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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

With Great Appreciation

The Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau would like to acknowledge the contributions of various individuals and organizations in shaping and implementing the National Bullying Prevention Campaign, Take A Stand. Lend A Hand. Stop Bullying Now!

To begin, we wish to thank all of the members of our Partnership Steering Committees and Implementation Working Groups. Representing organizational sectors that most frequently confront bullying and related behaviors, these teams of experts have played an extensive role in shaping the Campaign from its earliest stages. They include:

Partnership Steering Committees and Implementation Working Groups

Several other groups have provided significant behind-the-scenes assistance to ensure that the Campaign informs, reaches and resonates with adults and children across the country. Their knowledge of the issue and their commitment to the success of this Campaign are noteworthy.

Other Contributors

Education

Co-Chairs and Advisors

  • Sharon Adams-Taylor, American Association of School Administrators
  • Gay Barker, National Education Association
  • Bill Bond, National Association of Secondary School Principals
  • John Mitchell, American Federation of Teachers
  • Sera Morgan, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA

Representatives

  • Steve Bell, Consultant
  • Jill Cook, American School Counselors Association
  • Nora Howley, Council of Chief State School Officers
    Scott Hirschfield, Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network
  • Lindsay Friedman, A World of Difference Institute/Anti-Defamation League
  • Bob Kim, The Respect for All Project/Women's Educational Media
  • Paula Kun, National Association for Sport and Physical Education
  • Jean Shultz, National Middle School Association
  • Gabriella Hayes, National Parent Teachers Association
  • Brenda Greene, National School Boards Association
  • Jennifer Medearis, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Health and Safety Organizations

Co-Chairs and Advisors

  • Ann Junk, American School Health Association
  • Ellen Schmidt, State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors' Association & Children's Safety Network
  • Judith Vessey, National Association of School Nurses
  • Lynda Honberg, Maternal & Child Health Bureau, HRSA

Representatives

  • Howard Spivak, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Public Health Association
  • Missy Fleming, American Medical Association
  • Carolyn Plested, American Medical Association Alliance
  • Janie Scott, American Occupational Therapy Association
  • Sara Roschwalb Gordon, Association of Maternal and Child Health

Programs

  • Pierre Desy, Emergency Nurses Association
  • Jeannie Suarez-Reyes, National Alliance for Hispanic Health
  • Laura Brey, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
  • Mary Muscari, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
  • Paul Abamonte, National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, CDC
  • Tonja Nansel, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Elizabeth Edgerton, SafeUSA
  • Matthew Aalsma, Society of Adolescent Medicine
  • Linda A. Lewandowski, Society of Pediatric Nurses
  • Robert Carlton, State Adolescent Health Coordinators Network

Justice and Law Enforcement

Co-Chairs and Advisors

  • Joan Padilla, Colorado Attorney General's Office
  • Kari McDonough, Colorado Attorney General's Office
  • Tony Woollen, National Association of School Resource Officers
  • Audrey Yowell, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA

Representatives

  • William Christeson, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
  • Howard Davidson, American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law
  • Susan Herman, National Center for Victims of Crime
  • Donni LeBoeuf, US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Michael Lieberman, Anti-Defamation League
  • Rana Sampson, Consultant
  • Leisa-Anne Smith, New Jersey State Bar Foundation
  • Randy Wiler, Leawood Police Department

Mental Health Organizations

Co-Chairs and Advisors

  • Ted Feinberg, National Association of School Psychologists
  • LaVoyce Reid, National Association of Social Workers
  • Laurie Emmer, National Association of Social Workers

Representatives

  • Scott Barstow, American Counseling Association
  • Janice MacDonald, American Counseling Association
  • Louise Peloquin, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
  • Mark Katz, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
  • Bill Voors, National Association of Social Workers
  • James Radack, National Mental Health Association
  • SuEllen Fried, Prevent Child Abuse America
  • Donna Secor, School Social Work Association of America
  • Beverly Van Dyke, School Social Work Association of America

Youth Organizations

Co-Chairs and Advisors

  • Michelle Flinton, Family, Career & Community Leaders of America
  • John Rosiak, National Crime Prevention Council
  • Joselle Alexander, National Crime Prevention Council
  • Mandy Woodfield, National Organizations for Youth Safety

Representatives

  • Hilda Crespo, The ASPIRA Association, Inc.
  • Elisabeth Friedman, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
  • Frank Sanchez, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
  • Karen Unger, Girl Scouts of USA
  • Toni Eubanks, Girl Scouts of USA
  • Summer Sedlacek, National 4-H Council
  • Lois Charley, National Peers Helpers Association
  • Brad Hart, National Police Athletic League
  • Maura White, National Police Athletic League
  • Heidi Heilman, Students Against Destructive Decisions
  • Russell Coker, United National Indian Tribal Youth
  • Sharon Williams, YMCA of the USA
  • Carol Northrup, Mohawk Valley YWCA

Faith-Based Organizations

  • Rick Beckwith, Young Life, Wyldlife Ministries
  • Scott Miller, National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry

Youth Expert Panel Members

The Campaign development team would also like to express its gratitude to the members of the Youth Expert Panel an extraordinary group of young people who have provided a wealth of insight into the lives of 9 to 13-year-olds and the teens who influence them.

  • Justin and Elizabeth, from Minnesota
  • Brad, from Maryland
  • Brandon, Emily and Thomas, from Florida
  • Mathew, from Connecticut
  • Aubrey, Brielle and Leonardo, from California
  • Rosa, from New Mexico
  • Brienna, from Arizona
  • Lindsey, from North Carolina
  • Jamie, from Oklahoma
  • Shaun, from Tennessee
  • Landon, from Utah
  • Megan, from Colorado
  • Brian, from Texas
  • Wravenna, from Nebraska

The Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life

The team would also like to thank the experts at the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. These individuals supported the development of the Campaign's extensive Resource Kit and virtually every other Campaign component addressing effective bullying prevention practices.

  • Gary B. Melton, Professor and Director of the Institute
  • Susan P. Limber, Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Institute and Director of the Center for Youth Participation and Human Rights
  • Joyce Ott, Assistant Professor and Research Associate at the Institute
  • Mark A. Small, Professor, National Center on Rural Justice and Crime Prevention

Writers, Researchers and Educators

We also want to recognize the group of writers, researchers and educators who lent their time, talents and knowledge of bullying prevention and intervention issues to develop informational materials that form the basis of the Campaign's Resource Kit.

  • Randy J. Wiler, Director
    Kansas Bullying Prevention Awareness Program
    Leawood Police Department
  • Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of School Psychology and Licensed Psychologist
    Interim Co-Director, Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional
  • Psychology
    Department of Educational Psychology
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • Jane Riese, LSW
    Director, Bullying Prevention Services
    Family-Child Resources, Inc.
  • Joyce Ott, Ph.D.
    Research Associate
    The Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
    Clemson University
  • Susan P. Limber, MLS, Ph.D.
    Associate Director
    The Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
    Clemson University
  • Marlene Snyder, Ph.D.
    Research Associate
    The Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
    Clemson University
  • Nancy Mullin-Rindler, M.Ed.
    Research Scientist
    Director, Project on Teasing and Bullying
    Wellesley Centers for Women
    Wellesley College
  • Dorothy Espelage, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Dept. of Educational Psychology
    Counseling Psychology
    University of Illinois

 

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