Bullying Behaviors

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Bullying Behaviors
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• What is Considered Bullying?

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Bullying Behaviors-Level I
PHYSICAL-Harm to anothers body or property

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Taunting
• Expressing physical superiority

• Making threatening gestures
• Defacing property
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• Pushing/shoving
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• Taking small items from others
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Bullying Behaviors-Level I
EMOTIONAL-Harm to anothers self-esteem

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Insulting remarks
• Calling names
• Teasing about possessions, clothes

• Giving dirty looks
• Holding nose or other insulting gestures
• Saying someone has germs or is unclean 

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Bullying Behaviors-Level I
SOCIAL-Harm to anothers group acceptance

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Gossiping
• Starting/spreading rumors
• Teasing publicly about clothes, looks, etc

• Passively not including in the group
• Playing mean tricks

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Bullying Behaviors-Level 2
PHYSICAL-Harm to anothers body or property

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Threatening physical harm
• Blaming victim

• Damaging property
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• Stealing
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• Initiating fights
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• Scratching
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• Tripping or causing a fall
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• Assaulting
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Bullying Behaviors-Level 2
EMOTIONAL-Harm to anothers self-esteem

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Insulting family
• Harassing by any means of communication
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• Insulting intelligence, athletic ability, etc

• Defacing school work
• Defacing personal property, clothing, etc

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Bullying Behaviors-Level 2
SOCIAL-Harm to anothers group acceptance

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Insulting race, gender
• Increasing gossip/rumors
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• Undermining other relationships

• Making someone look foolish
• Excluding from the group

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Bullying Behaviors-Level 3
PHYSICAL-Harm to anothers body or property

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Making repeated and/or graphic threats
• Practicing extortion
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• Making threats to secure silence If you tell,
  I will

• Destroying property
• Biting
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• Physical cruelty
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• Assaulting with a weapon  

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Bullying Behaviors-Level 3
EMOTIONAL-Harm to anothers self-esteem

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Frightening the victim with threats
• Challenging in public

• Ostracizing
• Destroying personal property or clothing

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Bullying Behaviors-Level 3
SOCIAL-Harm to anothers group acceptance

• Verbal

• Non-Verbal

• Threatening total group exclusion

• Arranging public humiliation
• Total group rejection/ostracizing