9/21/2011 Bullying guidance resource for schools and policy makers from UCLA.  See links and information below.  Diane

Diane Bailey, MN, Public Health Nurse Consultant
Washington State Department of Health- Prevention and Community Health

Office of Healthy Communities -Access and Care Coordination Section- Child Health Unit
PO Box 47880
Olympia, Washington 98504-7880
Tel. 360/236-3580                    FAX  360/586-7868
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NEW FROM UCLA CENTER

Addressing Bullying: State Guidance to Districts and Schools

    is Both Helpful and a Missed Opportunity

Access at: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/bullying.pdf  

Some places are only meeting the letter of the law;

others are working hard to address bullying by integrating

the work into school improvement policy and practice.

Here are some ideas and concerns that warrant thinking about!

This resource:

            >highlights state guidance

            >discusses the trend to approach bullying as just another discrete initiative

>stresses the opportunity to broaden the focus by embedding bullying concerns

             into a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports

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