Teasing and Harassment: The Frames and Scripts Approach for Teachers and Parents

by John Hoover, Glenn Olsen

Teasing and Harassment will help the reader learn how to counter and prevent low-level aggression in school and at home with the frames and scripts approach. This approach is based on social learning theory and provides easy-to-learn language for working with children and youth to unlearn the behavior that leads to teasing and harassment, change internal scripts during a situation that requires problem solving, and learn a positive problem-solving sequence. This resource covers many aspects of teasing and harassment, from the general to the very specific and the conceptual to the concrete. Although the book is divided into eight sequential chapters, it is not necessary to read the chapters in order. In some cases, it may be more helpful to read one of the later, more specific chapters so that the reader is prepared to handle a situation, and later go back to read the earlier chapters.

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 2009

Reviews

[Julianne2girls · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy to read, 125 page book (written in the early 2000's) about teasing, bullying, and harassment. There is a lot packed into this small book.
Many of the tips and worksheets in this book are common sense, however, many people from all walks of life and careers could use these reminders. I like how the writers focus on BOTH the teasers/bullies AND the ones being teased/bullying, as well as circumstances and ages where the need to focus on the end result so kids do not feel their fear/concerns are being ignored

[Silke · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, succinct overview of teasing and harassment. The frames concept is less useful as it adds nothing to the various reasons for teasing and why it can be both a way of making friends and a way of bullying others. The scripts do, however, help to provide children ways to identify their feelings and the feelings of others.