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Stop School Bullying. Woodgate Intermediate. What is bullying?. MISD definition: To have the effect of physically harming a student, damaging a student’s property, or placing a student in reasonable fear to harm
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Stop School Bullying Woodgate Intermediate
What is bullying? • MISD definition: • To have the effect of physically harming a student, damaging a student’s property, or placing a student in reasonable fear to harm • To be severe, persistent, or persuasive to create intimidating, threatening or abusiveeducational environment for a student
Types of Bullying • Physical – involving parts of the body • Emotional/Psychological – verbal threats, teasing, taunting • Cyber – through technological devices (texting, Facebook, etc…)
Bullying • Bullying usually involves a bully, a victim and a witness (bystander). Witnesses are just as responsible as the bully for the bullying activity.
Bullying • Bullying can include saying or writing inappropriate things about a person, teasing, deliberately excluding a person from activities, threatening or hurting a person and/or making a person do something against their will.
Who is a Bully? • A person who doesn’t care if bad things happen to other people. • A person who doesn’t feel bad when others are hurt. • A person who likes to be the center of attention. • A person who thinks others deserve to be bullied. • A person who may be bullied at home by family members.
Why do students bully? • To gain power • To get attention / become popular • To get material things • Due to problems at home • To copy another person
Types of People who are often targeted by Bullies • Students who are smaller • Students who don’t have many friends • Students who don’t stick up for themselves or get an adult for help • Most anybody if they think they can get away with it!
Effects of Being Bullied • Feeling scared, alone, sad • Don’t like school • Headaches/stomachaches • Not feeling good about themselves
How Do I Get Help? • Ask an ADULT • Teacher • Counselor • Principal
Stop - A- Bully • Tell the Bully to STOP! • Use an Assertive Voice • Make Eye Contact • Do NOT reply to Texts, Facebook or IM’s • Report it to an ADULT! • Make Friends and Stick Together! ALWAYS BE SAFE!
Bullying Resources • www.StopBullying.gov • http://www.fbi-sos.org/ • http://www.kwtx.com/stopbullying