Phone: (781) 799-9896
Email: info@stopbullyingma.com
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP)
OBPP is a three-day, system-wide approach that teaches school administrators and staff ways to reduce bullying in elementary, middle and high schools, and improve peer relationships. OBPP components work at four levels:
Community: involving parents and the larger community in supporting the bullying prevention initiative
School-wide: including a survey to assess the prevalence of bullying; a school-wide Bullying Prevention Committee to direct the program; and a comprehensive system to supervise students
Classroom: including establishing classroom rules; holding classroom meetings to discuss bullying issues and encourage pro-social behaviors; and meeting with parents to encourage their involvement
Individual: including interventions with the students involved in bullying behavior, the victims and the bystanders
OBPP is a research-based bullying prevention program with 30 years of quantitative data documenting its effectiveness. Considered the “Gold Standard,” the world’s #1 bullying prevention program, OBPP is approved as a model program by national and federal groups and agencies, including: The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP); The Blueprints for Violence Prevention Project (University of Colorado); The Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Comfort Zone seminars
These seminars give teachers, early childhood education providers, school counselors, coaches, school-age childcare practitioners and parents the tools they need to create a safe school and sports environment. The Comfort Zone seminars provide:
Resources to share with and empower parents, coaches, and school staff
Intervention messages that tell students their bullying behavior is unacceptable
Methods of “fostering courage” and using “good bystanders” to help identify bullying
Strategies and curriculum-related activities to help children deal with and stop bullying
Bullying Awareness Workshops
Bullying awareness workshops begin the process of bullying prevention by inspiring parents and the community to start a program in the classroom or pre-school, on the sports field, or anywhere bullying is a concern.
Consulting
Dr. D’Antona works with the school superintendent, principals and/or teachers to determine the most appropriate program elements for building a safe, bullying-free environment.