Bully Frog Testimonials for Bullying Prevention.

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As a guidance counselor at P.S. 203K, I would like to enthusiastically thank you for such wonderful classroom presentations and staff developments. The results have been immediate with the students. Teachers have constructed projects based off of your work. The students have also reacted strongly to the books that you have provided the teachers with. They can connect them to their everyday lives.

A collaborative effort has been created with faculty and counselors to implement the Bully Frog Program into everyday activities. The passion of your presentations left a lasting impression here at P.S. 203K. We feel strongly that your presentation had a positive impact on the culture of the school and the tools that you have provided us with through this presentation will be put into practice. Your expertise and insights were extremely valuable as bullying is a very serious problem that.

On behalf of the staff at P.S. 203, I would once again like to extend my appreciation for your time, effort, and expertise. Each child will gain immensely from the tools you have provided the staff with. I look forward to working in a bully-free school.

Lori Skunca, M.S.
Guidance Counselor
The Floyd Bennett School

Thank you for the wonderful seminar you gave last night for the Berry Hill PTA. I have heard so much positive feedback from parents and teachers who attended last night, and wish we could have continued the seminar for another hour! You should be proud of the message you are able to deliver to parents and children, and it truly will help to make our world a better place! We are looking forward to having The Bullyfrog program in our school at the end of the month. I know the students will gain so much from your lessons.

Adrianne Roth
Berry Hill PTA President

Dear Miss Roni and Miss Ginger,

I just want to thank you for coming to my school in November. Your program helped me so much on how to cope with bullying. I am always being bullied for what i wear how i act becasue i have acne and everyone puts me down for everythng. I jsut want to take the time to thank you for all you tought me and who tot cope with it. Iam seeing a councler for more help and talking to the fathe rof our school.

Thank You for reading and please write back,

Blessings,

Ryan

7th garder at St. Lukes Catholic School

P.S. My school was called St. Lukes it was in Stratford, Nj that i were u came and visited.

I have had the opportunity to use the book Bully Frog during presentations to several second grade classes over this past year. I have found your book to be very helpful in delivering anti bullying information to the lower grade. When utilized properly Bully Frog can be very interactive, I have found that the children enjoy participating and often speak out about incidents they have experienced. I look forward to using Bully Frog even more in the upcoming year.

Officer. E. Dilbert
Palm Beach County
School District Police

The Bully Frog book and program actually traces the source of the bully and shows how a bully was created. My class’s comments ranged from “it showed you both sides of the mean kid story” to “Wow, I didn’t think anyone cared about that stuff.” Bully Frog should be part of the curriculum of every elementary school in the nation. The book should be on the shelf of every library. The delightful poster featuring all the characters and the rules to stop bullying should hang in every early childhood classroom.

Greg Scesney, Teacher
New York

I wanted to update you regarding the current status of Bully Frog in the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida. The Department of Safe Schools and the Prevention Center have provided our Elementary Guidance Counselors, School Police Officers and twenty Palm Beach County Sheriffs Officers with the Bully Frog story cards and matching overhead transparencies. Our intention is to use Bully Frog to complement our Character Counts, a State of Florida Mandate, and also to support all of our Violence Prevention efforts. The guidance counselors have adopted Bully Frog as a resource to be used in their small group and classroom counseling sessions; both are school district requirements.

I’m most encouraged regarding the feedback that the officers are receiving from the classroom teachers. Teachers have reported that since the officers have been facilitating Bully Frog in their classrooms they have observed a(n):

  • improvement in the “social climate” of their classroom
  • reduction in student reports of direct forms of bullying behavior, specifically name-calling, teasing, fighting
  • reduction in student reports of indirect forms of relational aggression, exclusion, isolation, and gossip
  • increased use of empathetic responses of students to students who are being treated with disrespect and meanness

Please note that Bully Frog is also currently under review by the Elementary Education Reading and Curriculum Department and is to become one of the required literary resources for our Reading Coaches.

Kim Mazauskas
Department of Safe Schools
The School District of Palm Beach County, FL

I would like to acknowledge an extraordinary anti-bullying program, Bully Frog. The program was presented to all of our sixth graders, faculty and parents. Staff expressed how “long overdue” a program of this agenda is for all schools. Students found how important it is to avoid being a bully and to support those who may be victims. LIPEN has a dynamic presentation and I recommend their services without hesitation.

Samuel Thompson, Dean of Students
Baldwin, New York

I am writing a brief note to tell you how successful the Bully Frog Program has been in my school. I work with our school psychologist to implement this wonderful bully- proofing program, starting in first grade. Every child learns about bullying through the use of your book, Bully Frog. The children learn to understand what is acceptable behavior and what is not. The Bully Frog rules are posted in every room in our building. We encourage the children to learn that telling is a very important part of dealing with bullies.

Karen Kern, Social Worker
Nassau County, New York

I am the Principal of St. Patrick’s School in Huntington. Two years ago LIPEN presented workshops to the teachers, students from fifth to eighth grade, and parents. The workshops on all three levels were informative, interactive and excellently presented. This February, LIPEN returned and they presented three days of workshops from kindergarten to eighth grade.. The presenters Roni Benson and Ginger Lieberman are excellent. They relate to the children on their grade level and they address the issues that need to be addressed. The presentations are interactive, the children are asked questions and they respond. Cyberbullying was discussed on the grade levels that responded to the questions that were asked.

I highly recommend this program for all schools, parents and teachers. I would be willing to answer any questions about this wonderful program.

Sister Maureen McDade, Principal
Huntington, NY

As an elementary school principal, I must thank you for creating such an excellent character education program.

Our School Psychologist and Social Worker have teamed up, using the Bully Frog materials and the results have been wonderful! I applaud the creativity and sensitivity about the topic of bullying which is becoming more and more problematic.

Ronelle Hershkowitz, Principal
New York

It is a pleasure to write this note of appreciation to you for the superb Bully Frog presentations given to my graduate students each semester. The enthusiasm of your lectures indicates your commitment and dedication to the prevention of youth violence. The Bully Frog Program achieves great success by providing insight and ideas for establishing a safe and secure school setting and also for teaching how to provide for an emotional environment where optimum learning can occur.

Jeffrey Dicker, Asst. Professor of Education and Director of Student Teaching
Touro College Graduate School
New York City

I highly recommend The Bully Frog Program to any school district that is trying to reduce bullying. Roni Benson and Ginger Lieberman were both entertaining and highly informative. The students found their presentations very engaging and compelling.

William J. Peppiatt, Ph.D
Director of Curriculum, Fort Lee , New Jersey