Forms of Bullying

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BCMS
Forms of Bullying
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Forms of bullying

• PHYSICAL
• This form of bullying can be visually detected.
  This type of maltreatment involves physically
  contacting the student (kicking, hitting etc.).
  It can also entail stealing or hiding the
  belongings of the affected students.
• VERBAL
• This form of bullying is difficult to detect,
  unless the adult is in the presence of the
  participants. It involves name calling, insults,
  offensive and threatening language.
• INTIMIDATION
• This aspect could include gestures or comments,
  spreading rumors or stories, graffiti and
  defacing property
• CYBERBULLYING
• This is the modern extension of bullying. This
  occurs via the Internet, mobile phones or other
  cyber technology. This can include (1) sending
  malicious text, e-mail, or instant messages (2)
  posting defamatory pictures or messages about
  others in blogs or on websites (3) using someone
  elses user name to spread rumors or lies about
  someone.
• More commonly, students are using sites such as
  Facebook and Myspace to carry out bullying
  tactics.

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CYBER BULLYING IS
Being cruel to others by sending or posting
harmful material using technological means an
individual or group that uses information and
communication involving electronic technologies
to facilitate deliberate and repeated harassment
or threat to an individual or group. Also known
as Electronic Bullying Online Social
Cruelty
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CYBER BULLIES TECHNOLOGY

• E-mail
• Cell phones
• Pager text messages
• Instant messaging
• Defamatory personal websites
• Defamatory online personal polling websites
• Chat rooms

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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 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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Cyberbullying
Can students get in trouble for cyberbullying?
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v8jPAGJoaEAI
Thoughts???
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Are You a Bully?
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Bully Test

• Do you pick on people who are smaller than you,
  or on animals? Y or N
• Do you like to tease and taunt other people? Y
  or N
• If you tease people, do you like to see them get
  upset? Y or N
• Do you think its funny when other people make
  mistakes? Y or N
• Do you like to take or destroy other peoples
  belongings? Y or N
• Do you want other students to think youre the
  toughest kid in school? Y or N
• Do you get angry a lot and stay angry for a long
  time? Y or N
• Do you blame other people for things that go
  wrong in you life? Y or N
• Do you like to get revenge on people who hurt
  you? Y or N
• When you play a game or sport, do you always have
  to be the winner? Y or N
• If you lost at something, do you worry about what
  other people will think of you? Y or N
• Do you get angry or jealous when someone else
  succeeds? Y or No

From The Bully Free Classroom by Allan L. Beane,
Ph.D Free Spirit Publishing Inc. Minneapolis, MD
www.freespirit.com
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Survey Says
If you answered Yes to
One or more of these questions, you may be on
your way to becoming a bully.
Three or more, you probably are a bully, and
you need to find ways to change your behavior.
Good News Bullies can get help dealing with
their feelings, getting along with other people,
and making friends
From The Bully Free Classroom by Allan L. Beane,
Ph.D Free Spirit Publishing Inc. Minneapolis, MD
www.freespirit.com
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How can you STOP being a Bully?
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If you are a bully, here are some ways to stop.

• Apologize to people that you have bullied, and
  follow it up by being friendly.
• They might not trust you right away, but
  eventually they will see that you have changed.

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More ways to stop

• If you are having a hard time feeling good about
  yourself, explore ways to boost your self-esteem.
  
• If you feel like youre having trouble
  controlling your feelings, especially anger, talk
  to a teacher or administrator about it.

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Case Study

• Case Study 1 Source www.pathwayscourses.samhsa.g
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• Henry is 11 years old and attends a Middle
  School which is located a few blocks from his
  home. He is in the sixth grade and is an average
  student. Henry has always been a bit shy and
  somewhat anxious around his peers. He just moved
  to this city 3 months ago and has not yet made
  any friends at the new school, though he does
  have a "best friend" at his old school. Henry is
  quite tall and thin for his age and is very
  self-conscious about his appearance.
• Over the past month, Henry has become
  increasingly withdrawn. Several weeks ago he came
  home with a tear in his favorite jacket. When his
  mother asked him what happened, he hurriedly said
  it was an accident. He goes straight to his room
  after school and shuts the door. His mother has
  noticed that he has become more irritable and is
  often tearful, but when she tries to talk to him
  about this, he tells her to go away. She is
  worried about him but, thinks this is a phase
  he's going through because they've just moved to
  a new city, etc. She also worries about making
  Henry too dependent on her if she gets too
  involved in his problems.
• You hear through others that Henry is being
  teased by his classmates several times a week. In
  particular, two children, a girl and a boy, make
  fun of the way he looks and have convinced most
  of his classmates to avoid him at lunch.

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Discussion Questions

• Does a problem exist? If so, what is it?
• How could you encourage Henry to talk about what
  is happening?
• Who are the people you may want to talk to about
  this problem?
• Who are the bullies? The victim? The witnesses?
• What are some of the warning signs Henry
  displays?

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Questions?