Duck Sense Bully Prevention is available for Middle School and Junior High Assembly Programs as well as Elementary Assembly Programs. We offer value driven, fun educational programs that will keep your middle school and elementary school students engaged and inspired to be respectful and kind to their teachers and fellow students.

Our school assembly programs offer information on Respect, Responsibility, Team Work, Character Building., Anger Management, Teen Mentoring and are in line with middle school and elementary Character Development Programs and middle school and elementary school Positive Behavior Support Systems.

Why should you have Richard at your school?

"Our school is situated in what the F.B.I. just recently reported as the number one city for violent crimes and murders in the United States. We have many academic and behavioral interventions in place to help our at-risk population of students. However, our school wanted to move forward with addressing the issue of bullying in a more profound and specific way. To help us do this, we brought Richard Paul to our school of approximately 630 K-8 students in Flint, Michigan. Richard consulted with our school and worked with us for an entire school year. We scheduled for him to come and speak to our students at assemblies for a total of seven times spread out over the course of the entire school year covering different topics associated with bullying. We were able to divide our students into developmentally age-appropriate assemblies for different grade-level groups. Richard gave three assemblies each time he came for a total of 21 assemblies!

He is one of the most dynamic and entertaining bully prevention experts of our time. His presentations involved large puppets and amazing ventriloquism brought together with his funny stories and comedy. The staff and students alike looked forward to him coming to our school. Students could be heard at lunch and on the playground repeating funny lines from his stories, skits and sillyvoices! The humor and repetition resounded in the hearts and minds of our students! Each presentation reflected specific topics from his new bullying prevention curriculum. Teachers were given a lesson to add to their bullying prevention classroom binders to teach as reinforcement to each assembly. The teachers have enjoyed teaching the lessons because the activities make it fun for the students. Who said learning had to be boring? It’s never boring with Richard Paul.

Richard also helped us to develop our first-ever Student Council Against Bullying. He met with them several times after some of the assemblies to help give them direction and guidance. The reports of bullying have significantly gone up at our school as a direct result of addressing the issue constantly and consistently with Richard’s help. This is actually a good thing because it means our students have become completely aware of what bullying is and how to stop it. Our students have become our eyes and ears. We have come together, with Richard’s help, as a school family to put an end to bullying. It’s working. His programming has been an important piece to a comprehensive approach of positive behavior support interventions our school has put in place. His initiatives at our school helped contribute to the 18% drop in office referrals this school year and a 15.5% drop in suspensions.

Richard is a talented individual who understands what it means to be a victim of bullying. He has a non-threatening and powerful approach to teaching students about bullying prevention.

Laughter opens the door to our soul. Laughter opens our eyes. Laughter opens our ears. Laughter brings a peace and calm readying our hearts to receive the message Richard proclaims. His message is one of hope that has brought peace to our children, our staff and our community as a whole."

Kathryn Lauer Hoover, M.Ed., SCL
Licensed School Counselor
Richfield Public School Academy K-8, Flint, Michigan
National Delegate, Michigan, VISION 2020

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Middle School Assembly Bully Prevention Programs

Eliminating Middle School Bullying
Promoting a positive behavior team while incorporating school wide anti bullying support and involvement

45-60 minute program
Grades 6-9

A high energy humorous educational middle school program that mixes real life stories, ventriloquism and humorous audience participation to educate students to become actively involved and work together as a team to promote positive behavior and prevent bullying.

Students discover who and what a bully is and are given simple techniques they can implement to help put an end to harassing and negative behavior Click here for additional information on this middle school assembly program.

Don’t Just Stand There Say Something!
What bystanders can do to put an end to the bullying and prevent if from occurring in the first place

45-60 minute program
Grades 6-9

This informative humorous program is a great follow up program to our Eliminating the Middle School Bullying program. It is intended to get the silent majority of bystanders to speak up if they hear someone talking about bullying or threatening another student or if they see someone being teased or physically hurt.

Through actual teen stories, audience involvement and ventriloquism Richard shares several examples of what can happen if you don’t get involved and how good it feels when you do.

Think Before You Click
Facts about Cyber Bullying

45-60 minute program
Grades 6-9

This is a powerful program that we suggest you book after Eliminating the Bullying or Don’t Just Stand There Say Something! With the help of an outrageous computerized ventriloquist character, audience participation and real life teen stories, students learn that cyber bullying hurtful, wrong and in many cases illegal. They discover that what they put up now on social sites, text messages, blogs and web sites never goes away. Further these post may affect plans for college, sports and future career opportunities.

Duck Sense Teen Anger Management
Managing and controlling teen anger

45-60 minutes
Grade 6-9

Most Middle school students are dealing with peer pressure, academic stress and raging hormones, creating emotional breakdown, frustration and anger. The Duck Sense Teen Anger Management program implements humor, audiences participation and funny ventriloquist characters to share tips on how to be aware of and work through the negative feelings.

Being a Wise Quack
Middle School Character Building, Positive Behavior Skills, Making the Right Choices

45-60 minutes
Grade 6-9

Richard’s humorous stories, audience participation and hilarious ventriloquist characters keep them laughing and learning how to be respectful and responsible. He offers easy tools and suggestions to help students reduce teen stress and work through peer pressure. Students find out how to personally promote a healthier positive attitude through optimistic thinking and actions. They are given simple techniques that can assist them in improving the way they see themselves and their attitude toward others. Click here for additional information on this middle school assembly program.

