Teach Anti-Bullying Presents “Bullying: The Silent Threat – What Every Parent & Teacher Needs to Know,” Monday, February 25th at St. Pius X School in Broomall, PA
Broomall, PA – February 25, 2013 – Teach Anti-Bullying,
the Philadelphia-based national non-profit organization dedicated to working
with educators and parents on the bullying crisis in our communities, is
presenting “Bullying: The Silent Threat
– What Every Parent & Teacher Needs to Know,” a free anti-bullying seminar
for parents, teachers, and the community, on Monday, February 25th at St. Pius
X School in Broomall.
The program, which begins at 7 p.m., is free, and open to
the community. The seminar is a
comprehensive program that examines what bullying really is, as well as
addressing cyber-bullying, texting, and bullying of children with disabilities,
as well as a question and answer session.
St. Pius X School is located at 204 South Lawrence Road, in Broomall, PA
(19008)
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. Also,
Daniela Desiderio Redpath’s 10-year-old son, who is on the autism spectrum and
has been bullied since kindergarten, will speak at the event.
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.
Dr. Cerullo brings over 20 years of professional
experience in education to Teach Anti-Bullying.
He has been extremely active in addressing the great need for
anti-bullying awareness, and prevention, nationwide, as a result of parents
asking him to help students that are being impacted academically, socially and
emotionally by this silent threat. Prior
to founding Teach Anti-Bullying, Dr. Cerullo began his career in education with
six years of teaching in Social Science Education. His career has included positions as a school
principal (kindergarten through eighth grade); Director of Early Childhood
Education; Assistant Middle School Academic vice Principal; Assistant High
School vice Principal and Director of Athletics; and Interim Secondary
Charter School Principal.
Internationally recognized as an expert on the subject of Anti-Bullying,
Dr. Cerullo has provided many workshops on issues regarding Classroom
Management, Student Behavior Modification, Character Education, and School
Violence Prevention programs K-12. He is
interviewed regularly by media outlets on the subject of Bullying and
Anti-Bullying, and is a gifted public speaker on this topic of extreme interest
to parents, educators and legislators.
He has written numerous articles and books on the subject, and has
lectured at many local, state, and regional education forums and
conferences. Dr. Cerullo delivered the
keynote address at the State of Louisiana’s first Anti-Bullying Conference in
2012.
Daniela Desiderio Redpath joined Teach Anti-Bullying as
the organization’s Vice President in November 2011, and brings her considerable
marketing, public relations and event management skills to her role. In addition, Daniela brings her experience as
a single mother of two children, one of whom is on the autism spectrum and has
suffered from bullying in his school. Her extensive experience in event
planning, marketing and public relations was gained over two decades in the
hotel and food service industries in suburban Philadelphia. Daniela was the PTO co-president for
Chesnutwold Elementary School, in the Haverford School District, from 2010 to
2012. She is active with Autism Speaks,
and not only helped plan the 2011 Autism Speaks Walk, she also raised over
$3,000 on her own for the organization.
She also works with a number of groups supporting mothers with children
with Asperger’s Syndrome.
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.
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