ABOUT RICHARD PAUL

Ventriloquist Richard Paul. With over three decades of experience, Richard Paul, an award-winning school speaker, bully prevention specialist, and curriculum author, is dedicated to promoting respect, responsibility, and safe schools through research

For more than thirty- five years award-winning school speaker, bully prevention specialist, and curriculum author, Richard Paul and his research-based anti-bullying, safe schools programs (elementary school assemblies and middle school assemblies) promote respect, responsibility, and safe schools. Each of his educational school assembly programs works within the guidelines of most schools’ positive behavior support goals and objectives.

Richard Paul is a trained bully prevention school assembly speaker. He has studied the works of Dan Olweus,  Barbary Colorso,  Stan Davis,  Margaret R Kojut, MSW, Cherl Dellasega, PhD, and Charissa Nixon, PhD.

He receives ongoing training from both the Macomb County, Michigan Intermediate School District and Oakland County, Michigan Intermediate School Districts Bully Free Schools trainers workshops.

Richard is also the author of a bully prevention curriculum and activities book that has been receiving rave reviews from schools throughout the United States. It is a book that works within the guidelines of many school district’s bully prevention policies and positive behavior support programs.

He is also the co-author of an internationally acclaimed children’s book entitled Bullying Ben. It is a story about Ben Franklin and how he was bullied by his half-brother and what he did to work through it to better himself and his community. The book shares tips on how to build self-esteem, and self-worth and foster strong personal core values.  It is the basis of his Bullying Ben School Assembly.

In addition to speaking to students, Richard is a sought-after teacher-in-service, parent night and anti-bullying conference speaker.  His number one goal is to give the teachers, parents, counselors and social workers practical tools they can quickly implement to improve student behavior and reduce bullying in the schools and in the community.

Richard continues to research bullying prevention by attending workshops, and conferences and networking with school social workers, counselors and stop-bullying advocates from around the world.