Our guest blogger this week is Tara Fishler, CEO of Customized Training Solutions.<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Tara Fishler founded Customized Training Solutions in 2003. She and COO Leiat Klarfeld, have provided training to thousands of parents, teachers, support staff, administrators, and students in schools and organizations on topics including anti-bullying, anger management, special needs, diversity and mediation among many other topics. Ms. Fishler currently serves as President of the New York State Dispute Resolution Association (NYSDRA).<\/em><\/p>\n One in four kids in the U.S. is bullied on a regular basis. That\u2019s bad enough, but what\u2019s worse is that according to several studies, the rates are usually two to three times higher, for children with special needs. In nearby Connecticut, more than 50 percent of tracked bullying reports involved a student with a disability or an IEP.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While more and more schools are developing anti-bullying programs and policies, there\u2019s still a great deal of work to be done, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our guest blogger this week is Tara Fishler, CEO of Customized Training Solutions.\u00a0 Tara Fishler founded Customized Training Solutions in 2003. She and COO Leiat Klarfeld, have provided training to thousands of parents, teachers, support staff, administrators, and students in…<\/span><\/p>\n