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Bullying and Respect for Differences

Bullying and Respect for Differences. STAND UP!. Bullying. Bullying is an intentionally aggressive behavior made up of repeated harmful acts that include an imbalance of power. Aggressive acts can be physical, emotional, or electronic.

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Bullying and Respect for Differences

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  1. Bullying and Respect for Differences STAND UP!

  2. Bullying Bullying is an intentionally aggressive behavior made up of repeated harmful acts that include an imbalance of power. Aggressive acts can be physical, emotional, or electronic.

  3. What’s the difference in bullying and teasing/joking around?

  4. Types of Bullying Physical -Pushing/shoving -Tripping -Hitting Emotional -Name calling and insulting -Intimidation -Exclusion/Ignoring -Spreading rumors -Demanding money -Destroying property Cyberbullying -Text messages -Facebook

  5. Why do bullies bully? Why do people get picked on? • Often, bullying is not about anger toward the victim for something they’ve done, but about contempt and power. Contempt is a feeling of dislike toward someone considered by the bully to be undeserving of respect. • Sometimes, victims become bullies themselves. They may direct their anger at someone who is innocent rather than face up to the bully. (Video clip from The Ant Bully and discussion.) • Sometimes people pick on others for no reason at all, just because. If you are bullied, it’s not your fault. (Video clip from Cheaper by the Dozen and discussion)

  6. Where do people get picked on? • Halls • Bathroom • Gym • Locker room • Bus or bus stop • Neighborhood • Other places?

  7. Roles in Bullying Situation • Ringleader Bully – Main role in bullying • Assistant bullies – Join in bullying • Reinforcers – Laugh/encourage the bully • Bystanders – Watch and witness bullying but are not involved • Victim – Target of the bully • Defenders – Stand up for victim

  8. What do I do to stop bullying? • If you’re being bullied, make sure the bully knows that what they are doing upsets you and is not OK. Sometimes, when we talk with the other student, they say they were just joking and the victim was laughing, so they didn’t know. (Video clip from Hoot and discussion) • Tell an adult. A parent, teacher, counselor, principal, coach. Tell for yourself, tell for a friend, tell us even if it’s a kid you don’t know well. • Speak up if you are a bystander. You and your friends have more influence than you think. Next time it might be you. You’ll want someone to STAND UP! Don’t be an assistant bully, reinforcer or a bystander who does nothing.

  9. What happens if you tell us? 1. We listen to your whole story and decide together on the next steps. 2. We talk to the student who was doing the bullying. We can keep our source anonymous if you want and just address the behavior. The bully has a chance to change his/her behavior after this warning before further consequences are put in place. 3. If the bully is someone the victim knows and the victim wants to have a mediation, we can get you together with a counselor to sort out the cause of the conflict. This depends on whether the victim is comfortable with this and thinks it will help. 4. We follow up with the victim regularly to make sure the bullying has stopped. If not, we will ask our administrators to intervene. We will give consequences, call the parents of the student doing the bullying, and we make sure it stops.

  10. Is this bullying? Sometimes, it’s hard to tell what is bullying and what is just a friendship issue or conflict, so let’s see what you think…. (PS. You can talk to a counselor about any of it, even if it’s not bullying!!) 1. The girl on the third row tells you your purple pencil with cats on it is ugly. 2. You walk down the bus aisle and everyday, the same kid trips you or tries to make you fall while laughing with their friends. 3. One weekend, you get 10 text messages from the same person saying really mean things about the way you look. 4. Your friend says she doesn’t want to be your friend anymore because of something you said. 5. Your friend says she will not be your friend and tells everyone else you know that they cannot be friends with you, or talk to you - or else! 6. You let someone borrow .50 cents for a cookie and two days later, they haven’t paid you back and you are mad. 7. You have your $2 lunch money out on your desk. Someone snatches it and will not give it back when you ask. They spend it in the cafeteria. 8. Someone posts ugly comments about you on facebook on their profile page for everyone to see.

  11. Role Play on Bullying • Role play and discussion

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