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The Southern Poverty Law Center: How to Reduce Bullying

The Southern Poverty Law Center: How to Reduce Bullying. The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. ARTICLE REACTIONS. What is Bullying?.

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The Southern Poverty Law Center: How to Reduce Bullying

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  1. The Southern Poverty Law Center:How to Reduce Bullying The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society.

  2. ARTICLE REACTIONS

  3. What is Bullying? In your own words, how would you define bullying?

  4. What is Bullying? • Teasing, taunting or verbal abuse • Punching, shoving and physical acts • Spreading rumors • Excluding someone from a group • Ganging up on others

  5. What is Cyberbullying?

  6. What is Cyberbullying? • Sending mean text, e-mail or instant messages • Posting damaging pictures or hurtful messages in blogs or on Web sites • Spreading rumors or lies about someone, sometimes using a fake identity

  7. BULLYING BY THE NUMBERS • 160,000… Estimated number of U.S. students who skip school daily to avoid being bullied • 32%... Students who report being bullied at school during the school year • 86%... Gay or lesbian students who report being bullied

  8. BULLYING BY THE NUMBERS • 70%... Teachers surveyed who say that educators “almost always” intervene when bullying occurs • 35%... 9th graders who believe their teachers are interested in trying to stop bullying • 66%... Bullying victims who believe school professionals responded poorly to the bullying they observed

  9. FACTS AND MYTHS ABOUT BULLIES TRUE OR FALSE? • Nearly one-third of American teens are involved in bullying. • Fewer than 10% of American teens admit to bullying others. • Most students who bully are insecure. • Male bullies are not usually bigger or physically stronger than their peers. • Bullies have trouble making friends. • Bullies do poorly in school compared to students who do not bully. • Most bullies discontinue aggressive behavior in adulthood.

  10. HOW SAFE IS LNHS? Anonymous Survey

  11. BULLIED VIDEO

  12. THEMES IN FOCUS COURAGE AND EMPATHY What did Jamie hope to accomplish by filing a lawsuit? What do you think Jamie felt on a typical day?

  13. THEMES IN FOCUS THE IMPACT OF BULLYING: DEALING WITH DISCRIMINATION What role did bystanders play in Jamie’s bullying? What are some common misconceptions about bullying?

  14. THEMES IN FOCUS MAKING HISTORY: STANDING UP FOR JUSTICE What is the constitutional basis of Jamie’s case (Nabozny v. Podlesny)? What are Jamie’s key messages when he speaks at the assembly?

  15. MAKING A DIFFERENCE Identify Needs Survey Level of Caring Develop an Action Plan ???

  16. NORWAY STUDY(P. 398) Psychologist Dan Olweus (1991) curbed bullying in Norway by: • Surveying all 90,000 schoolchildren • Using the data (that bullying was serious and widespread), communitywide meetings were held to explain the problem • Classes discussed ways to prevent bullying • Counselors intervened using a combination of mild punishments and intensive therapy with the bully and counseling with his/her parents

  17. RESOURCES • Find Youth Info bullyinginfo .org • Safe Schools Coalition safeschoolscoalition.org • Committee for Children cfchildren.org • Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) glsen.org

  18. The End

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