Training Title:
Retired ~ Cyber-Bullying and/or Online Harassment in Children and Adolescents

Clock Hours: 1.5

Objectives:
After completing this course, participants should be able to: • Define cyber-bullying • Differentiate cyber-bullying from traditional bullying • Identify rates of internet use among youth • Identify rates of cyber-bullying among youth • Identify characteristics of individuals who are targets of cyber-bullying and harassers or bullies • Identify possible consequences of cyber-bullying to victims or targets • Identify recommended interventions

Description:
This course examines bullying and/or harassment and recent research on the subject. This kind of bullying is known as cyber, digital or electronic bullying and is often referred to as online or cyber harassment. It occurs through email, instant messaging, in chat rooms, on web pages, and through digital images or messages sent to cell phones or posted online. Research on cyber-bullying is still in its early stage, so researchers are looking at issues of prevalence, characteristics of individuals involved in the different bullying roles, e.g., bullies (also known as “e-thugs”), victims or targets, bully-victims and bystanders, characteristics of individuals associated with cyber-bullying compared to the more traditional forms of bullying, consequences of cyber-bullying to participants and intervention strategies. Keywords: Bullying, bullies, bully-victims, victims, cyber bully, cyberbully, cyber bullying, digital bullying, electronic bullying, online harassment, online, target, harasser, perpetrator, aggression, violence, LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, interventions, bystanders, sexual minority, gender, gender competence, social networking sites, instant messaging, texting, cell phone, internet, chat rooms, depression, youth, adolescents, children, parents, schools, anti-bullying, internet safety, Genie Skypek, Ph.D.

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