TEACH ANTI-BULLYING, Non-profit Dedicated to Guiding Parents & Educators on Bullying Issues, Taking an Active Role in National No Name-Calling Week January 21st through 25th in Greater Philadelphia Region
Philadelphia,
PA – January 14, 2013 – Teach
Anti-Bullying, the Philadelphia-based non-profit organization dedicated to
working with educators and parents on the bullying crisis in our communities
will once again take an active role in programs during the upcoming National
No-Name Calling Week, scheduled for January 21st through
January 25th nationwide.
In the Greater Philadelphia region, Teach Anti-Bullying will lead an anti-bullying seminar for parents on
Wednesday, January 23rd at the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School (1332 Enterprise Drive) in
West Chester, Pennsylvania from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Speakers will include Claudio Cerullo, Ph.D.,
the founder and President of Teach
Anti-Bullying, as well as Daniela Desiderio Redpath, the
organization’s vice president.
In addition, Teach
Anti-Bullying will appear in support of the Pennsylvania Safe Schools Act,
sponsored by Pennsylvania State Representative Dan Truitt, in a press
conference on Wednesday, January 23rd at 10 a.m. in West Chester
(location to be announced). The proposed Pennsylvania Safe School Act would
provide prevention and remediation tools for all teachers and school staff on
incidents of bullying, cyber bullying and harassment, in addition to other
policies.
Teach Anti-Bullying was launched in November 2011
out of growing concern for the issue of bullying both in the classroom and in
the community. Serving children and
families who have been, or are being affected by, bullying, Teach Anti-Bullying works to raise
awareness and support, while encouraging the collaboration of all stakeholders
– children, educators, parents, community leaders, law enforcement, and local,
state and federal legislators – in the pro-active intervention against bullying
as well as the prevention of bullying.
Teach
Anti-Bullying’s services include school assemblies, workshops,
conferences and speaking engagements; advocacy; program development and
implementation; policy development and implementation; victimization support services;
bullying in the workplace programs; online support for children and families;
and expert witness for anti-bullying court cases.
In just the first 12 months of Teach
Anti-Bullying’s existence, the organization has made over two dozen
presentations to over 1,000 parents, over 1,000 educators and professionals,
and over 2,000 students in events in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
Teach Anti-Bullying also presented last March at the State of
Louisiana’s Call for Action Anti-Bullying Conference in Baton Rouge, and will
be returning to present at that conference again this March.
According to recent research, more than 34 percent of U.S. students
in classroom said they have been bullied during the course of the school
term. One out of four of those are in
regular education, while three out of four of those students are children with
special needs. In addition, 60 percent
of those students with disabilities are victimized. A growing problem is Cyber Bullying, with 43
percent of teens aged 10 through 18 years old reporting at least one instance
of Cyber
Bullying, while 77 percent of teens reported that the Cyber
Bully was someone that they knew.