9th Annual International Bullying Prevenion Conference

KANSAS CITY, MO, August 30, 2012

This event will bring together professionals from schools (pre-k through post-secondary) and community organizations interested in stopping bullying. The conference is designed for school counselors, health educators, researchers, coaches, lawyers, school administrators, social workers, community agency staff, school psychologists, restorative justice personnel, athletic directors, and others working with youth.

The conference theme, The Courage to Act: Working Together to End Bullying, speaks directly to the purpose of this important event; to be strengthened with new knowledge, research and practices which will inspire, invigorate, challenge and renew our collective courage to act collaboratively to stop bullying. Outstanding leaders from across the world, will provide research, strategies and solutions for schools and communities in bullying prevention and intervention to the participants.

A focus of this year¡¯s conference includes the importance of adult, youth partnerships which are critical to our collective efforts. The program includes keynotes presented by Academy Award¨Cwinning documentary filmmaker and co creator of GroundSpark¡¯s Respect for All Project, Debra Chasnoff, as well as noted authors Stan Davis, Schools Where Everyone Belongs and Empowering Bystanders in Bullying Prevention, and Charisse Nixon, PhD coauthor of Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying. For more information visit http://www.stopbullyingworld.org.

Sponsors of this event: Professional Development Network Greater Kansas City, Cable in the Classroom, Hazelden, Facebook, Cartoon Network, Jackson County COMBAT, and Sprigeo.

The mission of the International Bullying Prevention Association is to support and enhance quality research based bullying prevention principles and best practices in order to achieve a safe school climate, healthy work environment, good citizenship and civic responsibility.

It has taken more than three decades of academic study of bullying behaviors, public revelations and attention to the true consequences for those who bully and those who are bullied and world-wide media coverage of incidents of unspeakable cruelty, suicide, and homicide, to bring educators, students, law enforcement, health care workers, and parents together in a global effort to do something about it. Bullying hurts and for those involved, the hurt can last a lifetime. As a world, we are learning that bullying behavior can be the root of serious violent situations in our schools. Many countries have adopted policies and procedures for Safe Schools.

We are well aware that there is nothing new about bullying behaviors. What is new is that bullying prevention has become recognized as a worthy topic of study and best practices in research are available. The International Bullying Prevention Association welcomes you to join us as we work together to take research-based best practices into our countries, schools and communities, to make our world a more welcoming and safer place for all. Interested in making a donation to the cause of bullying prevention? The International Bullying Prevention Association is a tax-exempt charitable organization under ¡ì 501(c)3 of the United States Tax Code.

The International Bullying Prevention Association recognizes the need to create a safe learning environment, free from bullying behaviors, that nurtures the potential of all students. Members/Trainers of the International Bullying Prevention Association act with conscientious effort to exemplify the highest ethical standards in providing and supporting sound research based bullying prevention training to accomplish this task.