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Updated 9/30/05
Relational Aggression & Bullying
About Bullying
A page featuring the About Bullying program, which is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services National Mental Health Information Center. About Bullying is part of the department’s 15+ Make Time to Listen…Take Time to Talk initiative, which provides parents and caregivers with information about bullying and methods for communicating with children about the climate of fear created by bullying.
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Bullies: What Is Bullying?
Part of Public Broadcasting's site for kids that asks and answers important questions children have about bullying.
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Bully Beware
A Canadian-based site that states "bullying hurts and keeps on hurting." Includes links to other resources in addition to definitions of the various types of bullying and statistics to support the need to address it.
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Bully Police USA
A watch-dog organization reporting on state anti-bullying laws and advocating for bullied children. The site grades each state on the presence or quality of anti-bullying legislation.
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Bullying Online
A British site that was founded by a mother and son after their experience of dealing with bullying in school. Includes advice for students, parents, teachers, and youth leaders, as well as an interesting perspective on how the bullying issue is being dealt with in the United Kingdom.
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Canadian Safe School Network
A national initiative dedicated to reducing youth violence and making Canadian schools and communities safer. The organization is recognized in Canada as the primary source for information and commentary on youth violence. Interactive activities and resources are available on the site for students, parents, and teachers.
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Cheryl Dellasega
Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D., is the founder of Camp Ophelia and the author of four books on female relationships. Her site promotes her work and offers some links to other print and web resources.
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ChildLine
ChildLine is the United Kingdom's 24-hour telephone helpline for children who are in distress or danger. Children call ChildLine with a wide range of problems, one of which is bullying. The site offers lots of good resources about bullying, as well as a description of the programming ChildLine has created to deal with the issue.
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Courage For Youth
A nonprofit organization in Kelowna, British Columbia, that is dedicated to
creating a culture that supports, nurtures, and protects young people - and is also one of our Ophelia Sister Projects! Site includes information about relational aggression.
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Dealing With Bullying
An Australian site affiliated with the work of psychologist, Evelyn M. Field, who wrote Bully Busting: How To Help Children Deal With Teasing and Bullying.
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Empower Program
The Empower Program is a nonprofit that is focused on empowering young people and adults to
create safe schools and communities, and to take a stand against violence.
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Full Esteem Ahead
Founded by pediatrician, Kathy Masarie, M.D., Full Esteem Ahead offers resources to inform and connect parents to one another about issues facing young girls and boys today.
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GenAustin: Girls Empowerment Network
GEN's goal is to help adolescent girls develop and maintain healthy self-esteem and leadership skills by educating them, their parents and teachers, and others who touch their lives. They facilitate programs and provide resources that empower girls to be true to themselves and think critically about the media and girls' roles in society.
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Heartwood Institute
Heartwood Institute is a nonprofit educational organization founded to promote the understanding and practice of seven universal ethical attributes: Courage, Loyalty, Justice, Respect, Hope, Honesty, and Love. Heartwood offers literature-based ethics education resources for children, schools, and families.
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In The Know Zone
The In The Know Zone website is produced by Syndistar Inc., a leader in the publication of supplemental educational print, video and software. The site covers many different subject areas, including, substance abuse education, violence prevention, character education, career education, fire prevention, technology education and more. Special sections about bullying and relational aggression are included.
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Internet Superheroes
A program of WiredKids.org and WiredSafety.org, Internet Superheroes delivers smart, safe, and responsible
surfing messages to
children, teens, schools and parents, online and offline. Includes information about internet usage and cyberbullying for youth, parents, educators, and law enforcement.
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My Secret Bully
The website of Trudy Ludwig, children's author of My Secret Bully.
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Operation Respect: Don't Laugh At Me
Operation Respect is a nonprofit organization working to transform schools, camps, and organizations focused on children and youth into more compassionate, safe, and respectful environments. Founded by Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, the organization disseminates educational resources that are designed to establish a climate that reduces the emotional and physical cruelty some children inflict upon each other.
