1 / 11

Bullying

Bullying appears to be widespread in schools in every country studying the problem.. . Adults are often unaware of bullying problems.. Limber, 2002; Charach et al, 1995. Students often feel that adult intervention is infrequent and unhelpful and they often fear that telling adults will only bring more harassment from bullies. .

chilton
Download Presentation

Bullying

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

    1. Bullying The Scope of the Problem

    2. Bullying appears to be widespread in schools in every country studying the problem.

    3. Adults are often unaware of bullying problems.

    4. Students often feel that adult intervention is infrequent and unhelpful and they often fear that telling adults will only bring more harassment from bullies.

    5. Staff Code of Conduct - Reason Staff behavior has a profound effect on students. Students notice how staff members talk to each other, what they do or fail to do when other staff are disrespectful (to staff or students) and inequalities in their treatment of students.

    6. Staff Code of Conduct - Reason 2. Gives administration and other staff members a starting point and leverage when dealing with a staff bully.

    7. Staff Code of Conduct 3 Necessary Steps Staff discussion about what should be in a staff code of conduct Determine what actions to take when one staff member observes another staff member displaying unacceptable behaviors. Administrators should make it clear that they expect staff to report inappropriate behavior

    8. Empowering Bystanders

    9. Three Reasons to Focus on Bystander Behavior Bystanders can provide crucial support for youth who are bullied Bystanders can provide support for youth who bully others Action or Inaction effects bystanders

    10. Risks of a Bystander Empowerment Focused Bullying Prevention Without staff buy-in, involvement, and long term commitment can make things worse Young people who like to bully, get ideas from it

    11. Goals of a Bullying Prevention Campaign Heighten Awareness Increase Tolerance to Diversity Teach Bystander Skills Teach Social Problem Solving Skills Change a School Climate Involve the Community

    12. Communicate ideas and suggestions concerning bullying to your supervisor! **THE END**

More Related