Hudson PTA - Mean Girls, Mean Boys

Mean Girls Mean Boys...What's a Parent to do...especially with CyberBullying?

Parents save the date and join us for this PTA general meeting and Anti- Bullying Program offered in partnership with the Coalition for Children’s Mental Health and the Hudson City School District, February 24 in the Hudson Middle School Media Center at 7 pm.

Sherrie Bevan-Walsh, Sue Tucker, and Judge Carol J. Dezso will speak and there will be time for discussion and questions. All parents are welcome. Please contact Dr. Sarah Adams @ sadams@hudson-pta.org or call 330-554-2137 or contact Danielle Hunt at 234-380-9061. For more information, visit www.HudsonCCMH.org/events.

Dating Violence Prevention Education -- House Bill 19
Ohio Substitute House Bill 19 (HB 19) becomes effective March 29, 2010. The bill requires public schools to incorporate dating violence into their policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying. School districts also must include dating violence prevention education in the health curriculum in grades 7 through 12.

All requirements of the bill are to be met no later than six months after the effective date of the act. ODE will provide various forms of assistance to districts in meeting these requirements in the coming months. Links to the following selection of guidelines and resources can help districts get started. ODE’s Office for Safety Health and Nutrition will update this web page periodically as more information and resources become available.

Guidelines and Resources for Dating Violence Prevention

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
http://www.loveisrespect.org

Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence & Intimate Partner Violence by Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
http://www.vsdvalliance.org/secPublications/Prevention%20Guidelines%202009%5B1%5D.pdf

A Guide to Addressing Dating Violence in Texas Schools
http://governor.state.tx.us/files/women/program.pdf

A Guide to Preventing Bullying, Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Violence in Rhode Island School
http://www.ride.ri.gov/commissioner/edpolicy/Documents/20080401_GuideBullyingTDV_v1_KR.pdf

Safe Dates, An Adolescent Dating Abuse Prevention Curriculum by Hazelden
http://www.hazelden.org/HAZ_MEDIA/safedates_research.pdf

Liz Claiborne: Love is Not Abuse
http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/web/guest/home

Learn more about HB 19

See a summary and analysis of HB 19:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/analysis.cfm?ID=128_HB_19&ACT=As%20Enrolled&hf=analyses128/09-hb19-128.htm

Read the full text of HB 19:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_19

How one teen said “NO” to bullying and cyber-bullying.
Visit NoCussing.com for more information.

Visit ThatsNotCool.com a great site where teens can find tools to use to push back from bullies in a healthy way with the use of the Ad Council's "call out" cards to draw the digital line..

For more information on the topic, and to read about states that are passing laws regarding cyber-bulling, visit this link:
In Several States, A Push to Stem Cyber-Bullying

No Matter How It’s Done, Bullying is Still Bullying

MEAN Girls, MEAN Boys; What’s a Parent to do…with ‘Sexting’, Bullies & Victims?

Also, please see the National PTA website for a great article on bullying and the no-tolerance resolution.
Click here for that information.