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BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION - MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION:

https://www.doe.mass.edu/sfs/bullying/
Posted on: December 7, 2023 - 3:08pm
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION:  BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

 

Bullying Resources Mass

Web sources

Bullying, Mass. Legal Services.
Compilation of Massachusetts bullying law resources.

Bullying, UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools.
An extensive list of links to resources on bullying for teachers, parents, law enforcement, and anyone else interested in the topic. Great resource!

Bullying prevention and intervention, Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Model bullying prevention plan, updates, laws, and other resources for schools and parents.

Know your rights, GLAD, February 2014.
Questions & answers on discrimination in public schools on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

Massachusetts students: what to do if you're being bullied, GLAD, March 2014.
"If you are being bullied and your school is not protecting you, your school is not following the law." Despite the title, this publication doesn't provide "what to do" advice, but does provide a great summary of the law's key points.

StopBullying.gov     A federal government website managed by the   U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201
Provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying and includes state by state guides.

Print sources

The authority of Massachusetts educators to combat bullying, cyber bullying & sexting on and off school property: the intersection of the school disciplinary code & the criminal justice system, by Patrick Michael Rogers. Commonwealth Police Service, 2010.

School bullying and harassment : a legal primer, by Richard W. Cole. NBI, Inc., 2012.

School law in Massachusetts, by Rhoda E. Schneider, MCLE loose-leaf.
Includes a sample anti-harassment policy for schools in Chapter 8. MCLE, 4th edition, 2022.

Working with children with special needs, section 5, MCLE, 2015.