Teacher Professional Development Company Offers Free Bullying Prevention Resources for Teachers and Principals

Online, April 22, 2010 (Newswire.com) - School officials, concerned about the recent suicide of a bullied student in Massachusetts, have been scouring the internet in search of guidance on how to prevent a similar tragedy at their sites. Youth Change Workshops, the internet's largest source of strategies to turnaround troubled students, has been inundated with phone calls and emails from principals, teachers, and school counselors who want better methods to prevent and stop bullying at school. In response to the increased interest on this topic, Youth Change Workshops has posted a wide array of free resources for school staff members who wish to upgrade their skills and develop greater expertise managing bullies and bullied students.
Teachers' college training usually focuses almost exclusively on how to provide academic instruction, and includes only minimal, practical preparation to manage social problems like bullying. Consequently, many teachers feel ill-equipped to notice bullied students, and intervene effectively. This concern is growing as schools slash staff positions, meaning there are fewer adults ensuring the safety of more students.
Youth Change Workshops (http://www.youthchg.com) is one of the oldest, most prominent professional development companies in the U.S., with a 20 year track record providing training, books, videos, podcasts, tutorials, and other resources that help teachers and counselors help troubled children and youth. In response to the heightened interest in better ensuring the safety of bullied students, Youth Change is offering free bullying prevention resources taken from their Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth workshop and curriculum resources. The anti-bullying resources include how-to articles (http://www.youthchg.com/education.html#classroom), podcasts (http://www.youthchg.com/podcast.html#podcast2), videos (http://www.youthchg.com/video.html#video4), and posters and worksheets (http://www.youthchg.com/handoutpage.html).
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Contact Ruth Herman Wells, M.S., Director of Youth Change, at 800-545-5736 or email [email protected]. Youth Change's website is http://www.youthchg.com.