At any given time 8 million students are being bullied*
School bullying is not just physical. It can take the form of verbal threats, ridicule, vicious teasing, taunting, and intimidation. Victims of bullying can carry the scars throughout their life. Unless you have experienced the devastating effects, and the sense of helplessness in being bullied, you can only imagine the desperation that leads some children to take their own lives.

What is the Bullying Prevention Initiative of California?
BPIC is a California nonprofit corporation dedicated to reducing bullying in California schools grades K-12. We provide financial support to any public and private school that wishes to embrace, with fidelity and passion, the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. In addition, BPIC supports other professionally managed programs and research focusing on education, recognition, intervention and prevention of bullying in children and young adults.

What Is the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program?
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) is the most researched and best-known bullying prevention program available today. Backed by more than thirty-five years of research and successful implementation in many different countries, the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is a whole-school program that has been proven to prevent or reduce bullying throughout a school setting.

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is used at the school, classroom, and individual levels and includes methods to reach out to parents and the community for involvement and support. School administrators, teachers, and other staff are primarily responsible for introducing and implementing the program with the purpose of improving peer relations and making the school a safer and more positive place for students to learn and develop.Read More...

*According to OBPP research findings there are approximately 50 million students in U.S. public schools today. Data from the database shows that 16% of students reported they were being bullied on a regular basis. Data represents surveys that were administered from 2007 to today. Conclusion of the study is that at any given time approximately 8 million students are being bullied in U.S. public schools.