The mental health professional’s role in understanding, preventing, and responding to student sexual harassment

Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: The Next Generation of Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 7-23

  Young, Ellie L ^a   Mendez, Linda M Raffaele ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention strategies; Legal issues in sexual harassment; Mental health professional; School climate; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649114843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J008v19n02_02     Document Type: Chapter

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