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Brian Donnelly Director respectme, Scotland’s Anti-Bullying Service

Part 1: What technologies do children and young people use, and where do they go online?. Brian Donnelly Director respectme, Scotland’s Anti-Bullying Service. How we communicated. What methods did you use to communicate in the Seventies Eighties Nineties Noughties How have they changed?

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Brian Donnelly Director respectme, Scotland’s Anti-Bullying Service

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  1. Part 1: What technologies do children and young people use, and where do they go online? Brian Donnelly Director respectme, Scotland’s Anti-Bullying Service

  2. How we communicated What methods did you use to communicate in the • Seventies • Eighties • Nineties • Noughties How have they changed? Are they better or worse?

  3. What do we know? respectme 2011 3,944 YP • 55% of children and young people said that they use the internet every day. 53% are online for 1 – 2 hours per day, 8% say they are online for more than 5 hours per day. • What devices do you use to communicate? mobile phones and laptops – both used by 59%, with games consoles ahead of PCs, particularly amongst males. • Where do you go online to chat? The most common places young people go to online are Facebook, 68%, followed by BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) 28% then MSN 23%.

  4. In conclusion • So new technology is not a bad thing – far from it. • Online and offline relationships are no longer exclusive. • For children and young people, it’s still all about staying in touch!

  5. Part 2: Bullying – recognising concerns

  6. What do we mean by bullying? • Bullying is behaviour that impacts on a person’s capacity to feel in control of themselves • Bullying makes people feel hurt, frightened and left out • This behaviour may not be repeated but the threat can be sustained

  7. This behaviour can include • Being called names, teased, put down or threatened • Being hit, tripped, kicked or pushed • Having belongings taken or damaged • Being ignored, left out or having rumours spread • Receiving abusive messages electronically • Being targeted because of who you are or are perceived to be

  8. Impacts of bullying • Fear and anxiety • School attendance • Eating disorders • Violence towards others • Suicide • No aspirations • Self-harming behaviours • Depression • Bullying behaviour

  9. What do we know? respectme 2011 3,944 YP • 16% of children and young people in Scotland say they have been cyberbullied • 25% worry about cyberbullying when they go online • 63% knew the person who was doing it to them • 40% said it carried over into school • Facebook and BBM most common platforms • Mobiles and laptops most common devices • 71% would tell a parent/carer followed by a friend

  10. This short video was produced by respect me in the theme of reminding parents that the internet is still ‘a place’ that your child goes to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhuL8iHSE64

  11. What does best practice look like? • Technology is embraced within schools – talked about openly • Used in lessons and for homework • Clear and consistent boundaries and policy in place • Cyberbullying is addressed alongside all forms of bullying, not as a distinct phenomenon • Respond as we would with any relationship difficulties • It is not seen as an ‘out-of-school’ problem

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