Bullying Prevention Training & Resources
Assembly Bill 2291, which became effective on January 1, 2019, requires that local educational agencies (LEAS) adopt, on or before December 31, 2019, procedures for preventing acts of bullying, including cyberbullying. It requires that California Department of Education (CDE) post a list of available online training modules relating to bullying or bullying prevention in addition to the existing CDE training module and that LEAs make training available to certificated and all other school site employees who have regular interaction with students.
Bullying Prevention training materials, publications, and resources, including community-based organizations, for educators, parents, and community members for recognizing bullying behavior and approaches for determining how to respond.
The CDE Online Bullying Training Module and Bullying presentation is mandated by Assembly Bill 1993 and California Education Code Section 32283.5. The Online Bullying Training Module will assist all school staff, school administrators, parents, pupils, and community members in increasing their knowledge of the dynamics of bullying. The Online Bullying Training Module presentation identify the different acts of bullying and provides suggestions on strategies to utilize to address bullying. CDE also provides a free training that provides guidance on how to take a public health approach to bullying prevention with long-term, community-wide prevention strategies.
CDE Bullying Module
Online Bullying Training PowerPoint
This guide is provided by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization that "provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children." The guide responds to the question:
What is Cyberbullying?, How common is it?, What can teacher's do about it?
Get advice and resources (English and Spanish) to support your students.
Kenan Safeschool's Bullying Recognition and Response course trains staff how to recognize and react to bullying situations, as well as their obligations to help prevent bullying/cyberbullying. The course helps users understand the complexities of bullying by examining its characteristics, development, and underlying causes. It also discusses the roles of victims, bullies, and bystanders and offers ways for staff to deal with each. This course is designed for all school staff in California. A certificate will be issues by Keenan upon completion.
Bullying Prevention Websites, Publications and Blogs
Bullying and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health
This site addresses creating a safe environment for youth with disabilities and federal civil rights laws.
Bullying at School
This CDE Publication addresses bullying behavior and hate-motivated behavior, including definitions, effects, and prevention strategies.
StopBullying.gov Bullying Prevention Training Course
This free training provides guidance on how to take public health approach to bullying prevention through the use of long-term, community wide prevention strategies. Take the course and make a difference today.
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Healthy Students. Bullying is defined as a form of unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-age children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance and that is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. This site describes physical, verbal, social bullying, and cyberbullying and features resources.
PACER National Bullying Prevention Center
This organization provides classroom, family, and community resources and materials related to bullying and cyberbullying prevention activities and events, and stories. Spanish language materials are available.
Stop Bullying
Stopbullying.gov is a national organization that provides information for students and adults defining bullying/cyberbullying, and offering advice on how to address the issues, resources, and materials.
Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Law Center. It includes classroom resources and materials on bullying, cyberbullying, and school climate among many other topics related to tolerance.