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Chris Scheufele presented at Burlington-Des Lacs Elementary on how to prevent bullying. Also pictured is Burlington-Des Lacs student Kimber Davy.
Kira Fischer, a counselor at Burlington-Des Lacs Elementary, noticed that commonly taught tactics to respond to bullying didn’t seem to be working.
An anti-bullying program developed by Chris Scheufele, a former teacher from Omaha, Neb., puts an emphasis on helping kids who are being picked on to help themselves and that seems to work better.
Scheufele, who spoke to kids at the school in Burlington Wednesday, said he doesn’t actually like the word bullying. He developed his methods after years in the classroom and discovering that typical ways to reduce conflict between children didn’t seem to be working.