Bullying

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Bullying

• Jennifer Fornera

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What is Bullying?

• Aggressive behavior or intentional harm doing
• the behavior occurs within an interpersonal
  relationship by imbalance of power
• The behavior is carried out repeatedly and over
  time

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Ways to Bully

• Physical hitting, kicking, pushing, choking
• Verbal name calling, threatening, taunting,
  malicious teasing, spreading nasty rumors
• Some other making faces, obscene gestures, or
  intentional exclusion from a group

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The Role of Schools in Preventing Bullying

• First and Foremost
• The school should be a safe and positive learning
  environment for ALL students.

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In order to achieve this goal, schools should
strive to

• Reduce, if not eliminate, existing bully/victim
  problems among students in and outside of the
  school setting
• Prevent the development of new bully/victim
  problems and
• Promote better peer relations at school which
  will allow victims and bullies to get along and
  function better in and outside of the school
  setting

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Recommended General Rules for Improving Overall
School Climate

• --Two general conditions must exist in order to
  prevent bullying
• Teachers and staff at schools should be aware of
  the extent of bully/victim problems in their own
  schools
• Teachers and staff should involve themselves in
  changing the situation.

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So what can we do to prevent bullying?

• Schools and classrooms should stick to rules to
  prevent bullying
• Teachers and staff members must clearly and
  consistently communicate that bullying is not
  acceptable behavior rule

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Possible guidelines to target all student

• We will not bully other students.
• We will try to help students who are bullied.
• We will make it a point to include ALL students
  who are easily left out.
• When we know somebody is being bullied, we will
  tell a teacher, parent, or adult we trust.

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School Level Interventions

• Establish a Bullying Prevention Coordinating
  Committee
• Administer an Anonymous Questionnaire Survey
• Hold a School Conference Day
• Improve Supervision and Outdoor Environment
• Involve Parents

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Classroom Level Interventions

• Establish Classroom Rules Against Bullying
• Create Positive and Negative Consequences of
  Bullying
• Hold Regular Classroom Meetings
• Meet with Parents

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Individual Level Interventions

• Serious Talks with the Bully or Bullies
• Serious Talks with the Victim
• Involve the Parents
• Change of Class or School

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If nothing is Done

• Haugstad vs. Standwood-Camano School District,
  1999
• High vs. Pasco School District, 2000
• Anchorage School District vs. Tom, 2000
• Duval County School, 2004