The Delaware Bullying Prevention Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware. Its mission is to reduce and to eliminate occurrences of bullying among Delaware’s children and adolescents in and out of the school setting through prevention and intervention methods and education programs. To fulfill this mission, DBPA works in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Justice, the Delaware Department of Education, the Delaware Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Christiana Care Health System.
Founded in 2005, DBPA is reaching out to all Delaware constituencies including legislative officials, medical doctors, school administrators, school counselors and health professionals, teachers, parents, kids, teens, and law enforcement personnel. DBPA is facilitating and guiding a collaborative effort to reduce and eliminate bullying among Delaware youths. One of DBPA’s primary goals is to provide the most effective and up-to-date information and training to these groups on bullying prevention, intervention, and education. |
Delaware Bullying Prevention Association Board of Directors
President
Coleen M. O'Connor, MS, NCC, LPCMH
Program Director, First State School
Christiana Health Care System
Executive Director
Janice A. DallePazze
Secretary
Katie Hamilton
Executive Director,
Delaware Chapter - American Academy of Pediatrics
Treasurer
Niagia Williams, MSW
Social Worker and Olweus Trainer
Prevent Child Abuse Delaware
Louis E. Bartoshesky, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Pediatrics - Christiana Health Care System
Clinical Geneticist - duPont Hospital for Children
Rhonda A. Denny, Esquire
Community Advocate
Katherine Esterly, MD
Retired Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Christiana Health Care System
Joseph T. Flinn
Delaware Department of Justice
Nidia de Yanez, MD
Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Christiana Health Care System
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