The Bullying, Literacy, & Leadership Experience
equips adults to help children thrive.
An immersive professional learning experience that equips adults in children's lives with practical tools they can use immediately.
Leave prepared to recognize bullying, strengthen literacy, build confidence, and cultivate leadership using practical strategies you can apply immediately.
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Why the Bullying, Literacy, & Leadership Experience Exists
Every day, children say things that leave caring adults wondering what to do next.
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"They're picking on me."
 "Nobody wants to play with me."
 "He keeps calling me names."
 "I don't want to go to school."
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Most adults want to help.Â
Many simply haven't been taught how.
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The Bullying, Literacy, & Leadership Experience equips adults with practical tools, shared language, and real-world strategies they can use immediately. Participants leave better prepared to respond with confidence when children need them most.
What is the Bullying, Literacy & Leadership Experience?
The Bullying, Literacy & Leadership Experience (BLLX) is an immersive professional learning experience that equips adults with practical tools, shared language, and real-world strategies to help children thrive. Through engaging presentations, meaningful discussions, interactive learning experiences, and real-world examples, you'll leave with practical tools you can use immediately.
Whether you're a parent, teacher, counselor, coach, mentor, or another adult who supports children, you'll leave with practical resources, renewed confidence, and actionable strategies you can immediately apply in your everyday interactions with children.
Every day, a child wonders:
"Why doesn't anyone like me?"
"Will they make fun of me again?"
"Who can I tell?"
Every day, an adult wants to help.
 "Am I overreacting?"
"Is this bullying or conflict?"
"What should I say?"
"How do I help?"
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The Bullying, Literacy & Leadership Experience equips adults with the knowledge, practical tools, and confidence to answer those questions and better support the children who depend on them.
Every child deserves adults who recognize bullying, strengthen literacy, build confidence, and inspire leadership.
Imagine the child in your life...
Coming home after another difficult day.
Would you know what to say?
Would you know the difference between conflict and bullying?
Would you know how to help rebuild their confidence instead of unintentionally making things worse?
The Bullying, Literacy & Leadership Experience prepares adults to respond with confidence in moments like these.
At the Bullying, Literacy & Leadership Experience, you'll learn how to:
Bullying
- Distinguish bullying from everyday conflict.
- Respond using practical, research-informed strategies.
- Help children advocate for themselves safely and confidently
Literacy
- Use children's literature to start meaningful conversations.
- Strengthen vocabulary, empathy, and critical thinking.
- Help children process difficult experiences through reading and discussion.
Leadership
- Build children's confidence, resilience, and sense of belonging.
- Encourage self-advocacy and responsible decision-making.
- Help children develop the mindset and skills to lead themselves and positively influence others.
You'll leave with practical tools, valuable resources, and an action plan you can begin using immediately to better support the children in your life.
The Bullying, Literacy, & Leadership Experience is designed for adults who support children, including:
Families
âś“ Parents
âś“ Grandparents
âś“ Guardians
âś“ Caregivers
âś“ Foster Parents
âś“ Kinship Caregivers
Education Professionals
âś“ Teachers
âś“ School Counselors
âś“ School Administrators
âś“ Principals
âś“ Assistant Principals
âś“ School Board MembersÂ
Community Leaders
âś“ Social Workers
âś“ Youth Program Leaders
âś“ Coaches
âś“ Faith Leaders
âś“ Mentors
If you influence the life of a child, this experience is for you.
Bring Your School, Organization, or Team
Teams that learn together create greater impact together. Bring colleagues from your school, district, nonprofit, church, youth organization, or community group to develop a shared understanding of bullying, literacy, and leadership. You'll leave with practical tools, common language, and actionable strategies you can begin using immediately.
Whether you attend with one colleague or your entire team, you'll gain strategies that can be implemented immediately within your organization and community.
DR. YVONNE N. CRAWFORD
Immersive Bullying Simulation™ Lead
Dr. Yvonne N. Crawford brings more than 21 years of military leadership, education, training, and leader-development experience to BLLX. As the Immersive Bullying Simulation™ Lead, she helps guide participants through an experiential examination of one bullying incident from multiple perspectives.
Experience:Â One Incident. Different Perspectives.
The Immersive Bullying Simulation™ places attendees inside one bullying incident from different perspectives. Each participant receives only part of the story, and no one has all of the information at once.
As the experience unfolds, attendees will interact, compare information, ask questions, form assumptions, seek clarification, and adjust their understanding as new information emerges.
You’ll consider:
What do I know? What am I assuming? What might I not know yet? How could my response help—or cause additional harm?
You’ll leave better equipped to slow down, ask better questions, consider multiple perspectives, and respond more thoughtfully when children bring difficult situations to you.
JUDGE NAILAH MCFARLANE
Juvenile Court Judge | Trial Attorney | Community Leader
Judge Nailah McFarlane brings more than a decade of experience serving families through the legal system. At BLLX, she will help attendees examine what can happen when behaviors commonly described as bullying move beyond a school disciplinary matter.
Session: When Bullying Behaviors Spill Beyond the Classroom: A Youth Court Judge's Perspective
When Bullying Behaviors Spill Beyond the Classroom: A Youth Court Judge’s Perspective
What happens when behavior commonly described as “bullying” moves beyond a school disciplinary matter?
Judge Nailah McFarlane will help attendees examine bullying behaviors through the lens of a Youth Court Judge.
Through practical examples and interactive scenarios, attendees will explore how threats, physical aggression, intimidation, harassment, unwanted contact, property damage, and technology-based conduct may change how an incident is understood and addressed.
You’ll consider:
What happened? What might this conduct be called? What facts matter? When might additional intervention be necessary?
You’ll leave better equipped to document concerns, ask informed questions, recognize when an incident may require escalation, and advocate for and protect children.
Elyse Sayers
Else Sayers is the young author and inspiration behind Elyse So Powerful, a brand dedicated to helping children, with a focus on Black and Brown children build confidence, embrace their identify, and believe in their limitless potential.
Through affirmations, engaging stories, activities, and positive representation, Elyse encourages children to recognize their strengths and celebrate who they are every day.Â
