November 15, 2019 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Trainer: Cindy Miller, LCSW
Price: $40

New Jersey social workers will receive 2 Clinical CE credits for participating in this course.

2 NBCC Clock Hours for Professional Counselors.

Bullying behavior continues to be a serious issue that affects students daily. In the past few decades, there has been an increase in research on bullying as a social issue, the effects of bullying on both victims and bullies, and successful interventions to prevent bullying behavior. However, one risk factor that is especially lacking in prevention research is body weight. Despite significant attention to the medical impacts of obesity, often ignored are the negative outcomes that obese children experience as a result of stigma, bias, and discrimination. Obese children suffer psychological, social, and health-related consequences of weight bias and discrimination. Weight-based stigmatization toward obese youth is unrelenting, pervasive, and cruel.

This workshop, provided by the author of The Essential Guide to Bullying: Prevention and Intervention (2012), will review weight bias as a factor in bullying, including social media and online bullying. This workshop will also review types of interventions and supports that that can address this type of prejudice in schools and best practices in resources and prevention efforts.

For questions about registration and continuing education, please contact Kyla Smith at KylaS@CarePlusNJ.org or (201) 265-8200 ext. 5228.

Cindy Miller, LCSW is a psychotherapist, school social worker, educator, field instructor and parent consultant. She is also the Founder of The School for Parents, LLC, a front-line parent consultation and education resource. Cindy is a presenter to Child Study Team professionals, educators, mental health professionals, parents and college/university students on a range of issues, including Bullying Prevention and Intervention, Mindfulness, Reducing Stress and Anxiety for Students and Faculty, Non-suicidal Self-injury, Anxiety, Family Relationships and Therapeutic Interventions. Cindy has written numerous published articles and has been a guest on several radio shows and has received her masters degree from Columbia University.