At the time of the conference, Alan was with
Queens.  The last time I had any contact with him
was early in 1997.  It sounded as though someone
thought he might have moved since then.  I would
still start with Queens University in Kingston. Try
613-545-6255.

>>> "Robin D. Holmes"
<[log in to unmask]> 07/14/98 06:19pm
>>>
About a year ago (?) I attended a conference
sponsored by the Addiction
Research Foundation at which Alan spoke.  Try
Andrea Stevens Lavigne at ARF.
She may know.
Robin
-----Original Message-----
From: Muriel Vandepol
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Date: July 14, 1998 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Getting to the point: bullying


>Thanks Peggy for the information. Does anyone
know where I can contact
Alan?
>
>
>At 10:14 AM 7/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Muriel Vandepol wrote
>>
>>I'm in need of assistance and felt this was a
good forum for excellent
>>feedback. I'm working with a school council
conmmittee on
>>harassment/bullying in the K-8 grade level. We
have viewed the individual
>>school report data on the "Region of Waterloo's
Youth Survey 1997"
>>prepared
>>by The Waterloo Region Community Safety and
Crime Prevention Council. The
>>individual results showed a pattern of high
percentages of affirmative
>>responses to the question "Has someone ever
made fun of you?" in the
>>class,
>>halls outside etc.
>>This committee wishes to rework this question to
get a better/more
>>specific
>>idea of what is involved in "being made fun of"
and if we are looking at
>>childhood bantering (a sample survey had some
written responses brushing
>>off
>>the "being made fun of" as "no big deal")  vs a
hurtful impact.
>> Our dilemna is this; How do we formulate a
good survey question to get at
>>whether we are dealing with an issue of
significant proportions or not. We
>>will be drafting surveys for
primary(1-3),junior(4-6), senior(7-8),staff
>>and
>>parents.
>>I appreciate any and all suggestions to assist
this energetic group of
>>parents/school personnel to promote a healthy
school climate.
>>
>>
>>Muriel
>>
>>The London Family Court Clinic has some
excellent info on bullying and
>>has documented a model program called ASAP:
A School-Based Anti-Violence
>>Program. Check out their website at
>>http://www.1on.hookup.net/~family/bully.htm.  You
might want to contact
>>someone there.
>>
>>Also, Alan King and colleagues asked several
questions related to
>>bullying in the 1994 Cross National Survey on
young people (conducted for
>>the WHO). I got the report with is titled The
Health of Youth: A
>>Cross-National Survey from Health Canada.  Not
sure where Alan King is
>>now (he used to be at Queens) but his questions
would have been well
>>validated.
>>
>>Hope this helps
>>
>>Peggy Edwards
>>
>>
>