This document provides an overview of bullying, including definitions, types, prevalence, characteristics of students who bully and are victimized, risk factors, and approaches to prevention and intervention. It discusses definitions of bullying, teasing, and conflict; estimates that 20-25% of students bully and 5-20% bully consistently; risk factors for students who bully like desire for power and control; and effective intervention strategies like school-wide programs that are intensive, carefully monitored, and include parent training.

1. Amanda Nickerson, PhD Associate Professor and Director Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention University at Buffalo [email_address] gse.buffalo.edu/alberticenter NYSUT “See a Bully, Stop a Bully” November 14, 2011

3. Intentional, usually repeated acts of verbal, physical, or written aggression by a peer (or group of peers) operating from a position of strength or power with the goal of hurting the victim physically or damaging status and/or social reputation Olweus (1978); United States Department of Education (1998)

5. Teasing : Fun, good-natured, “give-and-take” between friends to get both parties to laugh Bullying : Based on a power imbalance; intent to cause psychological or physical harm; usually repeated Conflict : A struggle, dispute, or misunderstanding between two equal forces

11. “ Popular ” (Source: Jean Healey, 2006)