Cyberbullying

Do you know someone who is depressed or wants to commit suicide because of cyberbullying?


PRAYING & Hoping for a Good, Productive and Enjoyable School Year :-)

Cyberbully
Seventeen-year-old Taylor Hillridge receives a laptop for her birthday and is excited about the possibilities and freedom offered by the internet. However, events take a drastic turn for the worse when Taylor is bullied online by her classmates...
www.hulu.com

References & Resources

911

Suicide Preventions

Teen Counseling

School Counseling

Step Up to Stop Bullying

A Watch-dog Organization - Advocating for Bullied Children & Reporting on State Anti Bullying Laws...

www.bullypolice.org

 

Anti-Bullying Lessons From Norway

Under pressure from increasingly tough anti-bullying laws, schools throughout the country will be ramping up efforts to eliminate bullying. The problem is ...

www.thereporter.com/ci_18775309?source=most_viewed

 

 

National Iternet Safety Month


 @SocialShield@SocialShield #SocialShield A comprehensive guide for parents explaining the new privacy settings on Facebook http://ow.ly/6h3Kg

A Guide to Facebook’s New Privacy Settings blog.socialshield.com


N.J. Senator Seeks Anti-Bully Law After Suicide
Colleges should adopt a code of conduct that prohibits bullying and harassment in the wake of the suicide of a Rutgers University student whose gay sexual ... 

www.foxnews.com/.../nj-senator-seeks-anti-bully-law-suicide

National School Safety & Security Services
American School Board Journal Anti-Bullying Policy Adviser column August 2009
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP):
Bullying: Facts for Schools and Parents
Bullying Prevention and Intervention: For School Principals
Cyberbullying - NASP article for NASSP Principal Leadership (September 2008)

"Enjoying the Hi-5s of Autism - A Family Experience"  
"a 'uniquely different' family sharing about the 'uniquely different' life with Autism"


EnjoyHi5!Autism
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
(Parents/Adults & Self-Advocates)

Enjoying The Hi-5s of Autism (audio/holiday posts)

FYI - Back To School!

Hope you enjoyed your 4th of July!  Our family enjoyed a cool day in the froggy pond pool eating a huge watermelon.  Later we watched U.S. President Barack Obama & FLOTUS Michelle Obama give a heartwarming military celebration in Washington,DC. Just as the sun was starting to set, the neighborhood fireworks illuminated our community with colorful sparkling pop, crackle,poppoppops!

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog topics to for this important announcement
(depending on where you live):

OUR KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN LESS THAN A MONTH!!!

So, we will intersperse FYIs for Back to School all month long.  July is already zooming by - see we started typing on Wedneday and now it's already Thursday, July 8th!

You do want to be ready, right?

Now, is the time to get your kids back on a regular schedule. For most families who care for a child with a Developmental Disability(i.e. Autism, Aspergers ,PDD-NOS, etc..), you tried very hard to stay on a regular schedule. All summer, you've probably kept the school schedule going. We know our son enjoys ROUTINEs.
Just in case...
But, just in case You've ...
- stopped waking to an alarm clock
- allowed the 12noon nap to roll into the 3pm nap(What?!)
- Just in case you've been letting your kids play in the park until it's almost dark
- laughed while your kids been bouncing at the bounce house until they can't bounce anymore
- watched world cup soccer games with your own horns blowing for the past few weeks
- viewed so many movies online that you're a bunch of zombies now
- changed bedtime to whenever the dog got tired of playing with the kids
- Just in case the kids have been overindulging in Wii, Nintendo, XBox,Mario,PacMan,online UNO Hulu, Pandora, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter until they're hands are numb and their eyes are swollen!

YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO BE START WINDING THE CLOCK BACK!
Because,

omg!!!  YOUR KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN LESS THAN A MONTH!

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