BULLYING

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BULLYING CYBERBULLYING
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Types of Bullying

• 1. Physical
• 2. Verbal
• 3. Psychological or Relational
• 4. Cyberbullying

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Cyberbullying What does it look like?

• Instant Messaging/Text Messaging Harassment
• Stealing passwords
• Blogs
• Websites
• Sending pictures through e-mail cell phones
• Internet polling
• Interactive gaming
• Sending malicious code
• Sending junk mail and IMs
• Impersonation

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Normal Conflict is Not Bullying

• Normal conflict includes
• Teasing among friends
• Arguing between friends
• Everyday He-said/She-said drama

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Bystanders
Bully
Target
Bystander

• Anyone who knows that bullying is happening
• Bystanders are present 85 of the time when a
  target is threatened
• There are no innocent bystanders
• Author William Burroughs

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How YOU can prevent and respond to bullying and
cyberbullying
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• Preventing
• 1. Always respect others
• 2. Think before you speak / send
• 3. Treat your password like your toothbrush
• 4. Talk to your parents/an adult

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• Responding
• 1. Block the Bully / contact the Web
  Administrator
• 2. Retaliation is not the answer!
• 3. Save the Evidence
• www.websafecrackerz.com
• 4. Make sure you talk to your parents/adult
• 57 of the time after peers step in the
• bullying stops within 10 seconds! (Craig
  Pepler, 1997)