This webinar will take place from 9–10 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time).

Webinar Recording

What Educators Should Know About Bullying PowerPoint Presentation

Join REL Northwest for this free webinar on what schools should know about bullying. Concern about school bullying has skyrocketed due to its harmful effects on the academic learning and well-being of our students. Yet a majority of teachers and educational support professionals report that they lack adequate training to identify and respond to bullying situations. This webinar will describe what elementary and middle school students believe about bullying, and the extent to which they were the victim or perpetrator of bullying behaviors to help participants:

• Build understanding of the definition, prevalence, and negative effects bullying has upon student learning and well-being.
• Increase knowledge about differences in student involvement and beliefs about bullying associated with grade level and gender.
• Learn effective ways to intervene in bullying situations, and adults’ responses that may worsen the bullying problem.
• Participants will also receive a list of technical assistance and information resources to help schools reduce bullying.

Participants

This webinar is intended for teachers, administrators, school counselors, behavior specialists, and other education stakeholders who are concerned about bullying in their schools or districts.

Goals and Activities

This webinar will provide practical information to help participants understand factors that contribute to school bullying. REL Northwest researcher, Vicki Nishioka, will share findings from her report, Student-Reported Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization in Grades 3–8, which is part of the Institute of Education Sciences’ (IES) Issues & Answers series.

Following the research presentation, Dr. Jeffrey Sprague, a national expert on school climate and bullying, will reflect on the findings and provide information about how schools may use this information to prevent bullying.

Speakers

Dr. Vicki Nishioka is a Senior Research Advisor at Education Northwest and lead author of the IES Issues & Answers report Student-Reported Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization in Grades 3–8. She is an expert advisor for the Region X Equity Assistance Center and is a researcher on an IES-funded randomized control trial of a traits-based writing intervention, and Co-Principal Investigator (PI) for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation higher education evaluation. Nishioka has published refereed articles, book chapters, and research reports in the area of education and school aggression. Before joining Education Northwest, Nishioka was an Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior and was Co-PI for three Safe Schools/Healthy Students evaluations and the Hamilton Fish Institute Safe Schools for Success Project. She has extensive experience providing training and technical assistance to schools and juvenile justice and community agencies in dropout prevention, reducing and measuring bullying/harassment, Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, school climate assessment, alternatives to suspensions/expulsions, and evidence-based violence prevention curriculum and practices.

Dr. Jeffrey Sprague is a Professor of Special Education and Director of the University of Oregon Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior. He directs federal, state, and local research and demonstration projects related to positive behavior interventions and supports, response to intervention, youth violence prevention, alternative education, juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment, and school safety. His research activities encompass applied behavior analysis, positive behavior supports, behavioral response to intervention, functional behavioral assessment, school safety, youth violence prevention, and juvenile delinquency prevention.

Moderator

Dr. Lori Lynass is the Executive Director of the NorthWest Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (NWPBIS) Network, a non-profit organization promoting safe and effective learning environments. Dr. Lynass has worked with more than 250 schools on their implementation of PBIS over the past decade. Prior to coming to NWPBIS, Lynass was a Research Scientist at the University of Washington focusing on PBIS/RTI research. She has also taught courses for the University of Washington, Seattle Pacific University, and Seattle University.

Registration

The webinar will take place December 8, 2011, from 9 to 10 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time). Early registration for this free webinar is encouraged. Registrants will receive a confirmation e-mail and instructions for logging on to the webinar.

Issues & Answers Report
Student-Reported Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization in Grades 3–8