The U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has released new policy information on bullying and students with disabilities.
For link to the letter and practices to combat bullying, please visit the following links from the U.S. Department of Education:
https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/copaa.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/bullying_dcl_8-20-13_pdf.pdf (Memo on practices to combat bullying in schools for students with disabilities)
Ed.gov’s Homeroom Blog August 20th post “Keeping Students With Disabilities Safe from Bullying” by Michael Yudin http://www.ed.gov/blog/2013/08/keeping-students-with-disabilities-safe-from-bullying/
StopBullying.gov also has tips and videos for students who are bullied in school. There are also tips for students who are cyberbullied via text messages or social media websites: http://www.stopbullying.gov/kids/what-you-can-do/index.html