Step by Step Guide to Stop Bullying

Bullying is not very creative. Yes, it can manifest in different ways, verbal taunts, threats, violence or cyber campaign of harassment. But that’s pretty much it. Bullying is distressing and …

Imagine a World Without Bullies.

We know how to get bullies to stop using behavioral science. This is essentially an education problem. If we could teach people these skills then the world we imagine would be created.

Should Schools Be Accountable for Bullying?

So what can and should a school be doing? They should be maximizing their responses to reports of problems to facilitate behavioral extinction of bullying behavior and they should ensure their processes follow up to ensure the bullying behavior is actually extinguished. But they can’t do that if they don’t understand the process of behavioral extinction. This requires knowledge of and experience with behavioral modification techniques known as operant conditioning.