FLORIDA BULLYING PREVENTION INITIATIVE

FASA, the Hazelden Foundation, and the National Association of Elementary School Principals are partners in the comprehensive statewide Florida Bullying Prevention Initiative. Bullying is a serious issue that affects students' health, the school climate, academic achievement, and school liability.

Together, we have developed an online bookstore here on the FASA Website that showcases some of the leading, evidence-based violence prevention programs available to K-12 schools. To visit this bookstore, click here. If you would like to order materials, but don't want to order through the online bookstore, or if you have more in-depth questions, or need a bid on the cost of materials, please call Nan Scholz at (651) 213-4644.

Among the programs highlighted in the online bookstore is the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP), the most researched and best-known program of its kind. OBPP has over 35 years of research and successful implementation all over the world. Many schools that have used the program have seen reductions in bullying behavior by 50 percent or more.

Providing this online bookstore, is just one more example of the great resources that FASA offers to its members.
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OLWEUS® BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) is a whole school program that has been proven to prevent or reduce bullying throughout a school setting.

The Hazelden Foundation is the leading publisher of evidence-based prevention programs and the exclusive publisher of the OBPP, the most researched and best-known program of its kind.  OBPP has over 35 years of research and successful implementation all over the world. Many schools that have used the program have seen reductions in bullying behavior by 50 percent or more.

OBPP is used at the school, classroom, and individual levels and includes methods to reach out to parents and the community for involvement and support. School administrators, teachers, and other staff are primarily responsible for introducing and implementing the program. These efforts are designed to improve peer relations and make the school a safer and more positive place for students to learn and develop.

What Are the Goals of OBPP?

• To reduce existing bullying problems among students.
• To prevent the development of new bullying problems.
  
• To achieve better peer relations at school.

• Blueprints Model Program, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado at Boulder
• Model Program, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Effective Program, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
Level 2 Program, U.S. Department of Education  ("Level 2" programs have been scientifically demonstrated to prevent delinquency or reduce risk and enhance protection for delinquency and other child and youth problems.

Frequently Asked Questions (with answers) about bullying and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

 Stimulus_Funding_and_OBPP.pdf  
13-page Hazelden Foundation report outlining possibiities in seeking ARRA funding for Olweus program materials

Check out the short videos on You Tube providing background on the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and testifying to the program's merits and success:

Olweus Overview on You Tube

A video overview of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

Principal on You Tube

A video interview with Ben Lewis, principal of Century Junior High in the Forest Lake School District, praising the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.

Words from the Founder

Conversation on You Tube with Dr. Dan Olweus, creator of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.

Peaceful School Bus

Video overview on You Tube of the Hazelden Peaceful School Bus Program.

Protect Your Children from Bullying and Support Safe Schools

As adults, we tend to downplay or underestimate the amount and seriousness of bullying that occurs in our children's schools. But bullying is a serious, widespread problem that needs to be addressed to safeguard our children and provide safer, more secure learning environments. A nationally representative U.S. study shows that 17 percent of all students reported having been bullied "sometimes" or more often within a school term. This amounts to almost one in five students. And, for every case reported to school officials, there are many more bullied students who suffer in silence.1 If your school doesn't have a research-based schoolwide bullying prevention program like the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, you can be a strong advocate for the program in your school. It is often parents who bring the issue of bullying to the attention of schools, and parents can be a strong motivator for schools to address the issue. (Content taken with permission from Olweus.org) 1T. Nansel and others, "Bullying Behaviors among U.S. Youth," Journal of the American Medical Association 285, no. 16 (2001): 2094-2100. PARENT Toolkit

           

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