Counseling 101 column: Bullying Prevention and Intervention

Principal Leaderhip Magazine, Vol 4
by: Ted Feinberg EdD NCSP

NASP Resources

September 2003

30 January 2012

http://www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/nassp_bullying.aspx

1. Ted Feinberg is the assistant executive directer of the National Association of School Psychologist. Ted believs " bullying was once dismissed as an ordinary part of growing up", but now believes that it's starting to get out of control.

2. 15% to 30% of students across the country are either bully victims or bullies. Bullying comes in many ways and forms " overt acts of physical violence" to " paterns of verbal or relational cruelty"

3. According to Feinberg the greatest challenges schools face across the country is the recognition of bullying, but sadly "25% of teachers report that they do not think its necessary to intervene in bullying" because teacher feel that its not important enough to worry about.

4. Many preventions of bullying are bieng taken to prevent bullying. According to Feinberg " the gaol is create a culture in which adults stop all bullying immediatly", but this is going to take alot from the help of everyone.

5. Other ways to prevent is to work with parents and provide interventions for bullies and bully victims " teach parents how to reinforce those skills" by creating relationships between parents and teachers.

Acoording to Ted Feinberg of the NASP  in Ney York. belevies bullying has not been such a big issues over the years, " it's part of growing up" now the bullying issue has gotten out of hand. Theri are many types of bullying wiether its agrresion, physsical or cyber bullying. Many interventions today are to help bullies and victims overcome their problems with many different ways to help prevent ot handle bullying.

Ted Feinberg is an assistant executive director of the Nationl Association of School Psychology. For 30 years Feinberg practice as a school psychologist in the New York Capital Distric Area.

The article was written by Ted Feinberg who has fisrt hand experience because he is the assistand executive director of the NASP.

There is a no detection of bias.

I could use this site as like a sort of teachers point of view towards bullying and what the do or should do to help revent bullying or people who are bullies or bully victims