Bullying Gets Under Your Skin: Effects of Bullying on Children and Youth
Bullying Gets Under Your Skin: Effects of Bullying on Children and Youth
Monday, April 27, 2015
11 Am – Noon PDT
About the Webinar:
The Children's Safety Network invites you to the second in a series of webinars on the issue of bullying awareness, response, and prevention based on the "Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying and Its Impact on Youth across the Lifecourse" workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) in April 2014.
This second webinar explores the relation between being bullied and subsequent mental and physical health problems, such as depression and poorer immune function.
Tracy Vaillancourt, Ph.D. of the University of Ottawa will explore the results of longitudinal studies pointing to changes in the body's stress response system triggered by peer abuse. By explaining the insights and the limitations of these research findings, Dr. Vaillancourt will elaborate on what we know about why some children and youth experience adverse health outcomes because of poor treatment by peers, while others do not.
Further, she will underscore the urgent need to eliminate bullying among children and youth by highlighting the 'invisible' biological changes that promote risks to health and well-being.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the physical and mental health consequences that may result from alterations in the way genes are activated or silenced when someone experiences bullying.
- Identify likely moderating factors, such as family functioning, school climate, gender, temperament, and biology.
- Recognize the urgent need to eliminate bullying among children and youth by highlighting the 'invisible' biological changes that promote risks to health and well-being.
This webinar series is being conducted in conjunction with a series of blogs that will appear on the StopBullying.gov website. To read the blogs, visit: http://www.stopbullying.gov/blog.
The webinar capacity is limited. Please register now.
This webinar will be recorded and the recording will be posted on our website. It may take up to two weeks for the recording to be posted.
Please note that we do not offer CEUs or certificates for our webinars.
