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“I love you more than all the stars at night”

“I love you more than all the stars at night”. A Family Presentation On Ensuring Healthy, Safe, & Respectful Environments. Agenda. Safety and Well-being for all students What works with children’s behaviors Creating positive and caring school & home environments Bullying Prevention.

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“I love you more than all the stars at night”

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  1. “I love you more than all the stars at night” A Family Presentation On Ensuring Healthy, Safe, & Respectful Environments

  2. Agenda • Safety and Well-being for all students • What works with children’s behaviors • Creating positive and caring school & home environments • Bullying Prevention

  3. DOE Student PrioritySafety and Well-being • Safety & well-being foundational • For academic & social success • Children need to feel safe and secure • Psychologically & emotionally to learn & grow • Together we can transform schools into compassionate and rigorous centers of learning

  4. Our School Values & Behavior Expectations • Our school’s expectations are: • Insert your own expectations • We all model and demonstrate these behaviors. • Students are acknowledged for demonstrating these behaviors. • If they misbehave we provide appropriate consequences.

  5. Safety and Well-being Initiative • To ensure our children succeed, schools need to implement a(n): • Comprehensive student support system to meet the needs of all students • Schoolwide proactive & positive approach to student behaviors • Wellness program to promote life-long healthy habits • Annual training on the prevention of bullying behaviors

  6. Catch “Um Being Good!”Works Wonders! • Let’s see now . . . • When do you notice your children the most? • In a day, how times have you caught them being good? • What’s your ratio? • Basic rule for maintaining good behaviors • 6 positives to 1 negative statement

  7. Best Strategies • For character education • Modeling of appropriate behaviors by adults • For schoolwide • Teach & acknowledge schoolwide behavioral expectations/core ethical values • For classrooms • Academic success

  8. Through Their Eyes • Children learn through watching • Your tone of voice, body language, and every expression • Praise their accomplishments and . . they feel proud! • Let them do things independently and . . they feel capable and strong! • Say belittling comments and they feel worthless.

  9. Bullying Behaviors • Increased awareness and demonstration of bullying nationally • Types of bullying • Physical, verbal, social, relational, cyber • Communicated via • Verbal, written, graphic, electronics

  10. Is bullying a problem in Hawaii schools? 2007 Youth Behavioral Risk Survey • 2 in 3 middle school students in Hawaii say bullying is a problem • 1 in 2 high school students in Hawaii say bullying is a problem

  11. Is bullying & harassment a problem?

  12. Some Signs Of Bullying • Withdraws socially, few friends • Feels isolated, alone and sad • Feels picked on • Feels rejected & not liked • Frequently complains of illness • Doesn’t want to go to school, avoids classes or skips school • Changes in eating or sleeping patterns • Threatens violence to self or others

  13. When Bullying Happens . . . Bully All in the triangle are impacted. Any bullying prevention/intervention program must address all three groups. Victim/Target Bystander

  14. Preventing Bullying • Ensure your home is a loving environment where he/she feels physically & emotionally safe • Open lines of communication • Reinforce the school’s behavioral expectations/core ethical values • Teach your child respect & honor all diversities

  15. If you suspect your child is being bullied . . . • Be supportive and listen to your child • Gather information about the incident • Let he/she know that there is help • Contact the school/teacher/counselor immediately • Teach your child to be more resilient to bullying • Tell your child not to react, but walk away

  16. Practice: “Stop, Walk and Talk” • “STOP” • Hold the stop hand signal firmly out • Give eye contact to the bullier • Use a clear voice and say “Stop” • “WALK AWAY” • If problem continues • “TALK” • Report problems to an adult • Distinction difference between “tattling” and “talking”

  17. Because We Care About You . . .

  18. “Home is where the heart is.” Thank you for coming and We love you more than all the stars at night.

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