The Bully. The Bullied. The Bystander

Description

This workshop is great to middle school personnel but anyone who works in any school could benefit from this interactive session. Bullying is a difficult issue that students can face in any school. Learn from a middle school counselor on the front lines helping to break the cycle of violence. Schools aren't alone in this issue. It takes a community to understand the causes of bullying and how to prevent it. Walk away with practical tools, resources and strategies to take back to your community.

Definitions
Causes, trauma, generational, cycles
School-based interventions and hopeful solutions
Legal guidelines including acceptable use policy

Resources
The ABC's of Bulling Prevention: A Comprehensive Schoolwide Approach
Masterminds & Wingmen (Male issues), Rosalind Wiseman (Queenbees & Wannabes)
Cyber Kids, Cyber Bullying, Cyber Balances
The Bullying Prevention Handbook
"Bullied" from Teaching Tolerance

Meemic Foundation Club members can attend this workshop for free. Non-members must pay a $50 fee.

Presenter Biography
Lisa Koenecke is a school counselor at River Bluff Middle School in Stoughton. She is in her 10th year as a secondary school counselor. Her passion is school counseling and promoting safe and inclusive schools around the country. She is the past president of the Wisconsin School Counselor Association and currently sits on the national board of directors for the American School Counselor Association. in 2016, she won a Kohl Teacher of the Year Fellowship for her advocacy.