Working with parents of bullies and victims / Walter B. Roberts, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130) and index.

Ch. 1. Every Parent's Nightmare - and Yours, Too! -- Who Will Benefit From This Book? -- The High Cost of Ignoring the Problem -- How Educators Have Overlooked Parents as Partners -- How to Use This Book With Parents -- Ch. 2. What Bullying and Teasing Do to Everyone - Kids, Adults, and Communities -- Death Comes to Lake Wobegon -- When Intervention Stops Tragedy -- The Pain That Resonates to the Bone -- How Everyone Loses When Bullying Occurs -- Ch. 3. Why Parents Complain About Schools' Responses to Bullying -- Parents' Attitudes Toward Public Schools: The Statistics -- About Those "They Didn't Do Anything" Claims -- Documenting the Facts on School Interventions -- Ch. 4. How to Talk With Parents Whose Children Are Bullied -- Parents of Bullied Children: The Two Camps -- Working With the Actively Involved Parent -- Working With the Less Actively Involved Parent -- The "Inverted Curve" and Tension Cycle -- Ch. 5. How to Work With Parents Whose Children Bully Others -- Some Things to Keep in Mind About the Families of Aggressive Children -- Television's Impact on Children and Bullying -- KISSing a Plan Increases the Chances of Success for Everyone -- Ch. 6. The Parent Who Refuses to Cooperate -- Subverting the Dominant Paradigm -- Conflict Resolution With Parents Who Refuse to Cooperate -- Eleven Global Approaches Toward Conflict Resolution -- Ch. 7. Types of Difficult Parents -- The Parent Bully -- The Silent Treatment -- The Staller -- The Negative -- The Complainer -- Know-It-Alls -- Angels -- What About Mediation and Negotiation? -- Ch. 8. Helping Parents Talk at Home With Their Children About Misbehaviors -- Helping Parents Understand Punishment, Accountability, and Restitution -- Restorative Justice -- Helping Parents Help Their Child Think About Righting a Wrong -- What Happens After That First Step? -- Ch. 9. Seven Talking Points for Helping Parents Talk to Children About Being Bullied -- Talking Point 1: Help Parents Understand the Importance of Listening to Their Child's Concerns About Bullying and Teasing -- Talking Point 2: Asking the Right Questions Will Likely Increase Parent-Child Communication -- Talking Point 3: Parents Want to Obtain as Many Details as Possible in an Understanding Fashion -- Talking Point 4: Parents Need to Assure Their Children That They Will Work With Them to Find a Solution to the Problem -- Talking Point 5: Parents Should Ask the Child's Opinions and Concerns About Discussing the Situation With School Personnel -- Talking Point 6: Encourage the Child Not to Respond to Provocation With Violence -- Talking Point 7: Parents Should Encourage Their Child to Ask Those in a Supervisory Capacity for Assistance -- Ch. 10. Fair Expectations of Parents and Educators in Solving the Problem of Bullying -- Fair Expectation 1: Not All Bullying Behaviors Can Be Stopped or Prevented -- Fair Expectation 2: Once Bullying Has Been Reported, the Parent Has the Right to Expect the Supervisory Authority to Indicate Concern -- Fair Expectation 3: Parents Expect the Supervisory Authority to Investigate the Concern -- Fair Expectation 4: Appropriate Intervention Will Take Place If the Concerns Are Validated -- Fair Expectation 5: The Supervisory Authority Will Communicate With Parents as to the Outcome of the Intervention -- Fair Expectation 6: Never Forget Fair Expectation I - Not All Bullying Behaviors Can Be Stopped or Prevented -- Ch. 11. The Courage to Act.

Provides practical strategies for educators to expand their communication skills with parents of victims and bullies.

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