Anti-Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Resources

All Ohio public schools work to create safe and supportive learning environments for their students and staff. As part of these efforts, state law says they must have policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation and bullying. Such behaviors can have negative and often long-term consequences for youth. This page presents a few of the many resources available to help addresses these issues.  

What is an effective anti-bullying policy?

Administrators and local board members can use these tools to ensure their district has an effective policy and related practices. 

• Ohio Schools Anti HIB Policy Implementation (video) (link is external)  – This nine-minute video describes six essential policy components and provides strategies for Ohio’s educators to help keep students safe from bullying’s effects.  
• Anti-Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Model Policy This model policy contains procedures for reporting, documenting and investigating incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying (including cyber bullying). 

What kind of guidance is available for district leaders?

The Anti-Bullying Guidance document helps schools identify, investigate and intervene in student-to-student bullying incidents.

How can we prevent bullying?

A Plan for School-wide Safety informs what schools should to do prevent and address further incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying including teen dating violence, cyber bullying, bullying on the school bus or human trafficking. 

What can schools do to address bullying and keep students safe?

Guidance for Student Action Planning helps schools develop Student Action Plans to safeguard all students (bullied, bully or bystander) following incidents involving bullying, teen dating violence, cyber bullying, bullying on the school bus or human trafficking.  

National Resources

StopBullying.gov provides one-stop access to U.S. Government information on bullying topics, including  what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying. From this page, the website links to special sections for parents, teenagers, kids, educators and community members.   Veto Violence – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention offers a comprehensive website with free violence prevention trainings, tools and resources.

More resources

Check out the many links on the SaferSchools Ohio website for school administrators, educators, parents, students and community members.

Last Modified: 3/21/2022 7:01:01 AM

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