I've Got Your Back: Help Children Say Hello to Friends & Goodbye to Bullies

Empower children to stop bullying in its tracks and let them know that caring adults will always have their backs I've Got Your Back: Help Children Say Hello to Friends & Goodbye to Bullies will guide adults as they help kids build positive, respectful friendships, stand up for themselves and one another, and develop empathy and self-esteem.

With over 35 years of combined experience as bullying prevention specialists, Lorna Blumen, MS, MBA and Staci Schwartz, MD identify the crucial ingredients of bullying prevention and offer effective strategies to deal with bullying and help children develop grit and resilience.

I've Got Your Back is short and action-focused, delivering key information to adults and kids (ages 5-10), in separate and read-together chapters. Children's friendship stories that illustrate common bullying problems feature "Stop & Think" questions for learning and discussion. Now bedtime reading can equip children with lifelong relationship skills

What's inside?

• Bullying prevention essentials - what kids and adults really need to know
• Engaging children's stories that offer action-oriented bullying prevention strategies and encourage communication between adults and children
• Social skill-building activities for adults and children to do together that help kids feel supported, make friends, navigate social situations, and stop bullying

Teachers will also love I've Got Your Back. All activities can easily be adapted for classroom use.

Adults must model and set the tone for kids' bullying prevention. I've Got Your Back will inspire adults and children to become bully-resistant upstanders

Author: Lorna Blumen, Staci Schwartz
Publisher: Camberley Press Ltd.
Published: 04/12/2016
Pages: 86
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.23d
ISBN: 9780981058955

About the Author
Blumen, Lorna: - LORNA BLUMEN, MS, MBA is a children's and adult workplace bullying prevention specialist. She is the author of five books, including Bullying Epidemic: Not Just Child's Play and Girls' Respect Groups: No More Mean Girls! Lorna is the lead developer of the Girls' Respect Groups Program, used in over 130 countries. Lorna has appeared on Canadian and US television and radio and spoken at international conferences.Schwartz, Staci: - STACI SCHWARTZ, MD is a physician and an educational consultant for children's bullying prevention and tolerance training. She is the author and illustrator of several children's books, including Billy the Baaadly Behaving Bully Goat and The New Bear on the Block. Staci conducts bullying prevention workshops in elementary schools, after-school programs, and religious institutions.

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