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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON INCREASING CAPACITY FOR REDUCING BULLYING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE LIFECOURSE OF YOUTH INVOLVED1
FREDERICK P. RIVARA (Chair), Seattle Children’s Guild Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
CATHERINE BRADSHAW, Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
NINA FREDLAND, Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University College of Nursing
DENISE GOTTFREDSON, Professor at the University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
NANCY GUERRA, Professor of Psychology, Associate Provost for International Programs and Director, Institute for Global Studies, University of Delaware
MEGAN A. MORENO, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington
JONATHAN TODRES, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
Project Staff
PATTI SIMON, Project Director
TARA MAINERO, Research Associate
STACEY SMIT, Senior Program Assistant
Board on Children, Youth, and Families Staff
KIMBER BOGARD, Director
FAYE HILLMAN, Financial Associate
Committee on Law and Justice Staff
ARLENE LEE, Director
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1 Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
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David V. B. Britt, Retired CEO, Sesame Workshop
Deborah Gross, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Medicine
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Columbia University
Tracy Vaillancourt, University of Ottawa
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Contents
2 Overview of Bullying and Victimization
3 Targets of Bullying and Bullying Behavior
PART II CONTEXTS FOR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
5 Family-Focused Interventions
6 Technology-Based Interventions
7 Community-Based Interventions
8 Peer-Led and Peer-Focused Programs
PART III FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND OVERALL THEMES
10 Translating Bullying Research into Policy and Practice
