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Dorothy Espelage lends expertise on bullying in reviewing new study

Dorothy Espelage, professor in educational psychology, reviewed the recently released on school bullying. The study, conducted by the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington, found that schools using a bullying prevention program saw significantly less physical bullying and fewer teachers reporting fighting as a big problem. "Outcomes from a School-Randomized Controlled Trial of Steps to Respect: A School Bullying Prevention Program" compared schools using Committee for Children's Steps to Respect program with control schools. The year-long study, to appear in the Fall 2011 issue of School Psychology Review, was led by Eric C. Brown, Ph.D., and was funded by the Raynier Institute & Foundation. It was conducted in partnership with Committee for Children and Sabina Low, Ph.D. (Wichita State University). Read entire article...