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 <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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
>>
>>
>