Oral

Bullying and violence continue to pose a danger to students and educators in schools and colleges across America. Presentations in this session will include results of a population-base study of 26,000 randomly selected Minnesota teachers done to determine the association of the efficacy of violence prevention training to the physical assault of school teachers; findings from a study with Baltimore high school students utilizing concept mapping undertaken to create a conceptual framework with students’ input to identify aspects of the school environment for preventing school violence; summary of a study carried out in Indiana to examine types of bullying, the spectrum of involvement, and the impact of bullying on those involved; description of ERASE (Everyone is Responsible for a Safe Environment) -- a school violence prevention program for elementary and middle schools in Oklahoma that recruits university students to act as facilitators for the program; and, the outcomes of a survey administered through the Office of Women’s Affairs and Campus Advocacy Network (OWA) at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) conducted to investigate student’s (N= 1886) attitudes and behaviors regarding sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and student reactions as-by-sanders to such behaviors.

Session Objectives: Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Discuss the results of a population base study of 26,000 Minnesota educators conducted to determine the relations of the efficacy of violence prevention training to the physical assault of school teachers; (2) Articulate the results from the Baltimore City high school students’ study utilizing concept mapping as a framework to identify aspects of the school environment in preventing school violence; (3) Identify the results of an Indiana study done to examine bullying, determine the impact of bullying to those involved, and assess bullying prevention programs; (4) Describe the evaluation results of the Oklahoma state-wide ERASE Program on violence prevention for elementary and middle school students; and (5) Discuss the results of a University of Illinois-Chicago survey done to assess students’ attitudes and behaviors on sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and their reactions as bystanders to such behaviors.

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing