{"data":{"ID":1401,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1756592495,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Bullying Solutions Lab: Co-Creating Safer Classrooms","Handle":"bullying_solutions_lab--co-creating_safer_classrooms","ShortDescription":"This interactive session brings the attendees together to address bullying in schools. Through dialogue, scenarios, and collaborative problem-solving, participants will co-create practical strategies to recognize, prevent, and respond to bullying\u2014leaving with immediate action steps to foster safer, more inclusive classrooms and communities.","Description":"Bullying remains one of the most pressing challenges in schools, impacting the safety, confidence, and success of both students and educators. The Bullying Solutions Lab invites all attendees to come together in an interactive, solution-focused conversation designed to build safer, more inclusive classrooms and school communities.\r\n\r\nThrough guided dialogue, real-world scenarios, and role-play activities, participants will work side by side to identify the early warning signs of bullying and explore proactive strategies to prevent it. Together, the group will co-create one to two shared goals for addressing bullying and outline clear, actionable steps. These will include immediate strategies that can be applied by students and educators right away, as well as broader steps requiring school-wide or administrative support.\r\n\r\nThis session is not about theory alone\u2014it\u2019s about practice, collaboration, and empowerment. By the end, participants will leave with concrete tools, a deeper understanding of how to recognize and respond to bullying, and the confidence to take meaningful action. Most importantly, they will have contributed to a shared vision for schools where every student feels safe, valued, and supported.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"This will be a highly interactive session rather than a traditional presentation. The conversation will open with defining the core problem of bullying, then move into guided, thought-provoking questions designed to spark dialogue. Participants will brainstorm, share experiences, and build upon each other\u2019s ideas. Role-play activities and group discussions will deepen understanding and inspire practical strategies. Midway through, participants will collaboratively establish one or two shared goals and design both immediate and long-term action steps. This approach ensures the session is truly participant-driven, empowering educators to generate meaningful, sustainable solutions together.","Presenter":["Latrelle Nicholson"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["lacnick88@yahoo.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":188,"ScheduleLocationID":31,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"I am a former classroom teacher, of about 25 years from Pre-K through fifth grade, with most of my years as a fourth-grade teacher. For the past 6+ years I have coached and trained educators. In May 2024, I earned my doctorate degree in education, successfully defending my dissertation, entitled \"K-12 Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs of Anti-Bullying Training Programs: A Phenomenological Study\".\r\nCombating bullying is my passion.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13}}