This practical pamphlet provides expert guidance and proactive steps to implement successful anti-bullying and harassment initiatives in your schools. You get tips on how to educate students, staff and parents on anti-harassment policies plus hands-on techniques for the classroom — so students and teachers know how to recognize and resist student bullies.
Sample policies outline essential elements for legally sound prevention programs, including how to:
- Counter maltreatment of students with disabilities and develop an effective disability anti-harassment policy
- Proactively prevent discrimination and harassment based on students' sexual orientation and gender identity
- Carry out a whole-school approach to eliminate bullying and implement schoolwide intervention programs
- Prevent students from bullying on the Web
- And much more
Plus, you get concise summaries of recent court rulings including disability harassment and discrimination claims — so you know what student behaviors violate Section 504 and the ADA.