SCHOOL SAFETY & BULLYING A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

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SCHOOL SAFETY BULLYING A NATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE
Curtis Lavarello Executive Director School Safety
Advocacy Council
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About the School Safety Advocacy Council

• ADVOCACY
• TRAINING
• TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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About the School Safety Advocacy Council
NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM
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CHANGING TIMES ??

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HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
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EVEN AT THE MOUSE HOUSETIMES HAVE CHANGED!
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UN-Happiest Place on Earth
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NEW EMERGING THREATS
TERRORISM
CHEMICALTHREATS
MAILDELIVERY
CHILD ABDUCTIONS
SCHOOL TAKEOVER
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What is SCHOOL SAFETY?
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• Saudis jump aboard
• Florida school bus
• Police try to determine intent

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CNN.com

• HEADLINE March 16, 2007
• FBI Foreign extremists sign up to drive school
  buses
• Washington (AP) Members of extremist groups
  have signed up as school bus drivers in the
  United States, counterterror officials said
  Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police. An
  FBI spokesman said parents and children have
  nothing to fear.

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What do our students know???
Evidence Student Timeline Columbine High
School
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Columbine High School Evidence Photo
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COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WHO?
LAW ENFORCEMENT
PARENTS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
TEACHERS
CITY / COUNTY LEADERS
STUDENTS
SCHOOL STAFF
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PROBLEMS IN OUR SCHOOLS
Alcohol and Drug Use
Fighting and Gangs
Bullying
Weapon Carrying
Schools Deal with a Host of Issues
Sexual Abuse
Sale of Alcohol and Drugs
Unruly Students
Truancy
Attacks on Teachers/Staff
Domestic Violence
Drop Outs
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SCHOOL CRIME
GANG VIOLENCE
FIGHTS
MURDER
WEAPONS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VANDALISM
SEX CRIMES
BURGLARY
THEFT
Who are the stake holders?
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Understanding Bullying Violence
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WEDDING INVITES, VIA THE WEB?BIRTH OF A CHILD,
BROADCAST LIVE?HOSPICE FINAL GOODBY, BROADCAST
LIVE?
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Higher Rates of Criminal Conviction (Ages 15-50)

• Bullies are 1.69 times more likely to be
  convicted of a crime between the ages of 15 and
  50.

Farrington, Ttofi Lösel Criminal Behaviour and
Mental Health (2011)
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Higher Rates of Violent Conviction (Ages 15-50)

• Bullies are 1.96 times more likely to be
  convicted of a violent crime between the ages of
  15 and 50.

Farrington, Ttofi Lösel Criminal Behaviour and
Mental Health (2011)
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Less Successful Lives (Age 48)

• Bullies are 2.57 times more likely than
  non-bullies to lead an unsuccessful life at age
  48.

Farrington, Ttofi Lösel Criminal Behaviour and
Mental Health (2011)
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Every School Should
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Every Teacher Should
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Every Student Should
Source HRSA Stop Bullying Now!
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DIFFERENCES

• BULLYING
• DIRECT
• Occurs on
• school property
• Poor relationships
• with teachers
• Fear retribution
• Physical Hitting, Punching Shoving
• Verbal Teasing, Name calling Gossip
• Nonverbal Use of gestures Exclusion
• www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov

• CYBERBULLYING
• ANONYMOUS
• Occurs on OR off
• school property
• Good relationships with teachers
• Fear loss of technology privileges
• Further under the radar than bullying
• Emotional reactions cannot be determined
• McKenna Bargh, 2004 Ybarra Mitchell, 2004

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CYBER BULLYING TYPES

• Flaming Online fights using electronic
  messages with angry and vulgar language
• Harassment Repeatedly sending offensive, rude,
  and insulting messages
• Cyber stalking Repeatedly sending messages
  that include threats of harm or are highly
  intimidating. Engaging in other on-line
  activities that make a person afraid for his or
  her own safety
• Denigration Dissing someone online. Sending
  or posting cruel gossip or rumors about a person
  to damage his or her reputation or friendships

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CYBER BULLYING TYPES

• Impersonation Pretending to be someone else
  and sending or posting material online that makes
  that person look bad, gets that person in trouble
  or danger, or damages that persons reputation or
  friendships
• Outing and Trickery Sharing someones secret
  or embarrassing information online. Tricking
  someone into revealing secrets or embarrassing
  information which is then shared online
• Exclusion Intentionally excluding someone from
  an on-line group, like a buddy list
• Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D., Director of the
  Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use

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• What is Social Networking?

