This book discusses topics designed to assist school leaders and teachers in creating safe schools. It explains how to develop, implement, and evaluate an anti-bullying program and describes how to teach students to use three methods when dealing with bullies (social skills, assertiveness, and conflict resolution techniques). Seven chapters focus on: (1) "The Bully, Victim, and Witness Relationship Defined"; (2) "Origins of Bully-Victim-Witness Behavior"; (3) "Implementing the Schoolwide Anti-Bullying Program"; (4) "Strategies for Managing and Preventing Bullying Behavior in the Classroom"; (5) "Strategies for Intervention"; (6) "Evaluating Anti-Bullying Initiatives"; and (7) "Legislation Regarding Bullying Behavior." (Contains 52 references.) (SM)