October is &nbsp;National Bullying Prevention month. &nbsp;1 of 5 students are bullied in high school but bullying rate in middle school is higher at 28% based on a CDC 2019 study. &nbsp;Our guest for this episode is &nbsp;Jason Brown, lead counselor at Quail Valley Middle School in Fort Bend ISD in Missouri City, Texas. &nbsp;During this episode Jason leads us to through a discussion on bullying in middle school. &nbsp; &nbsp;Jason provides a perspective on how to combat the bullying environment by providing students with more opportunities to connect, &nbsp;express their creativity and imagination while at the same time gaining their voice to become stronger in bullying situations. &nbsp;Jason has many layers to this conversation. &nbsp;If you would like to follow Jason's work with youth go to his website www.fortyonefortytwo.com.

A Season for Self-Care

Welcome to the Center for Safe and Secure Schools "Take Care Tuesday" podcast series. The podcasts are centered around one topic and our guests are local, state, national and international school safety experts. We will introduce this podcast series in short segments, keeping it short and relevant. We are breaking down important and sometimes difficult topics into more manageable information segments. Our topics are all based on school safety information where teachers can teach and students can learn.