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Sticks & Stones Dealing with Bullying

Sticks & Stones Dealing with Bullying. Presented by: Dr. Janet Fox & Kimberly Jones LSU AgCenter 4-H Youth Development. Bullying is…. Harmful behavior (physical, verbal or indirect) by a person or group that occurs repeatedly over time. .

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Sticks & Stones Dealing with Bullying

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  1. Sticks & StonesDealing with Bullying Presented by: Dr. Janet Fox & Kimberly Jones LSU AgCenter 4-H Youth Development

  2. Bullying is…. • Harmful behavior (physical, verbal or indirect) by a person or group that occurs repeatedly over time.

  3. Bullying is everybody’s business: students, teachers, administrators, custodians, cafeteria workers, and parents.

  4. Bully • Victim • Bystander

  5. Consequences for the Bully • Poor social adjustment • Behavioral problems • Court convictions and jail time • Commit more serious crimes • Driving offenses and drunk driving • Alcoholism and mental health problems • School problems

  6. Consequences of the Victim • Anxiety • Lower academic success • Insecurity • Lower self-esteem

  7. Consequences for the Bystander • Fearful • Guilt • Anxiety • Lower school success

  8. What Can Parents and Youth Professionals Do? • Model respectful behavior • Listen to and acknowledge feelings • Discuss retaliation and consequences • Teach communication skills • Promote development of empathy • Teach socially acceptable behavior • Use positive parenting/discipline skills • Report bullying

  9. What can victims do? • Talk to an adult • Try to make friends with other students • Avoid situations where bullying can happen • Act confident or rebuild self confidence • Do not blame yourself • Do not resort to violence

  10. What can bystanders do? • Refuse to join in • Attempt to diffuse bullying situations • Get an adult to help • Speak up and/or offer support • Encourage the bullied teen to talk with an adult.

  11. What can schools or youth organizations do? • Warmth, interest and involvement from adults • Firm limits to unacceptable behavior • Monitoring youth • Non-hostile and non-physical consequences for behavior

  12. Teach STAY SAFE SAFE means… • Stand Positive and Strong • Avoid The Situation • Find Support • Express Your Feelings

  13. What are Common Mistakes/Misdirections • Zero tolerance policies • Group treatment for children who bully • Conflict resolution/peer mediation • Simple, short term solutions • Confusing civil rights issues with bullying issues • Disregarding state laws and legal liability issues

  14. Olweus Bullying Prevention Four levels of Implementation • School-Level • Individual-Level • Classroom-Level • Community-Level

  15. School-Level Components • Establish a bullying prevention coordinating committee • Train staff • Introduce the school rules • Hold a school kick off to launch the program • Involve parent

  16. Individual-Level Components • Supervise students activities • Ensure that all staff intervene on the spot • Hold meetings with students involved • Hold meeting with parents of involved students • Develop individual intervention plans

  17. Classroom-Level Components • Post and enforce school wide rules against bullying. • Hold regular classroom meetings. • Hold meetings with students’ parents.

  18. Community-Level Component • Involve community members on the committee. • Develop partnerships with community members to support your school’s program. • Help to spread the anti-bullying messages and principles of best practice in the community.

  19. The Role of the School • Evaluate Current Administrators and Supervisors • Develop Specific Systems to Report Threats, Violence and Bullying • Establish a system of rewards that positively reinforces • Train Entire Staff • Recognize the symptoms • Report • Know how to intervene • Help victims • Prevent Bullying

  20. Continued… • Create a team of interventionists (psychologist, counselors, social workers, police, medical, legal, media) • Create bullying education programs for all students and parents • Empower bystanders • Eliminate the second bully • Develop and early warning system • Create, amass and distribute bullying information

  21. Taking on Bullies in Louisiana

  22. Phase I: Laying the Foundation • Parent Letter • School Climate Assessment • Group views suggested movies • Reflection/Journaling Activities • Introduce Character Word Wall

  23. Phase II: School Assemblies • Brief power point • Reflection of viewed movies • Character Film Clips • Role Playing skits (incorporate peer teaching when possible) • Student Challenge

  24. Phase III: Follow up & Reflection • Provide follow-up activities during the assembly (Taking a Stand Footprints) • School Climate Assessment (compare) • Provide teachers with additional resources and feedback • Student developed action plan • Reflective Journaling • Incorporate Recognition

  25. My achy, breaky heart!

  26. “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.” Harvey Firestone

  27. Resources • Real Problems Real Solutions, Dr. Susan Lipkins www.realpsychology.com • Olweus Bully Prevention Program http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/ • No Name Calling Week Resource Guide www.nonamecallingweek.org • The Bully Free Classroom. Alan Beane, 1999. Free Spirit Publishing Inc., Minneapolis, MN. www.freespirit.com • What works and Doesn’t Work in Bullying Prevention and Intervention. Susan Limber & Marlene Snyder, The State Education Standard. July 2006

  28. www.filmclipsonline.com

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