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Book Description

Reducing Cyberbullying in Schools: International Evidence-Based Best Practices provides an accessible blend of academic rigor and practical application for mental health professionals, school administrators and educators, giving them a vital tool in stemming the problem of cyberbullying in school settings. It features a variety of international, evidence-based programs that can be practically implemented into any school setting. In addition, the book looks at a broad array of strategies, such as what can be learned from traditional bullying programs, technological solutions, policy and legal solutions, and more.

  • Provides overviews of international, evidence-based programs to prevent cyberbullying in schools
  • Presents an academically rigorous examination that is also practical and accessible
  • Includes technological and legal strategies to stem cyberbullying in schools
  • Looks at the prevalence and consequences of cyberbullying

Table of Contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. About the Editors
  7. About the Authors
  8. Part One: General Strategies
    1. 1: Cyberbullying: Definition, consequences, prevalence
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. Cyberbullying definition
      4. Bullying definition
      5. Is cyberbullying a form of bullying, or something different entirely?
      6. Why is the meaning of the word cyberbullying important?
      7. Types of cyberbullying
      8. Prevalence of cyberbullying
      9. Consequences of cyberbullying
      10. Overlap of forms of bullying
    2. 2: Addressing traditional school-based bullying more effectively
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. Interventions: proactive and reactive
      4. Proactive interventions
      5. Reactive interventions
      6. A note on interventions in cases of cyberbullying
      7. Discussion
      8. Conclusion
    3. 3: Technological solutions for cyberbullying
      1. Abstract
      2. Acknowledgments
      3. Introduction
      4. Conclusion
    4. 4: Cyberbullying and the law: Parameters for effective interventions?
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. Australia/United Kingdom
      4. United States
      5. Conclusion
    5. 5: Parents coping with cyberbullying: A bioecological analysis
      1. Abstracts
      2. Introduction
      3. A multisystemic issue
      4. Parents—a unique role
      5. A digital divide?
      6. ParentNets’ study
      7. Discussion and conclusion
  9. Part Two: Programs
    1. 6: Online social marketing approaches to inform cyber/bullying prevention and intervention: What have we learnt?
      1. Abstract
      2. Acknowledgments
      3. Why consider online social marketing as a strategy?
      4. What do meta-analyses of school-based cyber/bullying intervention research tell us?
      5. The safe and well online study
      6. What did the program look like: four online social media campaigns
      7. How did we do it: methodology
      8. What did we find and what does it mean practically?
      9. Strengths, limitations, and conclusions
    2. 7: Cyber-Friendly Schools
      1. Abstract
      2. Acknowledgments
      3. What is the program and how is it delivered?
      4. Evidence for effectiveness
      5. Implications and future research
    3. 8: A model for providing bullying prevention programs to K-12 education while training future educators
      1. Abstract
      2. The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center
      3. Program description and delivery
      4. Outcomes research
      5. Discussion
    4. 9: KiVa antibullying program
      1. Abstract
      2. What is the KiVa antibullying program?
      3. Implementation of the KiVa antibullying program
      4. Evidence of effects KiVa antibullying program has on cyberbullying
      5. Implications and future directions
    5. 10: Online and school-based programs to prevent cyberbullying among Italian adolescents: What works, why, and under which circumstances
      1. Abstract
      2. Acknowledgments
      3. What is the NoTrap! program
      4. How NoTrap! program is delivered
      5. Evidence of the program's effectiveness
      6. Conclusion and future research
    6. 11: A school-based cyberbullying preventive intervention approach: The Media Heroes program
      1. Abstract
      2. Acknowledgments
      3. Introduction
      4. What is the program and how is it delivered?
      5. The theoretical model behind the program
      6. Different versions of the program for different needs
      7. The intervention levels of the program
      8. Evidence for effectiveness to date
      9. Program acceptance
      10. Program effectiveness
    7. 12: Stronger than Bullying, a mobile application for victims of bullying: Development and initial steps toward validation
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. Numeric platforms: A new opportunity to help bullying victims
      4. Overview of Stronger than Bullying
      5. Conceptual framework
      6. Description of Stronger than Bullying
      7. How the intervention is delivered?
      8. Evidence for the program so far
      9. The pilot study
      10. The first investigation: A qualitative study
      11. The second investigation: A quantitative study in schools
      12. Discussion and conclusion
    8. 13: Stop Online Bullies: The advantages and disadvantages of a standalone intervention
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. What is the content of the program and how is it delivered?
      4. Evidence for effectiveness
      5. Benefits and drawbacks of Stop Online Bullies
      6. Conclusion
    9. 14: Cyberbullying prevention within a socio-ecological framework: The ViSC social competence program
      1. Abstract
      2. Acknowledgments
      3. Prevention of cyberbullying
      4. The ViSC social competence program
      5. Program evaluation
      6. Lessons learned, drawbacks, and implications
    10. 15: The ConRed program: Educating in cybercoexistence and cyberbullying prevention by improving coexistence projects in schools
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. What is the program and how is it delivered
      4. Theoretical basis of the program
      5. From coexistence to cybercoexistence
      6. Evidence for effectiveness
    11. 16: Smartphone Summit: Children's initiative to prevent cyberbullying and related problems
      1. Abstract
      2. A short history of the Smartphone Summit
      3. The Smartphone Summit framework
      4. The logistics of the Smartphone Summit
      5. Evaluation of the Smartphone Summit
      6. Future directions
    12. 17: An intervention using the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model: Tackling cyberaggression and cyberbullying in South African adolescents
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. Theoretical rationale for the program
      4. Evidence for the intervention’s effectiveness
      5. Implications and evaluation of the intervention
      6. Conclusion
    13. 18: A short intervention on cyberbullying for students in middle school and their parents
      1. Abstract
      2. Introduction
      3. What is the program and how is it delivered?
      4. Evidence for the intervention to date
      5. Recommendations & future directions
      6. Concluding thoughts
  10. Part Three: Reflections
    1. 19: Commentary: Ways of preventing cyberbullying and evidence-based practice
      1. Abstract
      2. Are rates of bullying and cyberbullying getting better or worse?
      3. Technological versus relationship oriented interventions
      4. Specialized versus generalized interventions
      5. An ecological perspective
      6. Sample characteristics
      7. Some issues in intervention research
      8. Implementation and evaluation
      9. Summary
    2. 20: Summary
      1. Abstract
  11. Index
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