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• Allows users to
• Create web pages that provide information about
  themselves
• Available to be viewed by other users
• Allows searches and communication with
• other users
• Over 300 different social networking sites

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Popular Social Networking Websites

• Myspace.com Facebook.comYouTube.comTwitter.com
• Tumbler.com
• Imgfave.com
• PS3
• Xbox Live
• Moshimonsters.com

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• Facebook Statistics
• People on Facebook
• More than 500 million active users
• 50 of our active users log on to Facebook in any
  given day
• Average user has 130 friends
• People spend over 700 billion minutes per month
  on Facebook
• Activity on Facebook
• There are over 900 million objects that people
  interact with (pages, groups, events and
  community pages)
• Average user is connected to 80 community pages,
  groups and events
• Average user creates 90 pieces of content each
  month
• More than 30 billion pieces of content (web
  links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo
  albums, etc.) shared each month.
• Global Reach
• More than 70 translations available on the site
• About 70 of Facebook users are outside the
  United States
• Over 300,000 users helped translate the site
  through the translations application

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Cyberbullying Stats

• 42 of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in
  4 have had it happen more than once.
• 35 of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1
  in 5 have had it happen more than once.
• 21 of kids have received mean or threatening
  e-mail or other messages.
• 58 of kids admit someone has said mean or
  hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of
  10 say it has happened more than once.
• 53 of kids admit having said something mean or
  hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in
  3 have done it more than once.
• 58 have not told their parents or an adult about
  something mean or hurtful that happened to them
  online.

Source www.cyberbullying.us
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CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES

• Who May Be Involved
• School Counselor
• Principal
• Resource Officer
• Police
• Attorney (School or Private)
• Superintendent
• Internet Service Provider
• General (Willard, 2005)

• School Limits
• Schools have policies against bullying
• Civil Law Limits
• Cyber bullying may also meet standards for
  institutional torts (wrongdoings)
• Defamation
• Material that Constitutes an Invasion of Privacy
• (1st Amendment)
• Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

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CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES

• Criminal Law Limits
• The following kinds of speech can lead to arrest
  prosecution
• Making threats of violence to people or their
  property
• Engaging in coercion
• Making obscene or harassing phone calls
• Harassment or stalking
• Hate or bias crimes
• Creating or sending sexually explicit images of
  teens
• Sexual exploitation
• Taking a photo of someone in place where privacy
  expected
• General (Willard, 2005)

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CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES

• Educators Guide To Cyber bullying
• Addressing the Harm of On-line Social Cruelty
• (Nancy Willard, 2005)
• Law Enforcement should be contacted if
• educator becomes aware of
• Death threats or threats of other forms of
  violence to a person or property
• Excessive intimidation or extortion
• Threats or intimidation that involve any form of
  bias or discrimination
• Any evidence of sexual exploitation

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CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

• A Need For
• A better understanding of what bullying,
  cyber-bullying is and its connection to school
  violence
• Addressing appropriate computer protocol and
  specifically cyber bullying via the schools
  clearly defined and systematically implemented
  policy so that schools can provide intervention
  even in instances that occur outside of school
• Clearer delineation of school responsibility in
  responding to incidents, especially off school
  grounds
• Clearer school policies and action plans
  increased continuity in implementing school
  responses
• Increased assessment of incidents and those
  involved
• Systematic, therapeutic responses, not isolated
  disciplinary reactions
• Integration of educational, psycho-social
  interventions
• Inclusion of prevention measures that are
  comprehensive and systemic in approach
• Communication among students, counselors,
  teachers, administrators, parents community
• Change needs to come from all levels and
  grades Individual
• Classroom
• School culture
• Victimization often occurs with both the person
  being cyber bullied and the cyber bully

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www.SCHOOLSAFETY911.org
2013 West Virginia Regional Conference on
Bullying
OCT 25-26, 2013 WATERFRONT PLACE
HOTEL MORGANTOWN, WV
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2013 National Conference on Bullying
FEB 27 MARCH 1, 2013 ROSIN CENTRE
HOTEL ORLANDO, FL
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2013 National School Safety Conference
JULY 22-26, 2013 RED ROCK RESORT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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Thank You
CONTACT Curtis Lavarello RESOURCER_at_AOL.COM (941)
232-4633 Cell
Curt Lavarello RESOURCER_at_AOL.COM 941-232-4633