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d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. D. E. Individual interventions with the perpetrator, parents, and school employees, and interventions with the bullied student, parents, and school employees; School-wide training related to safe school climate, which training may include Title IX/Sexual harassment training, Section 504/ADA Training, cultural diversity/multicultural education or other training in federal and state civil rights legislation or other topics relevant to safe school climate; Student peer training, education, and support; and Promotion of parent involvement in bullying prevention through individual or team participation in meetings, trainings, and individual interventions; Implementation of a positive behavioral interventions and supports process or another evidence-based model approach for safe school climate or for the prevention of bullying and teen dating violence, including any such program identified by the Department of Education; Respectful responses to bullying and teen dating violence concerns raised by students, parents, or staff; Planned professional development programs addressing prevention and intervention strategies, which training may include school violence prevention, conflict resolution, and prevention of bullying and teen dating violence, with a focus in evidence based practices concerning same; Use of peers to help ameliorate the plight of victims and include them in group activities; Avoidance of sex-role stereotyping; Continuing awareness and involvement on the part of school employees and parents with regards to prevention and intervention strategies; Modeling by teachers of positive, respectful, and supportive behavior toward students; Creating a school atmosphere of team spirit and collaboration that promotes appropriate social behavior by students in support of others; Employing classroom strategies that instruct students how to work together in a collaborative and supportive atmosphere; Culturally competent school-based curriculum focusing on social- emotional learning, self-awareness, and self-regulation. In addition to prevention and intervention strategies, administrators, teachers, and other professional employees may find opportunities to educate students about bullying and help eliminate bullying behavior through class discussions, counseling, and reinforcement of socially-appropriate behavior. Administrators, teachers, and other professional employees should intervene promptly whenever they observe mean-spirited student conduct, even if such conduct does not meet the formal definition of “bullying.” Funding for the school-based bullying intervention and school climate improvement strategy may originate from public, private, federal, or philanthropic sources. 24