Responding to the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect: New Perspectives on Collaboration, Compassion, and Responsibility

by Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin (Editor), Maureen E. Taylor (Editor)

Overview

"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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452272795
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/19/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

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 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

Editorial Reviews

"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

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

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

Melissa Amison

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

Virginia Miller