Duck Sense Bully Prevention Student Counsel

1 hour to 2 hour workshop
Grades 6-9th

Putting together school wide middle school bully prevention team

Creating a mission statement, vision statement, goals and a school bully prevention plan of action

An educational workshop style program that is great for youth conferences, middle school and junior high schools . It is designed to educate and motivate students to create a Duck Sense Middle School Prevention Student Counsel.

Program includes a Duck Sense Bully Prevention Student Counsel workbook. Click here for additional information on this middle school assembly program.

Putting Your Web Foot Forward
Setting goals for the MIddle Schooler and having a life vision

45-60 minutes
Grade 6-9

A light-hearted program that explains the importance of creating a mission statement, setting short term/long term goals and working with teachers and mentors to plan a course of action. The students will be given ideas and suggestions that will assist them in getting their ducks in a row. Click here for additional information on this middle school assembly program.

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Elementary School Assemblies

I Feel Good
An awesome self-esteem/self-confidence, personal power, character building school assembly program.

45 Minute Program
Grades K-8th

With the help of three different outrageous characters, and hilarious audience participation students discover how easy it is to feel good about who they are and their own unique abilities. They come to understand that respect, compassion and kindness starts with them. They are given examples, stories and become part of a fast paced character building game show that reinforces the six pillars of character. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

It’s Ok to Walk Away
An educational anger management, conflict resolution school assembly program that reminds students to stop and think before they react.

45 Minute Program
Grades K-8th

With the help of several ventriloquist characters and a few audience members, students discover what they need to do to get along. They’re given tools and techniques that can help reduce school fighting, work through peer pressure and control anger. At the core of this hilarious conflict management program are tips and suggestions to improve listening skills, problem solve and take responsibly for your actions. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

The No Bully Club
An educational, fun anti bullying school assembly program

45 Minute Program
Grades K-8th

Here is an opportunity for your students to be proactive and involved in putting an end to school bullying. This high energy, funny, value driven program gets to the heart of the bullying issues. Student discover who and what a bully is and are given simple easy techniques they can implement to put an end to the teasing and the disrespectful behavior. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

Bully Busters
A positive behavior support program to stop bullying

45 Minute Program
Grades K-6th

Students are invited on stage to solve real life situations, and find solutions to this very important subject. Colorful props are used to help convey a message of no bullying, implementing methods of positive reinforcement throughout. Students will be asked to consider positive behavior options, while bullying facts are presented.

Diversity is Cool
A school assembly program that explains why we should respect and understand differences

45 Minute Program
Grades K-8th

Being born with a physical birth defect (his right hand shorter than his left and missing three fingers) Richard knows first hand how it is to be different. In fact many teachers and principals have seen him as one of the few school assembly presenters who can actually walk and talk diversity. Through his humorous personal stories, variety of colorfully diverse ventriloquist characters and teacher/student participation, he promotes understanding, acceptance and appreciation for students including those from different cultures and backgrounds. They will also come to realize the true meaning of the Martin Luther King message and what they can do to keep his dream alive. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

Hey Dude Don’t Be Rude
A civility - good citizenship - no name calling assembly program that teaches students of all ages how to be polite, thoughtful and caring to one another.

45 Minute Program
Grades K-8th

Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

Constitutional Fun
A Core Democratic Values program that explains the true meaning on good citizenship

45-50 Minute Program
Grades 3-8th

Richard is a history buff and you can hear it in this very educational social studies program. It mixes in the Core Democratic Values of Honesty, Trustworthiness, Citizenship, Patriotism, and the Common Good along with an explanation of the Bill of Rights and the first three Articles of the Constitution. Twenty student volunteers and two lucky teachers are called up on stage to help explain how a bill becomes a law. They demonstrate and learn checks and balances, separation of power, veto power and how the Congress can actually override a veto. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

Note: Richard also offer a simpler version of this program for the K-2 graders that includes some simple history, citizenship, honesty and patriotism

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High School Assemblies

Eliminating the Bullying
A school assembly program on stopping bullying

45 - 60 Minute Program
Grades 9th and up

The hilarious student/staff interaction and straightforward factual information will define: What is a bully? How do you know if you are a bully? How can teen bullying be stopped? Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

Putting your Web Foot Forward
A school assembly program that explains how to set goals and why it is important

45 - 60 Minute Program
Grades 9th and up

Putting Your Web Foot Forward- a light hearted program that explains the importance of creating a mission statement, setting short term/long term goals and working with teachers and mentors to plan a course of action. The students will be given ideas and suggestions that will assist them in getting their ducks in a row. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

Being a Wise Quack
A school assembly program on character building

45 - 60 Minute Program
Grades 9th and up

An awesome, teen character-building program that teaches students how to be respectful, responsible and accountable for their actions. Students learn that positive choices equal positive results. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.

Think Before You Click Social Networking Safety
A school assembly program that helps stop cyber bullying

45 - 60 Minute Program
Grades 9th and up

An informative, fast moving and hilarious assembly, webcast, or webinar, that helps the high school students understand that Cyber Bullying is not only hurtful and vicious, but also may be illegal, and will likely never go away. Click here for additional information on this elementary school assembly program.