Preventing Bullying in Schools

Every teacher, school leader, and mental health professional working in schools needs to have a copy of this book. Drs. Bradshaw and Waasdorp skillfully integrate the most current research on bullying with practical, easy-to-use strategies for educators. Most bullying programs focus on the bully, but this book unpacks the roles of all participants, and provides essential strategies to use with bystanders and victims, as well as bullies.–Virginia L. Dolan, Ed.D, NCSP, Psychotherapist, Coordinator of Behavioral Interventions and Supports (recently retired), Anne Arundel County Public School SystemThis is the best book written about practical research-based approaches to prevent and address bullying behaviors. It should be shared with all teachers and school administrators as part of their pre-service and in-service professional development to promote the social and emotional learning of young people. Teachers who apply these strategies will reduce bullying and improve the school experiences of their students.–Roger P. Weissberg, PhD, UIC Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chief Knowledge Officer, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

Catherine P. Bradshaw is a professor at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, and codirector of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. She lives in Charlottesville.

Tracy Evian Waasdorp is a researcher at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania.