Archive for July 2017

Ari Magnusson has been invited by the Charlestown branch of the Boston Public Library to facilitate a discussion on bullying with parents. Ari will talk about what bullying is, why kids do it, and proactive and reactive actions that parents can take to help their children prevent and stop bullying. Ari and BPL librarian Eileen…

Ari Magnusson will be giving his talk “Bullying Secrets Revealed: Why Kids Do It and What You Can Do to Stop It” to the students at the Youth Zone Summer Program in Revere, Massachusetts, in early August. The summer program, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital, is attended by about 60 middle school students.

The CirclePoint team has been busy this summer, completely rewriting the CirclePoint Guide for Educators. Whereas the pilot edition contained all the ideas, theories, and proposals for the program, the new edition is based on the practical information and solutions that were found to be effective in practice. The new edition also segregates information for…

The second editions of the student guides are now complete and in the publishing pipeline. The new editions of What YOU Can Do About Bullying by Max and Zoey, for students in grades K–5, and All About Bullying, for students in grades 6–12, have been updated to use easier terms and definitions. In addition, the text has been…