SAVE THE DATE! August 19, 4-6 pm Reserve A Seat!

The Foundation for Respect Ability Partners with the Huntersville Police Department for a
Back to School Forum on Bullying and Cyberbullying
The Foundation for Respect Ability and the Huntersville Police Department has teamed up for a community back to
school open forum on bullying and cyberbullying. The forum will provide a dialog for parents and children to
address issues with bullying and cyberbullying with a panel of area experts and to create awareness of available
resources. The forum is on Tuesday, August 19
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from 4-6p.m. at the Huntersville Police Department, Community
Room, 9630 Julian Clark Ave, Huntersville, NC 28078.
This is an opportunity for parent, grandparents and students to get information from community experts. This
forum will help prepare you and your child for the upcoming school year. All students, at some point, will witness
or be involved with a bullying or cyberbullying incident, states Diane Benson, Executive Director of the Foundation
for Respect Ability. This issue affects all of us. Lieutenant Tom Seifert of the Huntersville Police Department
stated, This is a great opportunity for the Huntersville Police Department to help shed light on this issue and
provide our schools, students and parents with valuable resources.
The panel of experts will discuss the following topics:
The definition of bullying and cyberbullying: what it is and is not
Identifying behaviors that can detect if a child is a target of bullying
Communication strategies between parent and child
The schools role in bullying and cyberbullying
How to work with the school system to resolve an issue
Long term effects of reporting an incident
Law enforcements involvement in the school and in the community regarding these behaviors
Role of an SRO officer
When and what to report: to the school and to law enforcement
Social media and law enforcement
Cyberbullying and suicide: QPR training
This forum is free to the public. Parents, Students and Community Leaders are invited to join in this important
discussion. Seats Limited. To reserve your seat please contact Diane Benson at xbullying@gmail.com or call 704
438 9798

The Foundation for Respect Ability seeks to create a population of Upstanders, people who will intervene when
they encounter a bullying episode or an abusive situation or intolerant behavior. The Foundation for Respect
Ability offers events and services to address the concerns of parents, educators and students regarding bullying in
every form. www.xbullying.org