Managing Bulling and Group Dynamics in Residential Settings

Participants will be able to identify signs and symptoms of bullying in a senior setting. Participants will learn interventions that can help decrease bullying. Interventions will be reviewed that address the victim and address the perpetrator of bullying, and interventions that can impact bullying in a setting from an administrative level to direct staff level. Participants will understand the growing problem of bullying in older residential settings Assist staff and agency management with strategies to help identify bulling and decrease resident harassment as it relates to their community. Discuss intervention models being used and studied to decrease bullying.