Community Corner

Last Chance This Week to Seek Advice on Bullying

Orland Park-based author Jodee Blanco has experienced bullying firsthand, and has dedicated herself to teaching others how best to get through. She is leading a workshop at the Bridge Teen Center tonight.

 

Maybe you are a student who's being bullied.

Then again, you could be a parent who's worried their child is being bullied or perhaps is the bully.

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You also could be an educator or an adult who was bullied as a kid and it still haunts you today.

No matter the reason, come hear survivor turned activist and New York Times best-selling author Jodee Blanco speak at , 15555 S. 71st Court, tonight at 7 p.m.

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The event is an annotated version of Jodee’s student seminar, and a comprehensive workshop describing the following.

  • warning signs whether your child may be a bully or a victim
  • how to intervene successfully
  • how to deal with the parents of the bullies and/or victim
  • how to deal with the school
  • how to find and work with a qualified therapist
  • why some children are targeted by bullies more than others
  • how to spot the warning signs your child may be suicidal due to bullying or may be contemplating violence
  • where to turn for support
  • how to help your child create an interim social life until issues at school can be resolved, and other vital information 

Blanco is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Please Stop Laughing At Me…One Woman’s Inspirational Story, referred to by many as the “anti-bullying bible,” its award-winning sequel Please Stop Laughing At Us…, and The Please Stop Laughing at Me Journal. 

For more information, read the attached flier, and visit Blanco's website.


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