It’s more than just bullying… Bullying of LGBTQ students leads to discrimination and the denial of equal access to public education. A student must feel safe in a school in order to fulfill his or her full academic potential. Adolescence is writhed with change. A complex array of physical, mental, emotional, and social changes enwraps the adolescent brain… Read more →
Category: Safety
Screaming from the rooftops to all educators. It’s more than just bullying…
This is the second installment of a series of posts devoted to protecting New Jersey’s students from acts of harassment, intimidation, bullying, discrimination, and self-harm. Screaming from the rooftops to all educators. It’s more than just bullying… School administrators who employ the “either-or” process of compartmentalizing a student’s behavior based on the “box” that the administrator is either most comfortable… Read more →
Challenges to an effective coordinated system of intervention and referral services
The three common obstacles to developing and implementing an effective coordinated system of intervention and referral services are people, their processes, and the tools they use. New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:16-8.1 requires all school districts to have a system of intervention and referral services as follows: “District boards of education shall [must] establish and implement a coordinated system in each… Read more →
5 Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe on Halloween.
The HIBhub community is all about keeping our children safe. There’s a good amount of fright that goes into Halloween but it doesn’t have to be a nightmare for parents. Read more →