Bullying and Harassment of Student’s with Disabilities: Top 10 facts parents, educators, and students need to know by PACER Center



APA Information: PACER Center. (2016). Bullying and Harassment of Student’s with Disabilities: Top 10 facts parents, educators, and students need to know. Retrieved from https://www.pacer.org/publications/bullypdf/BP-18.pdf. 

Article Information: https://www.pacer.org/publications/bullypdf/BP-18.pdf. 

Author Information: https://www.pacer.org/bullying/about/. 

Genre: Informational

Reading Level: N/A

Summary:
This article describes the top ten facts that parents, educators, and students need to know about bullying and harassing students with disabilities. 

Target Audience: 
The target audience for this article is parents, educators, and students who need to learn about students with disabilities being bullied and harassed. 

Evaluation:
This is a great article that all parents, educators, and students should read. It is very informative on a serious topic. It gives statistics and information regarding children with disabilities being bullied and harassed. The article also provides resources.

Reader Response Activity:
Readers can create posters that will spread awareness on bullying of children with disabilities. This will help readers put the information from the article to use.  

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