{"id":32212263708,"date":"2012-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/nj-anti-bullying-conference-for-school-districts-on-june-8-at-monmouth-university\/"},"modified":"2012-06-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T04:00:00","slug":"nj-anti-bullying-conference-for-school-districts-on-june-8-at-monmouth-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/nj-anti-bullying-conference-for-school-districts-on-june-8-at-monmouth-university\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ ANTI-BULLYING CONFERENCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON JUNE 8 AT MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text\">New Jersey\u2019s new Anti-Bullying Law is one of the strongest in the country. In an effort to help school districts meet the law\u2019s new challenges and responsibilities, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antibullyingconference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012 New Jersey Anti-Bullying Conference<\/a> will bring together key state and national scholars and practitioners to present their expertise and knowledge about bullying prevention. This conference is critical for administrators, teachers, psychologists, social workers, and counselors from schools and any other organization working with New Jersey\u2019s youth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">The 2nd Annual Anti-bullying Conference will be held on June 8, 2012 at Monmouth University\u2019s Rebecca Stafford Student Center from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Monmouth University\u2019s School of Social Work and the Ceceilyn Miller Institute for Leadership and Diversity in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Acting Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey Chris Cerf is scheduled to speak at 12:30 p.m. He will address the requirements of the new Anti-Bullying Law, and its impact as it pertains to school districts and their service providers. Attendees will also learn and discuss evidence-based strategies and solutions for preventing bullying while building safe, caring school communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Conference presenters from all over the country and from a variety of backgrounds including psychologists, social workers, college professors, and trainers, have substantial experience in bullying prevention research and\/or practice. Some of the scheduled speakers include: Stan Davis; Christa M. Tinari, director, Peace Praxis; Dr. Chavonne Lenoir Perotte, executive director of PCLT&#8217;s NJ Office; Dr. Margo R. Ross, senior director of development at PCLT; Dr. Paula C. Rodr\u00edguez Rust, Spectrum Diversity LLC; Dr. Judith Springer, associate director and senior trainer for CMI; and Dr. Rita Johnson, Cheyney University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">\u201cOur organization is extremely pleased to bring together such distinguished guests to address this important issue, and to help improve the overall educational experience for our children,\u201d said Christopher C. Irving, executive director &amp; CEO of the Ceceilyn Miller Institute for Leadership &amp; Diversity in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antibullyingconference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.antibullyingconference.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter keepwidth subhead\" ># # # <\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Schedule:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\" >7:30 \u2013 8:30 a.m. Registration &amp; Continental Breakfast<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\"><strong>9 \u2013 10 a.m. Morning Keynote Address, Stan Davis, Youth Voice Project, <em>What Really Works To Make Things Better for Targets of Bullying? Let\u2019s Ask the Students Themselves!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">10:15 \u2013 11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"text\" >\n<li>Workshop I: Anacon A &#8211; Activities for Building Empathy in the Classroom<\/li>\n<li >Workshop II: Anacon B &#8211; Bullying and Teen Suicide Prevention<\/li>\n<li >Workshop III: Club Room 107 &#8211; Evidence-Based Group Mentoring Models that End Student Isolation, Foster Youth Leadership, and Build Cultures of Achievement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text\">11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"text\" >\n<li>Workshop I: Anacon A &#8211; Effectively Engaging Parents in Your Bullying Prevention Efforts<\/li>\n<li >Workshop II: Anacon B &#8211; Promoting Student Resilience and Building Community in Schools <\/li>\n<li >Workshop III: Club Room 107 &#8211; Building Peer Support to Reduce Bullying and to Reduce the Harm that Bullying can do<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text\"><strong>12:30 \u2013 1:30 p.m. &#8211; Lunch\/Afternoon Keynote, Chris Cerf, Acting Commissioner of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">2:15 \u2013 3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"text\" >\n<li>Workshop I: Anacon A &#8211; Bullying Prevention and Law Enforcement: An Unusual but Necessary Partnership<\/li>\n<li >Workshop II: Anacon B &#8211; Best Practices in Bullying Prevention <\/li>\n<li >Workshop III: Club Room 107 &#8211; Bias and Prejudice: Often Overlooked, Essential Elements in Comprehensive Bullying Prevention, with a Focus on LGBT Issues in Schools <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"aligncenter keepwidth subhead\" ># # #<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Media contacts: <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Christopher C. Irving at 973-580-5890 or Petra Ludwig at 732-263-5507<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynote Speaker: New Jersey State Acting Commissioner of Education, Chris Cerf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"person":[],"audience":[],"school":[89],"program":[],"class_list":["post-32212263708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","school-school-of-social-work"],"squareimage":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212263708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32212263708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212263708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802226239,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212263708\/revisions\/40802226239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32212263708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32212263708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32212263708"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=32212263708"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=32212263708"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=32212263708"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=32212263708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}