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Power Of Hope: Youth Empowerment Through The Arts
The Power of Hope unleashes the positive potential of youth through arts-centered intergenerational and multicultural learning programs that value self-awareness, leadership, community and social change.
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Relational Aggression
A site that offers definitions of relational aggression, as well as some resources for parents to learn more about the subject.
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Stop Bullying Now: Take A Stand, Lend A Hand
A fun site for kids created by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Visitors to the site can watch "Webisodes" - cartoons about fitting in, being picked on, and how to handle it. Games and discussion questions accompany each webisode, where kids can explore the topics addressed in the cartoons.
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"The Bully Battle"
An article created for Time Magazine for Kids about bullying, and what to do if you are bullied.
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For Kids
BAM! Body & Mind
Run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this site features colorful and interactive activities for kids about a variety of subjects, including exercise, nutrition, and personal safety.
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Club Ophelia
Club Ophelia is the parent organization of
Cheryl Dellasega's (Ph.D.) programs. Middle school girls receive education about relational aggression and relate the information to their own lives.
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Girl Power!
Girl Power is a national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-13 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls.
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GirlsHealth
This site was created to help girls (ages 10-16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face. It focuses on health topics that girls are concerned about and helps motivate them to choose healthy behaviors by using positive, supportive, and non-threatening messages. The site gives girls reliable, useful information on the health issues they will face as they become young women and tips on handling relationships with family and friends, at school and at home.
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Girls Incorporated
Girls Incorporated is a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. With roots dating to 1864, Girls Inc. has provided vital educational programs to millions of American girls, particularly those in high-risk, underserved areas.
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Girls Leadership Institute
The Girls Leadership Institute is sponsored by The Empower Program, a national nonprofit dedicated to reducing youth violence through educational programs.
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Girls Only
Girls Only is a fun and exciting Web site for girls 5-11. Brought to you by Girl Scouts of the USA, the site is a safe place for girls to play games, take quizzes, ask questions, share their favorite stories, or send e-cards to friends and family. Updated regularly and designed with girls' interests in mind, Girls Only gives girls a chance to express themselves and explore new ideas in a secure, fun environment.
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gURL
gURL.com is a leading online community and content site for teenage girls. It contains stories, games, and interactive content produced with an independent editorial voice.
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KidsHealth
Divided into separate sites for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth offers practical parenting information and news, homework help for kids and information about the body, along with answers and advice for teenagers. [ BACK TO TOP ]
Magic Mirror Girls' Program
An arts-based educational service promoting positive body image and self-esteem for girls. The program is meant to inspire girls to creatively express their true selves and make healthy life choices.
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National Eating Disorders Association
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest not-for-profit organization in the United States working to prevent eating disorders and provide treatment referrals to those suffering from anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder and those concerned with body image and weight issues.
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New Moon Magazine
Celebrating a 12 year history of success, New Moon Magazine is for every girl who wants her voice heard and her dreams taken seriously, and for every adult who cares about girls. Their adult staff works with the Girls Editorial Board to produce an award-winning, ad-free and multi-cultural magazine for girls ages 8-14.
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Our Health, Our Futures
A site sponsored by Smith College and the YWCA of Western Massachusetts with information for girls about eating disorders, physical health, substance abuse, sexual issues, and emotional health.
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Smart Girl
A site for teenage girls, complete with opinion surveys, essays on various topics, games, a newsletter, and numerous other resources.
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Teen Advice Online
Teen Advice Online is run by a team of non-professionals, ages 13 and beyond, providing suggestions for other peer's problems. The site claims to be the oldest, volunteer-powered, free, archived question-and-answer site on the web.
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Teen Voices
The online version of Teen Voices magazine, "the original magazine written by, for, and about teenage and young adult women."
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For Parents & Teachers
ABCs of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking, & Curbing School Aggression
A free, online course offered through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The course can be taken at one's leisure, and examines the "causes and effects of bullying, prevention techniques and programs, screening, treatment options, and legal/ethical issues surrounding bullying.
