The Southern Poverty Law Center has made a documentary, Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case that Made History, which is available free for educators at http://www.tolerance.org/bullied
REQUIRED
Motivation
1. Attached document: Hartman's Dozen of Motivational Strategies
2. Link to Intrinsic Motivation and Parental Support: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/573
Bullying
1. PBS Kids site on bullying http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/
2. "Stop Bullying Now" http://www.stopbullying.gov/ is the most comprehensive site I know of on bullying. It has resources for students, teachers and parents, including cyberbullying. Check out the "Webisodes. Viewing ALL webisodes is optional, but visiting one is required. You do not need to print out the information.
OPTIONAL
Here's an article on how to motivate "at risk" students: http://www.ehow.com/how_4586494_motivating-risk-students.html . Although the phrase, "at risk" isn't used as much now as it used to be, the article has some good ideas.
This video focuses on different ways of motivating students in the classroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtIMpLbOxAA
The Southern Poverty Law Center has made a 40 minute documentary, Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case that Made History, which is available free for educators at http://www.tolerance.org/bullied It focuses on a gay student who was bullied in school repeatedly and sued the school because it didn't provide him a safe environment and equal protection.
Here's a summary of some recent research published by the American Psychological Association on the benefits of "little touches" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23mind.html
Alfie Kohn discusses the ideas in his famous book: Punished by Rewards? in the pdf article linked here http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/pdf/Punished%20by%20Rewards.pdf