Ohio educators attend workshop geared toward preventing bullying and suicide

Some experts say that bullying and suicide are beginning to link together for some students. Harassment has not just occurred on school grounds. Instead some individuals are intimidating their peers behind a computer screen through social media networks like Facebook.

Springfield, Ohio educators, mental health professionals and community organizers recently gathered to talk about the connection between bullying and suicide, Springfield News-Sun reports.

The group attended a workshop called Bullying; Teens and Suicide, which was hosted by the Community Health Foundation n an effort to address statistics found in the Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2009. Officials told the news source that 19 percent of teens in Clark County reported that they had been bullied on school property in the past 12 months. Furthermore, 13 percent said that they made a plan to commit suicide.

Individuals who are bullied at school usually exhibit feelings of isolation. As such, parents may wish to enroll their child into boarding schools or programs for troubled teens to provide them with a safe learning environment.

According to a survey conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center, a total of 7.5 percent of students reported being harassed online in 2009.