TRAIN THE TRAINERS A Service Learning Program

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TRAIN THE TRAINERSA Service Learning Program

• Paradise Valley Community College
• Prepared through a grant awarded from
• Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction

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Program Vision

• Train the Trainers is an innovative training
  resource designed to offer students a service
  learning opportunity to become leaders in
  managing conflict and bullying on our campus and
  in our local community.

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Program Mission

• Train the Trainers is a unique training program
  that provides a quality educational experience
  that trains, mentors and evaluates PVCC students
  on the skills necessary to facilitate a class or
  group on topic of bully prevention and
  intervention.

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Program Design

• Program Coordinator/Instructional Designer
• Nancy Morgan Ronan, MA
• Counseling and Personal Development
• Paradise Valley Community College
• Grant Administrator
• Cathy Mendoza, MC
• Counseling and Personal Development
• Paradise Valley Community College
• Student Assistant
• Halina Reed
• Paradise Valley Community College

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Bullying Through the Lifespan

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Overview of Content

• Prevention
• Violence Prevention
• Bully Prevention
• Definitions
• Interventions
• Methodology
• Conflict Management
• Leadership
• Facilitation
• Group Process
• Social Emotional Curriculums

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PREVENTION
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VIOLENCE PREVENTION

• As we approach the 21st Century, the nation is
  at a critical crossroad Will we continue to
  react to youth violence after the fact, becoming
  increasingly punitive and locking more and more
  of our children in adult prisons? Or will we
  bring a more healthy balance to our justice
  system by designing and implementing an effective
  violence prevention initiative as part of our
  overall approach to the violence problem?
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence

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Bullying can be a factor

• In a number of cases, bullying played a key role
  in the decision to attack. Attackers told of
  behaviors that, if they occurred in the
  workplace, would meet the legal definition of
  harassment.
• Summary of a U.S. Secret Service Safe School
  Initiative Report

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ROOTS OF VIOLENCE

• Violence among young people is an output of their
  desire to create. They dont know how to use
  their energy creatively, so they do the opposite
  and destroy.
• AMA

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RATES OF VIOLENCE

• The United States has the highest youth homicide
  and suicide rate among the wealthiest developed
  nations.
• AMA

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCESCHOOL VIOLENCE

• More than 3 million children witness physical and
  verbal domestic abuse in their homes each year.
• One in 7 children either bully or has been a
  victim of a bully.
• AMA

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• The behavior and characteristics of domestic
  violence, workplace bullying and school bullying
  are basically parallel in nature. A bully
  operates from a certain fame of reference with
  specific behaviors which are purposefully focused
  and intended to control others and cause them
  harm.
• Pauline A. Salvucci, M.A.
• www.selfgrowth.com/articles

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VIOLENCE PROGRESSION MODEL

• Risk Factors
• Protective Factors
• Homophily Hypothesis

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BREAKING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE

• What resources are there for violence prevention
  in your community?
• What can you do to prevent youth violence?
• What can you do to prevent bullying?

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BULLY PREVENTION

• A model anti-bullying program has as its major
  goal the reduction of victim/bully problems among
  primary and secondary school children. It aims
  to increase awareness of the problem and
  knowledge about it, to achieve active involvement
  on the part of the teachers and parents, to
  develop clear rules, and provide support and
  protection.

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WHAT IS BULLYING?

• Bullying or victimization a student is bullied
  or victimized when he or she is exposed,
  repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on
  the part of one or more other students.
• It is aggressive behavior or intentional
  inflicting
• injury or insult
• It is carried out repeatedly and overtime
• It occurs within an interpersonal relationship
  characterized by an imbalance of power.

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RISK FACTORS FOR BULLYING PEERS AND BEING BULLIED
BY PEERS
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THE BULLY

• Reacts aggressively to conflict
• Craves power
• Seeks control over people
• Suffers minimal anxiety
• Egocentric
• Average popularity
• Manipulated others
• Intimidates adults
• Lacks empathy, guilt
• Preys on people who are vulnerable
• Generally older/larger than target
• Parents often model aggression

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INTERVENTION WITH BULLY

• Attend to needs
• Incentives for positive behavior
• Positive reinforcement
• Set clear boundaries
• Determine consequences
• Empathy training
• Apology
• Teach kindness
• Model non-bullying behavior
• Therapeutic intervention

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THE BULLIED

• Passive targets
• Isolated or alone
• Anxious, insecure
• Lacking social skills
• Physically weak, unable to defend self
• Cries easily, yields when bullied
• May have suffered past abuse
• Provocative targets
• Children who are often restless and irritable
• They may tease and provoke others.
• These children will fight back to a point but
  are ineffectual aggressors and end up losing.

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INTERVENTION WITH TARGET

• Assertiveness training
• Body language
• Coping skills
• Support strengths
• Coach or buddy
• Options to victim role
• Counseling

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THE BYSTANDER

• The Witness
• There are no innocent bystanders
• The bystander is afraid of getting hurt.
• The bystander is afraid of becoming a new target
• The bystander is afraid of doing something that
  will only make the situation worse
• The bystander does not know what to do
• Coloroso

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INTERVENTION WITH BYSTANDER

• Moral code
• Responsibility to report
• Confidentiality
• Comfort level in reporting
• Role play
• Language skills

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Discussion
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Interventions

• Global
• National
• State
• Local Community
• School
• Teacher and Staff
• Family
• Individual

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Theoretical Perspectives

• Attachment Theory Across the Lifespan
• Theory of Mind Development
• Systems Theory

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Future Research

• American Medical Association
• US Department of Health and Human Services
• International Bully Prevention Society

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Conflict Management

• Definitions
• Choices and consequences
• Interpersonal problem solving
• Mediation
• Anger management

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Leadership

• Facilitation
• Group Process

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Social Emotional Curriculums

• Classroom Education
• Group Dynamics

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Resources

• Books and Journals
• Classroom Bullying
• Workplace Bullying
• Cyberspace Bullying
• Online Resources
• National Organizations
• Local Organizations