Prevent Child Abuse America and Chartwells K12 Team to Deliver Healthy Meals and Healthy Social Interactions in the Lunchroom.

Prevent Child Abuse America and Chartwells K12 are teaming up to prevent bullying where it often takes place: the lunchroom. The partnership will deliver healthy messages to students alongside the healthy food choices Chartwells serves in 3,800 schools nationwide as part of a peer abuse (commonly known as bullying) prevention campaign. The campaign supports efforts to positively change youth behaviors in light of the more than 70 percent of students who report witnessing bullying on a monthly basis. You can read our full the press release on this exciting new partnership with the Chartwells K12 here.

In the Spotlight this week...

The National Conference for America's Children is quickly approaching! 

With so many great topics and workshops to choose from, we couldn't keep them to ourselves! Check out these sessions -

Spotlight on: Dr. Espelage and the Myths and Facts about Peer Abuse
The effects of bullying can be dramatic and long-term, but we are learning more and more each day about the effectiveness of ecologically-based prevention strategies. Read more...  

Spotlight on: Self-Care for the Caregiver
You work long hours in stressful situations, working hard to help improve the lives of everyone around you. You deserve some time and attention too! Dr. Lori Schlosser has tailored this two-part experiential session toward the needs of home visitors and assessment workers in an effort to help you relax, center and recharge! Read more...

Spotlight on: CHEERS and its Use in Home Visiting
Are you a home visitor who uses the CHEERS framework in your work, or are you someone who is just learning about CHEERS for the first time? Either way, this session from Lisa Sutter is guaranteed to be useful to you! Read more... 

Spotlight on: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
These sessions will feature leaders in the field discussing their approaches and what they have found works and what does not. Sessions are sure to be useful for anyone who is interested in learning more about how they can prevent sexual abuse at all levels! Learn more about the speakers and sessions...

Spotlight on: Engaging Fathers in Home Visiting
You know that engaging fathers in the lives of children is optimal for child development, but do you know the best strategies to engage fathers safely and effectively? This session will provide strategies from all perspectives! Learn more...

Spotlight on: Pinwheels for Prevention
Pinwheels for Prevention is Prevent Child Abuse America's signature messaging campaign, and this session will focus on the ways that different state chapters have been able to use the pinwheel and the associated messaging to increase engagement and awareness throughout their communities. Read more...

Check it out: "Beyond Bullying: Transforming the Culture of Peer Abuse." Journal of Applied Research on Children. SuEllen Fried. BullySafeUSA. And Lifetime Member, Prevent Child Abuse America Board of Directors.

We are thrilled to let you know that SuEllen Fried, founder of BullySafeUSA and a Lifetime Member of the Prevent Child Abuse America Board of Directors has written a new article titled "Beyond Bullying: Transforming the Culture of Peer Abuse" - here - for the Journal of Applied Research on Children. We hope you will not only take a look, but let us know how you will use what you've learned in your neighborhoods and communities. Thanks. 

From the Abstract:

"Bullying needs to be understood and positioned as a form of child abuse – peer abuse. For too many people, bullying is a benign term. This article will include information collected from a wide-range of researchers and discussions with over 50,000 students that I have facilitated during the past twenty years. The content will focus on new morbidities related to bullying such as depression and suicide, obesity, eating disorders, food allergies, juvenile diabetes, truancy, and substance and alcohol abuse. Making a cultural change in our society will require identified Change Agents, along with recommendations for collaboration, policies, projects and legislation."