Subject - Bullying - Bully Prevention

Groark Learns about Bullying for grades K-5

From the 5 volume video series Getting Along with Groark

Groark is playing with his friends when two of them start teasing and picking on a third one. As the situation escalates Groark gets drawn in, and, before he realizes it, Groark is picking on his best friend. When his friend goes off crying, Groark doesn't understand what happened until he learns from a group of real children how he and the others were being bullies, and how hurtful that was to the victim. Groark returns to the playground, convinces the other kids that they have been cruel and unfair, and together they make peace with the friend they had picked on.

The ABCs of Bullying Prevention

For administrators, teachers, parents and staff

This new 4-part professional training video series presents a comprehensive program of strategies for preventing and dealing with bullying in the school community. Using the video and the accompanying manual, each stakeholder group (administrators, teachers, parents, paraprofessionals) learns critical information on what he/she can do to specifically address, reduce and eliminate bullying in our schools. Strategies are based on current research and can easily be integrated into the fabric of the school.

Dealing with Bullies, Troublemakers and Dangerous Situations for grades 9-12

From the 10 volume video series PeaceTalks

This video deals with verbal and physical harassment, bullies and gangs, what to do when you feel afraid, protecting yourself in threatening situations, how to help victims, and making our schools and neighborhoods safe.

Cruel Schools for grades 6-12

From the 12 volume video series Reality Matters

Taunting, teasing, and the playground brawl used to be considered child's play. The schoolyard bully was just another rite of passage in adolescent life. Now, kids report times have changed. From Colorado to Michigan, most kids and experts say bullying is the first step of a continuum of school violence that can escalate to murder.

The Respect Connection for grades 4-8

From the 6 volume DVD series The Character Chronicles

Produced in association with CHARACTER COUNTS!©

Our video blogger covers the subject of Respect in a combination of a video essay about respect in our daily lives, a documentary about a group of teens in Georgia who learn about respecting our planet, and a flash animation dialogue between our blogger host and a mighty disappointed Mother Earth. The program opens with a dramatic skit about a middle school student who can’t get respect from his classmates and the sorrowful impact that has on him. The sum total of these elements reinforces the importance of respect in everything we do and in all the choices we make.

Respect for grades K-5

From the 6 volume video series The Six Pillars of Character

Burna discovers that name-calling, teasing, and put-downs are not good natured fun. When her friends ostracize her for treating them disrespectfully and for bullying a new kid on the playground, Burna learns that the way to have good friendships is to treat people the way you would like them to treat you.

Respecting Others for grades 5-9

From the 12 volume video series Big Changes, Big Choices

This program emphasizes that everyone is entitled to respect regardless of appearance, race, national origin, disability, social status, etc. It attempts to sensitize kids to the feelings of others, and develop in them a value for treating people respectfully. Also, since conformity is such a powerful force in early adolescence, this show encourages kids not to reject people who are different from them, but to appreciate and embrace diversity and multiculturalism.

Cliques: Where Do You Fit In?
for grades 5-9

Explains the nature of cliques, why they develop, how clique leadership controls members, how at best cliques help establish group identity, and how at worst they can be destructive. Demonstrates that friendships with a wide range of students are both enriching and necessary for a fully developed personality and life experience; and that by building awareness and tolerance students can avoid the down side of cliques.

Think Before You Click: Playing It Safe Online
for grades 5-9

Using real teens in a peer-to-peer format, this video helps teens navigate problems and learn important rules and strategies to keep them safe while surfing the net. Program explores online bullying and rumor spreading, identity theft, blogging and the real threat of sexual predators. Viewers learn to “think before you click” in order to avoid embarrassing yourself or hurting others, while keeping yourself and others safe.