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Southwest Presentations

   J Richard Knapp recently completed a mini-tour of the Phoenix, Arizona area. The noted author of Bobby's Story spoke with students, staff, and families in local area schools.
   Knapp targeted two major topics. First, he developed bully awareness in the participants which included a review of recent data and statistics, profiles of the bully and victim, and strategies for avoiding the bully.
   Second, the author worked with the skills of the staff in relation- ship to developing a healthy organization built on the principles of 'Dignity, Respect, and Understanding' with the strategies of equilibrium.
   The author is now developing a winter and spring schedule for presentations. All persons interested in a visit by the author are encouraged to contact J Richard Knapp as soon as possible at 'Contact Author' link on the website.

Bully Prevention News!

Is bullying in our schools getting better? The answer is a clear and resounding ‘No’! The question that we are now asking ourselves “Is the expanded numbers of bullying due to our increased awareness of it, and therefore we are identifying the behavior more easily , or is this because the problem is actually getting worse?”

I believe the answer is actually both a heightened awareness of bullying and an increase in the behavior.

The National Center for Education Statistics 2007 found that eighteen percent of the students at the sixth grade had been bullied at least once per week. This was followed by fourteen percent in the seventh grade and twelve percent in the eighth grade.

These numbers led to a six percent number in the twelfth grade. Some would say this number is nothing to be concerned about – until you realize that six percent of our population is coming into adulthood with the traumas of being the victims of a bully… and what about all those bullies entering the workforce as long time bullies!

We must intervene on the behalf of both the victim and the bully at the earliest point in their lives. Our awareness of the problem and the destruction it causes must be clearly understood and acted upon though out our society.