Bullying

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Bullying

• Kady Milligan
• HED310

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What is bullying?

• Bullying is a big problem that affects many
  children. Bullying can make school a place of
  fear and can lead to violence and stress.
  Bullying happens when someone hurts or scares
  another person on purpose and the person being
  bullied has a hard time defending themselves.

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• Different Acts of Bullying
• Punching, shoving and other acts that hurt people
  physically
• Spreading bad rumors about people
• Keeping certain people out of a "group"
• Teasing people in a mean way
• Getting certain people to "gang up" on others
• Mean text messages, IMs, or e-mails

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• Risk Factors for being Bullied
• Children and youth who are bullied are typically
• Insecure and suffer from low self esteem
• Socially isolated and lack social skills
• Tense, anxious, and afraid
• Devastating for some with long-term consequences
• Children who bullied are more likely to get into
  fights, vandalize property, and drop out of
  school later in life.
• students may stay home on any given day because
  they're afraid of being bullied

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What Can You Do?

• Dont keep it to yourself-tell an adult
• Dont Bully back
• Stand up for yourself
• Ignore the people who bully
• Stay calm and dont act upset or angry
• Refuse to join in- dont just sit back and watch
  it happen to others

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Where bullying takes place
Everyone has the right to be respected and the
responsibility to respect others.
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SAVE- Students Against Violence Everywhere

• National, nonprofit organization created by
  students that promotes respect by helping
  students of all ages how to care for each other.
  
• SAVE's mission is to decrease the potential for
  violence in schools and communities by promoting
  meaningful student involvement, education and
  service opportunities in efforts to provide safer
  environments for learning.

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Early Warning, Timely Response

• What to look for--the early warning signs that
  relate to violence and other troubling behaviors.
  
• What to do--the action steps that school
  communities can take to prevent violence and
  other troubling behaviors, to intervene and get
  help for troubled children, and to respond to
  school violence when it occurs.

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• Effective prevention intervention strategies
• Focus on academic achievement
• Involve families
• Develop links to the community
• Emphasize positive relationships among students
  and staff
• Openly discuss safety issues
• Treat students with equal respect
• Allow students to share their concerns
• Offer extended day programs for children
• Promote good citizenship and character
• Identify problems and create solutions

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State University of New York Emergency Alert
System

• New wide spread emergency notification system
  known as CUNY Alert.
• Register for alerts on Bannerweb!!
• The proposed system would
• warn students, staff and faculty, both on and
  off campus, during emergencies.
• send out the alerts including group e-mails,
  instant text messages, and telephone broadcast
  messages.

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Work Cited

• http//www.safeyouth.org/scripts/faq/bullying.asp
• http//stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp?areamai
  n
• http//www.bullying.org/public/frameset.cfm
• http//img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_04/bullyi
  ngDM2810_468x720.jpg
• www.nationalsave.org/
• mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/schoolviolence/safeschools
  .asp
• http//cecp.air.org/annotated.aspExecutive20Summ
  ary
• www.lcmeridian.com/news/2008/03/03/News/Cuny-Annou
  nces.Emergency.Alert.System-3245547.shtml