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<p>About This Book v</p> <p>Acknowledgments vii</p> <p>The Author ix</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p>Step 1 Establish and Train the Bully Free Program Team and Develop the Program Time Line 4</p> <p>Step 2 Provide Bully Free Awareness Training for School Personnel and Volunteers 13</p> <p>Step 3 Provide a Bully Free Awareness Assembly for All Students 16</p> <p>Step 4 Provide a Bully Free Awareness Presentation for Parents and the Community 19</p> <p>Step 5 Develop a Program Evaluation Plan and Determine the Status of Bullying in the School 22</p> <p>Step 6 Develop the Bully Free Program Mission Statement, Objectives, Slogan, and Logo 32</p> <p>Step 7 Implement a Bully Free Curriculum 43</p> <p>Step 8 Develop and Implement the Bully Free Program Administrative Strategies Plan and Policies 52</p> <p>Step 9 Establish the Bully Free Rules and Behavioral Expectations 67</p> <p>Step 10 Develop the Discipline Rubrics and Adopt Prosocial (Nonpunitive) Strategies 83</p> <p>Step 11 Develop the Response Plan 93</p> <p>Step 12 Identify the High-Risk Locations and Times and Develop and Implement a Coordinated and Monitored Supervision Plan and Schedule, as Well as a Reporting and Information Exchange System 109</p> <p>Step 13 Train School Personnel, Volunteers, and Other Key Individuals to Adhere to Policies, Procedures, Discipline Rubrics, Prosocial Strategies, and Response Plans 128</p> <p>Step 14 Conduct a Meeting with Adults and an Assembly Program for Students to Increase Awareness and Involvement 132</p> <p>Step 15 Develop and Implement a Student Involvement and Empowerment Plan 142</p> <p>Step 16 Develop and Implement Parent and Community Involvement and Education Plans 147</p> <p>Step 17 Review and Confirm the Implementation and Completion of Program Components and Activities 154</p> <p>Step 18 Readminister the Survey Instruments, Analyze Pre- and Post-Data, and Make Improvements 157</p> <p>Step 19 Celebrate Success and Plan for Next Year 161</p> <p>Appendix A Description of the Bully Free Program 163</p> <p>Appendix B Overview of Bullying—Handouts and Fact Sheets 175</p> <p>Appendix C Bully Free Survey Instruments 191</p> <p>Appendix D Example Anti-Bullying Policy 211</p> <p>Appendix E Bully Free Discipline Rubrics and Blank Rubric Forms 225</p> <p>Appendix F The Bully Free Response Plan Forms for Students Bullying Students 269</p> <p>Bibliography 283</p> <p>Index 289</p>

<p><b>ALLAN L. BEANE</b>, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, trainer, and author on the subject of bullying with more than 34 years of experience in education. He is the author of several anti-bullying books and resources, including <i>Protect Your Child from Bullying</i> from Wiley. For more information, visit www.bullyfree.com.

<p><b>Bullying Prevention <i>for</i> Schools</b></br> A Step-by-Step Guide</b> to Implementing a Successful <i>ANTI-BULLYING</i> Program <p>Bullying can be found in every school system, school, and classroom. It is destructive to the well-being of students, creates unsafe schools, and impacts learning. School personnel, parents, and others are increasingly realizing the importance of putting effective anti-bullying strategies and policies in place that will create safe, caring, and peaceful schools where all students feel a sense of belonging and acceptance. Based on Allan L. Beane's proven Bully Free^® Program, <i>Bullying Prevention for Schools</i> is a step-by-step guide to implementing an anti-bullying program in individual schools or throughout a district. <p>In <i>Bullying Prevention for Schools</i>, Dr. Beane details how to: <ul> <li>Implement training for school personnel and volunteers and awareness sessions for students, parents, and the community</li> <li>Establish policies, rules, behavioral expectations, discipline rubrics, and response plans</li> <li>Prepare intervention and prevention strategies</li> <li>Develop a plan to actively include, involve, and empower students, parents, and the community</li> <li>And much more</li> </ul> <p><i>Bullying Prevention for Schools</i> also contains a wealth of reproducible documents and forms, such as surveys, statement sheets, and intervention questionnaires. <p>"I recommend this book and the Bully Free Program without reservation. District administrators, school principals, counselors, and teachers will find this informative and resource-packed book extremely helpful in developing a school or district-wide anti-bullying program."</br> —<b>CATHY BARNARD</b>, principal, Anchorage Public School, Anchorage, Kentucky <p>"This book is the most complete and comprehensive step-by-step guide for schools to use to implement an anti-bullying program. It provides administrators, teachers, parents, and students with a tremendous bank of clear and practical strategies, activities, and resources for working together to identify, prevent, and stop bullying."</br> —<b>SHARON MORGAN</b>, coordinator of staff and professional development, Constellation Schools, Parma, Ohio

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