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Upcoming Events
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Alberti Center Events
Safe Schools Initiative Seminar
"Understanding Human Aggression and Violence, and Making our Schools Safe"
Featuring Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
March 15, 2013
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Center for the Arts | UB North Campus
Buffalo, NY
Colloquium Series
"A Multi-Level Discussion of Toxicity in the Workplace"
Featuring Darren C. Treadway, Ph.D.
April 18, 2013
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
120 Clemens Hall | UB North Campus
Buffalo, NY
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Kudos to Alberti Center's Dr. Amanda Nickerson!
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Alberti Center director Dr. Amanda Nickerson recently received two honors:
- The 2013 NASP Crisis Management Interest Group Award for Excellence, which recognizes a member of the group who has made "significant contributions to school crisis management within the past 2 years."
- 13th place on Ranking of the Top 25 School Psychology Faculty by Scholarly Productivity Between 2005 and 2009 from Psychology in the Schools.
Congratulations, Dr. Nickerson!
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Legislative Update
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A new gun-control law, New York SAFE Act, will become effective on March 15, 2013. Read the complete act, which imposes reporting duties on psychologists.
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Featured Resources
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To This Day Spoken Word Poem by Shane Koyczan
NASP Youth Gun Violence
Fact Sheet
New Alberti Center Fact Sheets
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School Violence Position Statement Released
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In response to the tragic shooting in Newtown, CT, the Interdisciplinary Group on Preventing School and Community Violence released a position statement on school violence, A Call for More Effective Prevention of Violence. This group of nine leading researchers in the field of school violence, including Alberti Center director Dr. Amanda Nickerson, issued their initial statement in 2006, following other school-related shootings.
This statement reminds us to focus on the larger issue of violence prevention, only a small percentage of which actually occurs in schools. It discusses the motivating factors behind shootings (including mental illness and extreme interpersonal conflict), the possible impacts of media violence exposure and access to guns, and what it refers to as the four key elements of creating safer schools: balance, communication, connectedness, and support. 183 organizations and more than 200 individuals have endorsed this position statement, which has been published in the Journal of School Violence and included as part of several testimonies, meetings, and advocacy efforts with legislators.
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Alberti Center Early Career Award
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Congratulations to Dr. Maria Ttofi, winner of the first annual Alberti Center Early Career Award! Dr. Ttofi is a lecturer in psychological criminology with the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge. In just five years, Dr. Ttofi has co-authored more than 20 publications and given 30 presentations and lectures. Her meta-analyses are well-known and highly-cited works in the field. We are thrilled to have such a distinguished scholar as the inaugural recipient of this award!
The Early Career Award was established to recognize an individual who has made exemplary scholarly contributions to the field of bullying abuse prevention and conducted research that has the potential to influence practice and policy. The 2013 award announcement has been posted and applications will be accepted through July 15, 2013.
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BAND Against Bullying Event Engages Local High School Students
|  Ten Buffalo-area high schools will participate in BAND Against Bullying, a performing arts competition themed around dignity and bullying awareness and prevention. The event, which will take place on May 14, 2013, in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North Campus, is a collaborative effort between M&T Bank, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch, the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, and the University at Buffalo.
Janet Snyder, morning show host on Kiss 98.5 and host of The Healthy Zone and Western New York Living on WGRZ, will emcee this evening of entertainment, friendly competition, and bullying awareness. Judges will include Edward Suk, executive director of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - New York Branch; Dennis Black, vice president for university life and services at the University at Buffalo; and Dr. Amanda Nickerson, director of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention. Visit the website for more information and details about viewing and voting for your favorite performances!
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Adolescent Social Drama Discussed at Recent Alberti Center Colloquium
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Katy Allen, Ph.D., president of Impact Training & Evlaluation Inc., presented Adolescent Social Drama: Is it Conflict, Aggression, Bullying or Something Else? at the Alberti Center Colloquium on February 28th. Close to 70 attendees were engaged in this discussion about Dr. Allen's research and resulting practical implications for how schools can understand, relate to, and address these issues.
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Featured F.A.Q.
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Question: I want to encourage my son to stand up for others, including those he sees being bullied. However, I am concerned that doing so may cause him to become the target of the bullying. How can I teach my son to defend others without putting himself at risk?
Answer: One of the most common reasons students report not intervening in bullying situations is fear of retaliation. It is important to validate these concerns and problem-solve with your son his options. These options include reporting the bullying to the school (including anonymous reporting), getting a group of peers to band together to say the bullying is not OK, or reaching out to the person who has been targeted to offer support and friendship. Each of these actions can be very helpful, yet minimize the likelihood that your son will be targeted if he stands up directly to the person with more power.
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