About the Author:
Stan Davis has worked as a child and family therapist in residential treatment, community mental health, and private practice. During his years as a therapist, he was active in building positive community support for targets of child abuse, rape, and domestic abuse. Stan became a school guidance counselor in the mid-1980s and began to focus on bullying prevention in the late 1990s. Stan trains educators, parents, and students nationwide in effective bullying prevention. He is a certified Olweus bullying prevention consultant and a founding member of the International Bullying Prevention Association. Stan has information online at Research Press and Stop Bullying Now for concerned parents and educators. Dr. Charisse L. Nixon received her PhD in developmental psychology from West Virginia University and is currently an associate professor of psychology at Penn State Erie. Her primary research interest focuses on all forms of peer mistreatment, including both relational and physical mistreatment. Charisse is currently studying effective prevention and intervention efforts designed to reduce peer mistreatment and its associated harm. Building students resiliency is a core tenet of her work. She continues to train educators and students throughout the United States and Canada. Charisse s work has been featured in many national venues, as well as published in several peer-reviewed journals. She is coauthor of the book Girls Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying.
Review:
Youth Voice Project is the game-changer the field of bullying prevention has needed for some time. It debunks many cultural adult mindsets about bullying and clarifies what really works to provide safety and belonging to our marginalized students in school. The data present a treasure trove of fresh ideas, directly from students, on how adults and students can work together to build caring school communities. --Chuck Saufler, lead trainer for bullying education, Maine Law and Civics Education Program, University of Maine School of Law
Stan Davis s signature insightfulness into the unique perspectives of young people, combined with Charisse Nixon s keen research skills and developmental expertise, has produced one of the most valuable research projects in this field in the last five years. --Elizabeth K. Englander, PhD, Director, Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, Bridgewater State University
The Youth Voice Project gave us a true picture as to what strategies have actually helped students in cases of peer-to-peer aggression. The importance of this cannot be stressed enough as it is the students who are the eyes and ears of the school, and therefore they should be the ones to tell us what works and what doesn't. These findings are instrumental in moving forward with this work and in making the necessary modifications to some of our misguided beliefs. --Michelle B. MacPherson, Bullying Prevention Coordinator, Moncton school system, New Brunswick, Canada
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