Raising kids bully-proof

Date: 5/10/2010

WILBRAHAM -- Bill Corbett, author of the book "Love, Limits & Lessons" and a national speaker and trainer, will present a free parent and caregiver workshop about bullying on May 10 in the Wilbraham & Monson Alumni Memorial Chapel at 100 Main St., from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

His signature book is designed to guide adults in handling challenging behaviors, build resilient children and young adults and create a cooperative family dynamic.

In this session, Corbett presents some of the reasons children are likely to bully or be bullied and he engages the audience in some methods to use immediately to keep their children from becoming a statistic.

Corbett is a native of Western Massachusetts and and the founder and president of Cooperative Kids, a multimedia approach for parents and caregivers designed to coach adults on how best to raise cooperative children.

For more information on this workshop or to engage Corbett as a speaker, please contact Liz at (866) 570-6824.

For more information on bullying, visit the National School Safety Center at www.schoolsafety.us or to find out more about bullying prevention resources or to download a Bullying Prevention Guide from the Web, go to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services at www.ma.gov.