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Tackling Bullying As A Health Issue

Nassau County Girl Scouts brings anti-bullying to synagogues, JCCs.

Stewart Ain Staff Writer Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The Jewish Week

 

Danielle Skurnick, LMSW has joined the Girl Scouts of Nassau County staff as Liaison to the Jewish Community. Ms. Skurnick is a graduate of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, NY. Her Master's thesis was on relational aggression, also referred to as social bullying. She has organized and facilitated social skills groups for pre-teen girls helping them to understand and develop competencies in pro-social relationships with their friends.

Ms. Skurnick's present position with Girl Scouts of Nassau County is funded by the Jewish Women's Foundation of New York (JWF-NY) under a two year grant for the 2010 and 2011 school years.. If you belong to a Jewish community in Nassau County and would like Ms. Skurnick to address your group on healthy relationships for kids and ways adults can address bullying, please contact her at skurnickd@gsnc.org or 516-741-2550 ext. 255. Programs are available at low or no-cost through the kindness of the JWF-NY.