More than 43 percent of teens report being bullied online. That’s according to a recent study commissioned by the National Crime Prevention Council. Bullying, online and in-person, has been cited as a cause of teens becoming depressed and physically ill and missing school, even considering suicide.
On this week’s EST, bullying as a Commonwealth problem. We'll spoke with our guests about the harmful effects of bullying, and what's being done to solve this problem.
Guests this week include:
Dr. Dan Florell, Assistant professor at the EKU Psychology department, as well as a Nationally certified school Psychologist. http://mindpsi.net/about/directory/name/dan-florell/
John Akers, Executive director of the Kentucky Center for School Safety, operating out of the EKU campus. http://www.kycss.org/index2.php
and Dr. Bradley Nelson, veteran holistic physician, and author of the book: "The Emotion Code." http://www.drbradleynelson.com/
This week's program will re-run September 6th, at 6pm, on 88.9 WEKU.