School Officials: Your Up-to-the-Minute DVD Primer on

How to Protect Your Students from Online Abuse and Your School from Liability

Cyber Bullying:

A School’s Guide to Prevention, Assessment, and Response

A DVD Seminar by Sergeant Corey MacDonald, Esq.

Sergeant Corey MacDonald is the Prosecuting Attorney for the Portsmouth, NH Police Department, a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bars, and a nationally certified Drug Recognition Expert. On the subject of MySpace.com and similar websites, he is one of the nation’s most knowledgeable law enforcement professionals. He spent a full year on MySpace.com and lectures on the subject for law enforcement and school groups across the country. In this dynamic DVD, Sgt. MacDonald explains the relatively new phenomenon of cyber bullying, the damage it causes, and how to prevent it. He details how you can investigate it and deal with it effectively. The DVD’s highlights include: 

          Ö Online vs. traditional bullying: a ‘new and improved’ way to harm youth

          Ö Cyber bullying and school violence: the tragic connection

          Ö Disturbing case studies: “Joe is Jerk” and the Megan Meier MySpace Hoax

          Ö The technology that enables the problem

          Ö Parents? Police? Schools? The supervision and regulation vacuum

          Ö How schools can be held liable

          Ö Why schools need to get more involved

          Ö What schools can do to prevent cyber bullying and protect students