Prevention and Intervention Identify, defuse, set boundaries, control and eliminate "bullying" behavior in the classroom, cafeteria, school hallways, gym, and for too many of our young people, on that long walk home. This course is designed to equip you with specific techniques to eradicate these behaviors by knowing what to look for, how to intervene, and how to successfully respond with assistance from parents, other teachers, school administrators and community resources. Learn how you can be instrumental in both protecting the innocent and in setting consequences for bullying behavior. The strategies learned in this course can be applied to a comprehensive prevention and intervention program that incorporates all of the above for the ultimate elimination of the fear factors that typically protect and reinforce bullying behavior. By the end of this 4 week workshop you will have developed an implementation plan that you can use in your own classroom, or for presentation to your Principal and Parent/ Teacher groups.

1.5 CEUs

Course Code | K5D30I

L. Bowman | 6 Week Course - 4 Week Class

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Tuition | $69

Leslie Bowman has a Master of Science in Education and a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching Online from California State University at Hayward. Leslie has over 15 years of experience in the public school system, and has been teaching at the college level or online for 4 years.

This course has 4 units that include reading, discussion and written assignments. Students are expected to:

• Answer discussion questions in the Discussion Area in a comprehensive manner that demonstrates reflection and critical evaluation of the required readings as well as classmates' posted responses
• Respond to classmates' discussion topic answers. [A minimum of three responses per unit are required - minimum means average work. Outstanding work goes beyond the minimum]
• Demonstrate applied knowledge through written assignments This is an intensive 4-week course. There is not a lot of reading (most web readings can be skimmed for information relevant to your situation) however required discussions and assignments will require an average of 5-6 hours each week (some weeks more and some less). All lessons will be available for the duration of the course and you are encouraged to look ahead in the lessons and go through the web readings early if you wish. You may also work on future assignments early, however please do not post any discussions or assignments until the week of the lesson. I will not open the Lesson Discussion Topics until the first day of each Lesson so if you do work ahead, save your work in your word processing program to copy/paste when the Lesson Discussion is open.

At the end of this course, you will be able to implement classroom strategies immediately. You will also have a school-wide Implementation Plan and a Proposal to present to your principal or Teacher/Parent Organization. You are strongly encouraged to begin both the Plan and Proposal (notes, outlines, information to include, etc.) as early as the first week of this class.

There is no required text for this class. However, the book Taking the Bully by the Horns [ISBN 0-937004-11-1] by Kathy Noll and Dr. Jay Carter is highly recommended as additional reading. The book can be ordered on Kathy's website: click here

You will need a word processing program that saves your files in MS Word. You will also need to meet the minimum hardware requirements set forth on the Everest College, CPE web site.

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