Our panel is only one step in that process, but it can become a significant step because of the audience we can reach over the Web with this program. Peace-Building in Schools and Communities. He said the goal for some 200 educators from across the country who attended the conference was to meet and exchange constructive ideas for youth violence prevention. An opponent of such policies is IU Professor Russell Skiba, who points out that there is little research support for such methods in combating school violence. Instead, Skiba favors preventive strategies to quell school violence.
Punishment decreases behavior.
Skiba, professor of counseling and educational psychology, is director of the IU Institute for Child Study. He also directs a clinic of the school psychology program serving children with learning and behavioral problems, as well as their families. He teaches in areas of intervention and consultation for children, especially management of classroom behavior. He conducts research in school discipline and violence prevention and in other services for students exhibiting challenging behavior. According to Elliot Sperling, IU associate professor of Central Eurasian studies, when this Tibetan empire collapsed in the ninth century, the Buddhist sect in Tibet grew dramatically.