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Daughters: The Newsletter for Parents of Girls
From the creators of New Moon magazine, Daughters is a newsletter designed specifically for parents who are seeking to read up on the latest research and practical tools to improve communication with their daughters. Each issue is jam-packed with articles about issues girls face, including body image, sexuality and dating, friends and peer pressure, school, drugs and alcohol, and more. The newsletter does require a small yearly subscription fee, but by following this link you can receive a free trial copy along with "The Best of Daughters" - a collection of the most requested articles from the hundreds that have been published.
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FamilyEducation
Marketed as a site where "millions of parents find school solutions, homework help, parenting tips, and expert advice." Includes several articles on bullying, which is recognized as being "one of the most underrated but enduring problems in schools today."
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"Ganging Up On Bullying"
Listen to several reports from National Public Radio about the issue of bullying from a researcher's perspective. The Ophelia Project's website is listed as an NPR recommended resource.
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Good Character
A content-rich website with free resources, materials, teaching guides, and lesson plans for character education.
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Jared's Story
A heartbreaking website centered on the "bullycide" - suicide attributed to bullying - of middle schooler, Jared High.
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Kids Bullying Kids: A Lesson Plan
A lesson plan for grades 3-8 from Education World, where students anonymously complete a survey about their experiences with bullying, evaluate the results, and discuss solutions to the problem.
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Mothers Against School Hazing
"The purpose of MASH, Inc., Mothers Against School Hazing, is to eliminate hazing, bullying, and/or any abusive acts to children. Goals are to increase awareness, to educate, and to work to find alternatives to hazing, bullying and abusive acts inflicted on children. [MASH, Inc. believe that we] must change our cultural thinking by instilling in students all over the nation that this is not acceptable behavior… in any form."
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Parenting Perspectives: Girls Bullying Girls
An introduction to relational aggression from the National Association of School Psychologists, which was originally published in Communique - the newspaper of the National Association of School Psychologists.
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Peer Abuse Learning Services (P.A.L.S.)
"The mission of Peer Abuse Learning Services is to begin to reeducate society about the ramifications of bullying and re-label it as peer abuse."
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Relational Aggression: Helping the Young Victims of Emotional Bullying
An article from the Children Today website that discusses the relational aggression issue, and offers tips on how to use My Secret Bully as a teaching tool for young children.
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Relational Aggression In Children
An article for parents about The Ophelia Project, written by the American Camp Association and originally published in the March/April 2003 edition of Camping Magazine.
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Stop Bullying Now!
A website created by social worker, guidance counselor, and consultant, Stan Davis. The site offers tips about how to stop and prevent bullying - what works and what doesn't, as well as a downloadable PowerPoint presentation summarizing the basics of bullying prevention.
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Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
Part of a national initiative to help parents communicate with their children about tough issues; including sex, disease, drugs, alcohol, and violence. Free booklets are available for download, along with a list of additional print and online resources.
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The Wounded Child Project
"The Wounded Child Project is a storytelling website. Students, parents, and survivors of bullying tell their stories so that others may learn of the emotional, psychological, mental, and physical abuse they have suffered at the hands (and minds) of a bully."
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National Anti-Violence Organizations
Adults & Children Together Act Against Violence (ACT)
"ACT - Adults and Children Together Against Violence - is a violence prevention project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach children ages 0 to 8 years. It is designed to prevent violence by providing young children with positive role models and environments that teach nonviolent problem-solving."
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National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign
" [The goal of the] National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign is to raise awareness and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence. During this week-long national education initiative, various activities will demonstrate the positive role young people can have in making their schools and communities safer..."
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National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center -
Safe Youth
"Resources for professionals, parents, and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people..."
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Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE)
"SAVE is a student driven organization. Students learn about alternatives to violence and practice what they learn through school and community service projects. As they participate in SAVE activities, students learn crime prevention and conflict management skills and the virtues of good citizenship, civility, and nonviolence."
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