Location
Russell Union Ballroom
Session Format
Poster Presentation
Co-Presenters and Faculty Mentors or Advisors
Mentors- Dr. Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Dr. Chad Posick, Dr. Eric Landers
Abstract
In our rapidly-advancing technological world, little is known about school safety planning in online school settings. We expanded the Crisis Event Perception Survey (CEPS) to the Sustainable, Accessible, Feasible, and Effective (SAFE) Crisis Event Perceptions Survey to assess verbal, physical, relational, and cyberbullying prevalence and administrator preparedness in online school settings. We found that almost half of school administrators assessed were untrained in responding to physical (48%) and relational (43%) bullying and approximately one-third of school administrators surveyed felt unprepared to address physical and/or relational bullying in online schools. Furthermore, we found that only about half of administrators are trained about physical and sexual abuse. These results could be used to inform prevention and intervention methods for various types of bullying and abuse that occur in online school settings. We suggest an integrated, multisystemic approach to address familial, social, school, and community risk factors.
DOI
10.20429/GS4.2025.005
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Presentation Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Start Date
4-24-2025 10:00 AM
End Date
4-24-2025 12:05 PM
Recommended Citation
Krah, Monika; Lewis, Analisa; Sergi McBrayer, Juliann; Posick, Chad; and Landers, Eric, "How Prepared are Online Schools to Identify and Respond to Student Abuse?: Not Well, but There is Hope" (2025). GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium. 49.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/research_symposium/2025/2025/49
How Prepared are Online Schools to Identify and Respond to Student Abuse?: Not Well, but There is Hope
Russell Union Ballroom
In our rapidly-advancing technological world, little is known about school safety planning in online school settings. We expanded the Crisis Event Perception Survey (CEPS) to the Sustainable, Accessible, Feasible, and Effective (SAFE) Crisis Event Perceptions Survey to assess verbal, physical, relational, and cyberbullying prevalence and administrator preparedness in online school settings. We found that almost half of school administrators assessed were untrained in responding to physical (48%) and relational (43%) bullying and approximately one-third of school administrators surveyed felt unprepared to address physical and/or relational bullying in online schools. Furthermore, we found that only about half of administrators are trained about physical and sexual abuse. These results could be used to inform prevention and intervention methods for various types of bullying and abuse that occur in online school settings. We suggest an integrated, multisystemic approach to address familial, social, school, and community risk factors.
