Bullying: From Words to Action

In September 2009, the editors of ASBJ and the American School Counselor Association held a joint webinar on "Bullying: A Decade After Columbine, What Has Changed?" Sponsored by SolutionTree, the 63-minute webinar is broken down into three sections:

• PowerPoint only (Office 2007 for PC or Office 2008 for Mac required) -- 8MB
• Audio file only (32mhz, mp3) -- 15MB
• Low resolution PDF of PowerPoint -- 3MB

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“Words that Wound,” published in 1999, was written in response to the Columbine High School shootings and the then-nascent view that school boards and districts had a responsibility to prevent bullying, harassment, and aggression among students in their schools.  How much has the response to bullying changed in the decade after the worse public school shooting in history? Read “From Words to Action,” both open to all visitors below.

Bullying: From Words to Action
If you were bullied as a child and grew up during the last century, you probably encountered adult apathy. The prevailing wisdom was that childhood bullying was normal, that kids had to work it out themselves, and that adults should stay out of it. That was B.C. – “Before Columbine.”
September 2009

Words That Wound
Kathleen Vail's 1999 piece on bullying in schools.
September 1999