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PREVENTION ROCKS

PREVENTION ROCKS. HOW TO DEVELOP A SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM WHICH Builds a Peaceful and Safe School Climate Eliminates Bullying/Harassment Promotes Social Responsibility LONG BEACH ISLAND. Impact of Bullying. Types of Bullying. Direct Aggression Indirect or Relational Aggression

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PREVENTION ROCKS

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  1. PREVENTION ROCKS HOW TO DEVELOP A SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM WHICH • Builds a Peaceful and Safe School Climate • Eliminates Bullying/Harassment • Promotes Social Responsibility LONG BEACH ISLAND

  2. Impact of Bullying

  3. Types of Bullying • Direct Aggression • Indirect or Relational Aggression • Cyberbullying

  4. Profiles of Victims/Bullies

  5. Causes of Bullying • Need for power, status and/or control • Proactive protection • Lack of empathy/social responsibility • Peer pressure • Jealousy • Boredom

  6. When to intervene

  7. Teach students what bullying is and: • That they have a right to be treated with fairness and respect at all times • To tell an adult if they can not handle a bullying situation • That it is identified by what is experienced rather than intended • That bullies thrive off the sense of power and control they get from their behaviors

  8. Model the behaviors, attitudes and beliefs you want students to learn

  9. Share of yourself so students feel comfortable talking about themselves

  10. Develop classrooms and school communities within which all students feel comfortable and safe

  11. “Raise the bar” of expectations by letting students know that they need to demonstrate caring and social responsibility at all times

  12. Take advantage of every “teachable moment” to help students develop social/emotional skills such as empathy, fairness and impulse control

  13. Continually reinforce concepts such as effective conflict resolution, standing up for others, peacemaking, etc. during academic lessons

  14. Teach students how to step backchoose their reaction to events (going to the balcony)

  15. Teach students that differences concerning culture, race, body type, ability, sexual orientation etc. should be recognized and respected

  16. Enable students to identify and discuss what they are uniquely sensitive about

  17. Help students learn how toput feelings into words so that they can be effectively communicated

  18. Enable students to use creative arts to express their feelings, heal emotional wounds/trauma and discharge their excess energy

  19. Collaboratively develop group norms for classroom conduct

  20. Teach students how to “talk back”to irrational thoughts/beliefs

  21. Help students learn how to usedeep breathing, visualization and meditation to overcomestress and achieve inner peace

  22. Teach students to let go of their own self-judgments, take great care of themselves and talk to themselves like they are their own best friend

  23. Allow students to talk about what is going on in their lives within a safe and supportive environment

  24. Teach students skills to resolve conflict such as Socratic questioning, meta-communication and detachment

  25. Use role-play and psychodrama to help students learn how to effectively respond to challenging situations

  26. Use cooperative learning strategies to help students learn to work together effectively

  27. Teach students how they can support each other academically, emotionally and socially

  28. Provide students with opportunities to engage in team building activities

  29. Hold “challenge days” where all students can get to know each other on a deeper level and build community

  30. Use negotiation and consensus to teach students problem-solving skills and enable them to take greater ownership of classroom decisions, consequences, activities, etc.

  31. Mobilize students to become involved in service projects to help them learn the rewards of helping others

  32. Help students develop their social skills and make healthy choices regarding their friendships

  33. Establish routine “check ins” at the beginning and end of each class and/or day to give a students an opportunity for reflection

  34. Hold regular classroom meetings to help students get to know each other on a deeper level, resolve classroom problems, plan future events, etc.

  35. Teach students strategies to respond effectively to bullies • Be directive • Ask questions • Offer to be helpful • Use humor • Behave unpredictably • Detach and visualize a peaceful place/activity

  36. Mobilize “upstanders” to effectively intervene in bullying situations and recognize the impact of massive peer pressure over bullies

  37. Establish a “peacemaking and antibullying patrol” made up of appropriate students

  38. Hold assemblies where students can hear testimonials from students and/or adults about the toxic impact of bullying and develop enthusiasm to build a safe and respectful school

  39. Encourage all students and staff to sign a pledge that they will do everything they can to promote a peaceful school and eliminate bullying/harassment

  40. Have students put up a “wall of compliments” to counteract the putdowns which are so common

  41. Have students make a video which demonstrates effective ways to eliminate bullying/harassment and show it to the entire school

  42. Develop effective ways to reward students who demonstrate caring, responsible, etc. behavior such as increased privileges, school-wide recognition or the ability to attend a leadership conference at the school

  43. Use guided and progressive discipline to teach students appropriate behaviors and social responsibiity • Three strike policy • Use natural consequences • Decrease the social freedom of students who exhibit inappropriate behaviors

  44. Utilize intervention room for students who do not demonstrate that they are socially responsible enough to be part of the mainstream school community

  45. Provide adult and/or peer mentors for students who are socially isolated and/or vulnerable to bullying

  46. Develop support groups to help students increase their social skills, overcome emotional challenges, etc.

  47. Provide training for all staff on how to build a caring school community and eliminate bullying/harassment

  48. Make sure all school staff are continually of the lookout (especially in bullying hotspots) for inappropriate student behavior and bullying and intervene as soon as possible

  49. Make sure every students has a positive connection to at least one adult within the school community

  50. Train parents how to help their children respond effectively to bullying situations and how they can partner with the school to eliminate bullying/harassment

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