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Student Assembly — Speak up for those who won’t speak up for themselves about bullying ©

Plan for a full day of bullying prevention training for your elementary students. The assembly starts off in the morning with grades K-3 attending a 50 minute presentation. Grades 4-6 immediately follow with a 50 minute presentation designed for their age group. 
The art of ventriloquism is used to capture the attention of the students emphasizing the value of speaking up for those who won’t speak up for themselves about bullying. That afternoon an individual workshop is held with each of the three upper grade levels at your school. Each workshop provides an intensive 45 minute session teaching the students about the art of ventriloquism. Simple puppets are provided for the students to use to practice their new art of ventriloquism during these workshops. 
A lesson plan is available to teachers suggesting that students make several sock puppets to use during classroom meetings about bullying. 

This training meets the requirements of Kansas Senate Bill 68 for providing bullying prevention training for students. Read Senate bill 68

Strategies for Changing Bullying Behaviors

Our most requested training workshop!

This 3 1/2 hour training session will allow participants to gain an awareness of the personal attitudes of children who bully and gain insight into bully/victim (target) violence.
Participants will be able to define bully/victim (target) violence and learn to recognize bullying tendencies; explore intervention methods for bullying behaviors; and develop and learn strategies to empower, redirect and change bullying behaviors. 
This workshop will present basic fundamental information to identify and recognize bullying behavior and the strategies needed to redirect it.

This training meets the requirements of Kansas Senate Bill 68 for providing bullying prevention training for school staff members. Read Senate bill 68

Bullying Prevention Basics

Children who bully others can turn into antisocial adults and are far more likely than others to commit crimes, batter their spouses, abuse their children—and produce another generation of children who bully. Here’s what you can learn in this 90 minute workshop:

· Learn why bullying is an abuse; 
· Develop awareness of personal attitudes about children who are being bullied; 
· Gain an awareness of personal attitudes about children who bully others; 
· Understand the differences in direct and indirect bullying and recognition of bullying, rough and tumble play and fighting.

Managing Your School's Bullying Prevention Program

Managing your school’s bullying prevention project is a performance issue based on knowledge. This seminar introduces a knowledge set that will help you better manage the bullying prevention project in order to achieve the desired outcome. Specific issues such as project authority, leadership, people skills, and stakeholder communication strategies will be covered. Project management is a practice that requires integration of a great deal of knowledge. However, project management is not just about knowledge, but also about what you can do with it.

Bullying Prevention Risk Management and Legal Exposure

This session will discuss some landmark federal and state case law and the impact made on schools. Strategies to deal with bullying both from a legal and ethical perspective will be suggested and are intended only to promote further discussion with your school board attorneys. This course does not provide legal advice and should not be a substitute for working closely with your local school board attorneys to address bullying behaviors. 
Not following policy, not knowing what legal responsibilities are required of educators who see bullying are just two reasons that educators are finding themselves legally vulnerable.

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program-a whole school approach to reducing bullying

The Olweus program training module consists of 2 days of on site training and approximately 10 hours of follow up consultation. The training is provided to the coordinating team for the school. Typically a coordinating team consists of an administrator, mental health professional, a teacher from each grade level, a member of the non-teaching staff, and a parent. This training is 100% funded through Federal Safe and Drug Free Schools funding. CLICK HERE to obtain pricing and research information concerning the Olweus Bullying Prevention program. Please contact Randy J. Wiler to discuss this unique school-wide approach to bullying prevention. 

Other training programs are available. Contact Randy Wiler to discuss your schools unique training needs.

Bullying Prevention Initiatives for Law Enforcement

This session provides information on Student Threat Assessment, the Secret Service School Shooter report, questioning and threat assessment techniques. 
Approximately 65% of school shooters could be identified as victims of bullying. Techniques are provided to help law enforcement officers better identify students at risk and take proactive steps to minimize risks.
Strategies for creating an effective bullying prevention program are included in this training.

Olweus Student Questionnaire input, analysis and review

The Olweus student questionnaire is a requirement of the Olweus program. This survey provides the research tool used to measure success of the Olweus Bullying Prevention program. The questionnaire should be administered before the start of the Olweus Bullying Prevention training program and each year after. The questionnaire provide and accurate assessment of the current condition of the school as it relates to bullying and provides staff an incentive to redirect the behavior.

This service inputs the data from all student questionnaires and provides a 20 page analysis for your school. The cost for the service is $250 per school questionnaire and $1 per student questionnaire inputted and analyzed. $20 additional for a 20 page analysis of each grade level separation desired. Contact Randy J. Wiler for multiple school discounts.

D.A.R.E. Supplemental Bullying Prevention Lesson Training (D.A.R.E. Officer Training Only)

At the request of D.A.R.E. America, Randy Wiler has developed two supplemental D.A.R.E. lessons on bullying prevention. These lessons are made available through the D.A.R.E. Coordinator for each state. 
Typically the state D.A.R.E. Coordinator will require D.A.R.E. officers to receive basic supplemental lesson instruction before permitting the use of this supplemental lesson, or other supplemental lessons within the state or jurisdiction. 
This training supplement provides the necessary training that D.A.R.E. officers will need prior to using the D.A.R.E. Bullying Prevention Supplemental Lesson Plans. 

This training is restricted for use only at approved D.A.R.E. state and national training conferences and training locations.

Bus Driver Training - Strategies for the Bus Driver

This workshop provides the bus driver with an overview of the school wide bullying program. Strategies are provided to redirect bullying behaviors on the bus as well as developing protective factors for the student or students who are being bullied. Safe reporting systems are discussed which encourage the bystanders to become active peer monitors.

Serious Talks With Students Who Bully

This seminar examines the five basics stages of change from the book "Schools Where Everyone Belongs", by Stan Davis. Discussion examines the five steps of change involved in redirecting bullying behaviors: denial, externalizing, minimizing, accepting consequences, and accepting the negative effects of the behavior on others. Participants will learn the value of using “reflection” as a tool to redirect bullying behaviors. Bullying rubrics and the need for a whole school program will be emphasized.