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STOP THE BULLY

STOP THE BULLY. By MARIA LEWIS. DIRECT BULLYING. Teasing Taunting Threatening Hitting Stealing. INDIRECT BULLYING. Spreading rumors Social isolation. EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM. 15% of students are bullied 6% of teenage suicides may be a direct result of being bullied.

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STOP THE BULLY

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  1. STOP THE BULLY By MARIA LEWIS

  2. DIRECT BULLYING • Teasing • Taunting • Threatening • Hitting • Stealing

  3. INDIRECT BULLYING • Spreading rumors • Social isolation

  4. EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM • 15% of students are bullied • 6% of teenage suicides may be a direct result of being bullied

  5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BULLY • Needs to feel powerful • Satisfaction from others suffering • Has little or no empathy • Usually says victim provoked him • Defiant toward adults • Apt to break school rules

  6. THE VICTIM • Considers school as an unsafe, unhappy place • Is isolated because peers do not want to associate with them • Leads to depression and low self-esteem • Causes problems that can carry into adulthood

  7. WRONG PERCEPTIONS • Telling teachers will only bring more harassment from bullies • Students feel adult intervention is ineffective • So won’t tell parents either

  8. SCHOOL INTERVENTIONS • Must involve entire school • Implement curricular measures • Conflict resolution • Assertiveness training • Peer counseling

  9. CLASS AND INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTIONS • Increase adult supervision at key times (PE, lunch, hall) • Class rules • Role playing • Inform parents • Activities to reduce social isolation

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