU), and more recently the Shine A Light narrative research fund (SAL).

Also availabler from the author: "From Bullies to Buddies"

Maureen Taylor

Maureen Taylor is an educator in Northern California. Her background includes teaching preschool through sixth grade and being an environmental educator. Her main interests lie in teaching science and writing, two subjects that gently unfold for the learner. Taylor is currently developing a program for children blending art, environmental education, and social issues.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Honey Berg

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Part I. Laying Foundations

1. How Problems Develop: A Frog Story and a Shift in Perspective

Lessons From This Story

Useful Options Are Also Eliminated

Does Everyone Have the Same Contextual Blocks?

2. Are Problems of Disrespect Inadvertently Supported?

Competition

Comparison

Rules

Achievement at All Cost

Evaluation

3. Unraveling Assumptions: Educators' Roles and Students' Behaviors

The Effects of Myths and Assumptions

Common School Questions: New Ways of Thinking

4. Responding Effectively to Problems

A Fresh Attitude

Chipping Away at the Problem With a Powerful Tool: Externalization

Dealing Narratively With Disrespect and Bullying

A Narrative Response

Additional Options

Summary of the Practice of Externalizing

Common Questions About the Externalization Process

5. Being Respectful and Open to Students' Experiences

Defining Experience

Experience of School

Overlapping Experiences of the Problem

Addressing These Experiences

6. Making Changes Last for More Than a Week

The Dandelion Problem

Thinking Outside the Box

Multiple Selves: Who Is the Real Person?

Stories

Creating Stories Through Language

Mentally Filling the Blanks

Perspectives Create Stories

An Educator's Question: If Truths Don't Exist, How Do We Know Which Story to Trust?

Audience: You Are Who You Are Perceived to Be

The Thread of New Stories: Recapitulation

Reauthoring Alex's Journey

Common Teacher Questions: New Ways of Thinking

Part II. Applications and Examples: Success Stories of Overcoming Bullying and Disrespect

7. Listening to Students' Voices

Disrespect/Bullying Survey

Interviews: Walking in Students' Shoes

8. Cultivating Respect, Appreciation, and Tolerance in the School

Connection

Appreciation

Collaboration

Self-Reflection

Community and Diversity

Respect and Shedding Adultism

Teacher Question About Shedding Adultism

9. Dealing With Disrespect and Bullying in the Classroom: The Bugging Bug Project

A Review of the Narrative Ideas That Guide This Project

Section 1: Externalizing the Problem

Section 2: Building on Successes

Section 3: Celebration of Knowledge and Expertise

Brief Summary of Classroom Facilitation Considerations

Conclusion

10. Working With Individual Students Around Bullying: Helping a Child Suffering From a "Bullying Spell"

A Problem-Dominated Identity

Rewriting the Story in a Vacuum

Rewriting the Story in the Community

A Past to the Preferred Story at School

A Past to the Preferred Stories at Home

Extending the Audience to the Preferred Story

Conclusion

11. Brain and Behaviors: How Young People Change and How Educators Can Help

The Visible Story

The Invisible Story

The Contextual Story

The Historical Story

Dead-End or Future Possibilities?

The Possible Future

Conclusion

Part III. Prevention: Scaffolding a Complex and Sound Culture of Respect

12. Creating a Partnership With Response-able Youth

Bubble Trouble

Lessons From This Story: The Beliefs

The People

The Relationship

Teacher Questions

13. Spotlight on Stories of Successful Prevention

Story 1: "You're Ugly"

Story 2: The Clipboard

Story 3: Sign Language

Story 4: The Violent Drawing

Story 5: Girls' Meanness

Story 6: The Brand New Atlas

Spotlight on a School With a Successful Prevention Model

Conclusion

Resource A: Glossary

Resource B: Summary Table of Strategies

Resource C: Discourses

Resource D: "Yes and" Exercise

Resource E: Educators' Problem-Solving Questions

References

Index

Index

Reviews

“The authors present respectful ways for dealing with bullying and disrespect, something that most educators, therapists, and parents will welcome.”

Virginia Miller, Counselor
Jessieville Middle School, AR

“The book gives excellent ways to empower children, help them solve their own issues, and give them real strategies that will help them deal with difficult situations in the future.”

Elizabeth Barrett, Civics Teacher
Clark County Schools, Winchester, KY

"Provides educators with positive and realistic approaches to help alleviate bullying and disrespect in schools."

Melissa Amison
School Social Work Journal, September 2010 (Vol. 35, No. 1)

"This book is a well-organized, easy-to-understand resource to help teachers make appropriate accommodations for children displaying a variety of difficult behaviors."

Kathryn Lohmeyer
School Social Work Journal, September 2010 (Vol. 35, No. 1)

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