Bullying
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Articles, Fact Sheets, Pamphlets, Journals & Videos
PARL subscribes to the Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center database. This service is available free to anyone with a Library card. Not only can you access thousands of articles, pamphlets and fact sheets on various health topics but also informative video files. Below are links to a sampling of the many resources from the database available on the subject of Bullying.
Workplace Bullies: Are Women the Worst Offenders?
Bullying & the Brain: Dr. Janet Taylor Discusses If Bullies Enjoy Others' Pain.
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Suggested Books
These books are just a small sample of books on the topic of bullying from our collection. Please search the online catalogue for a more complete listing.
- Little girls can be mean: four steps to bully-proof girls in the early grades
- Living with peer pressure and bullying
- Bullying
- Jay McGraw's life strategies for dealing with bullies
- Letters to a bullied girl: messages of healing and hope
- Helping your socially vulnerable child: what to do when your child is shy, socially anxious, withdrawn, or bullied
- Bully-proofing children: a practical, hands-on guide to stop bullying
- The bully, the bullied and the bystander: from pre-school to high school: how parents and teachers can help break the cycle of violence
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Local Information, Organizations & Featured Links
Mayo Clinic: Teen Bullying - What Parents Need to Know
Website: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/teen-bullying/MY01348
Mayo Clinic: Bullying - Help your child handle a school bully
Website: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bullying/MH00126
Bullying Canada - Young people speaking out about bullying and victimization.
Website: http://www.bullyingcanada.ca/
Help Line of Pictou County
75 Lavina Street, Suite 119
New Glasgow, NS B2H 1N5
Phone: (902) 752-5952
Website: www.nsnet.org/helpline/
Help Line is the best place to call if you need to know where to turn for help. It is a confidential telephone service providing care, support and encouragement since 1983. It provides crisis and suicide intervention, as well as information and referrals. It is open noon to midnight daily.
Kids Help Phone
1-800 668-6868 or 1 800 420-TEEN
Website: http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/en/
A free telephone service for children who are experiencing abuse or emotional distress. Provides counseling and referrals to agencies in the area from which the child is calling.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Youth Help Line (Nova Scotia 6pm - 10pm) 1-800-420-8336
Parent Help Line 1-888-603-9100
Public Legal Education Society (Lawyer Referral & Legal Info Line) 1-800-665-9779