by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Feb 23, 2013 | Bullying Articles, Preventing Bullying
The New York Times reports in “Effects of Bullying Last Into Adulthood” A new research study published in JAMA Psychiatry addresses the long-term impacts of bullying: “Researchers found that victims of bullying in childhood were 4.3 times more likely...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | May 14, 2012 | Internet & Social Media Articles
Social Media Rules Limit New York Student-Teacher Contact Schools continue to struggle with balancing student safety and freedom of expression. The guidelines do not ban teachers from using social media. Nor do they address cellphones and text messaging between...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Apr 4, 2012 | Issues for parents, Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse Articles
Jane Brody continues to support families experiencing child sexual abuse with an article on Safe Horizon. She describes a remarkably effective brief intervention developed at their trauma center that, according to Steven R. Marans, professor of psychiatry at Yale and...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Apr 3, 2012 | Internet & Social Media Articles, Safety on the Internet
Ray Kurzweil wants to remind us of the major pros and cons of ubiquitous online access and how it’s shaping our brains. This article is featured on the website http://www.kurzweilai.net/ January 9, 2012 With much of human knowledge now our fingertips, the...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Dec 21, 2011 | Internet & Social Media Articles, Issues for schools
Protecting students from inappropriate contacts on social media is becoming more and more complex, as illustrated by the following New York Times article, “Rules to Stop Pupil and Teacher From Getting Too Social Online” “Faced with scandals and...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Dec 21, 2011 | Issues for schools, Sexual Abuse Articles
The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides a summary of Mandatory Reporting Laws. As of 2010, “Approximately 48 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands designate professions...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Dec 21, 2011 | Sexual Abuse Articles
“Nearly every woman I know can recall one or more instances in which she was sexually assaulted, harassed, threatened, inappropriately touched or even raped. ” Jane Brody puts another face to the 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men who were sexually abused as...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Dec 6, 2011 | Undertanding Emotional Abuse
EMOTIONAL ABUSE Emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior that attacks a child’s emotional development and sense of self-worth. Emotional abuse includes excessive, aggressive or unreasonable demands that place expectations on a child beyond his or her capacity....
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Dec 6, 2011 | Recognizing Child Neglect
NEGLECT “Neglected Child” means a child less than 18 years of age whose physical, mental or emotional condition has been impaired or is in danger of becoming impaired as a result of the failure of the child’s legal guardian to exercise a minimum...
by Sherryll Kraizer PhD | Dec 6, 2011 | Recognizing Physical Abuse
PHYSICAL ABUSE Nonaccidental physical injury may include severe beatings, burns, biting, strangulation and scalding with resulting bruises, welts, broken bones, scars or serious internal injuries. (National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse) An “abused...
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