County Prep Social Worker, Martha Rand, to train other
professionals in anti-bullying interventions and remediation.
In January, 2015, Martha Rand, LCSW, and HCST Child Study
Team Social Worker will provide training in identifying, preventing, intervening
and remediating Relational Aggression (RA).
RA is a form of bullying often associated with middle and high school
age girls. The training will be
presented to educators at the Lodi Boys and Girls Club through Educators
Training Institute. On the national
level, Ms. Rand will be presenting on techniques and skills to educate and
intervene with regard to relational aggression at the American Council of
School Social Workers (ACSSW) in New Orleans.
Here at County Prep and Explore Middle School, Ms. Rand has
facilitated leadership groups for girls during the year and in the summer
program, as well as after school leadership groups utilizing mindfulness based
skills, creative arts activities and techniques to build peer to peer
connections.