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From: Scott
Date: 19 Oct 2012
Time: 14:35:22 -0500
Remote Name: 108.17.124.241
Hi Betsy - thanks for the great question...It's hard to know sometimes if we need to get into some things in therapy... In general, for individualized treatment, you include the components that are most relevant for each individual child. That said, there are some aspects of 'bullyproofing' that are best done as a preventive ... so, helping children develop good self-esteem is a good thing, regardless of whether bullying is occurring. Role playing vignettes about how to respond to bullying might be less necessary if the child is not experiencing bullying at that time... So, you basically want to think about what will help the child in general (awareness, understanding, desensitization, reduction of anxiety, etc.) and use those with many kids (of course, only those for whom it is relevant), and then you incorporate other, more specialized components of treatment (e.g., bullying management) only in the more specialized cases where it's needed. Does that help? Thanks again for the post. S