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Bullying

Bullying. By: Amanda Stinebrickner. Definition of Bullying (As defined by Teaching Tolerance-www.tolerance.org). Bullying happens when someone is subjected to negative actions from one or more people and has a hard time defending himself or herself Various forms of bullying:

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Bullying

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  1. Bullying By: Amanda Stinebrickner

  2. Definition of Bullying(As defined by Teaching Tolerance-www.tolerance.org) • Bullying happens when someone is subjected to negative actions from one or more people and has a hard time defending himself or herself • Various forms of bullying: • Teasing, taunting or verbal abuse • Punching, shoving and physical acts • Spreading rumors • Excluding someone from a group • Ganging up on others

  3. Why is this important to me? • This research increased my awareness and the urge to get actively involved in intervention at the schools • We have all been affected by bullying, one way or another

  4. Eye-opening statistics(www.tolerance.org) • 160,000 estimated U.S. students skip school daily to avoid being bullied • 32% of students report being bullied at school during the school year • 86% of gay or lesbian students reported being bullied • 70% of teachers surveyed say that educators “almost always” intervene when bullying occurs • 35% of 9th graders who believe school professionals responded poorly to the bullying they observed • 10-20% of bystanders who PROVIDE any real help

  5. Home LifeBully vs. Victim “Bullying behavior is associated with”: • Low maternal and paternal involvement • In particular, youth who spend more time without adults are more likely to bully peers • Coming from families with authoritarian parents who condone fighting back • Family lacks warmth and structure • Low family cohesion • Family is explained as being high in conflict Victims have a tendency to come from families that: • Have high levels of cohesion • Victims are more likely to have less authoritative parents • Live in families in which there are low levels of negotiation • Have high levels of conflict • Resource: (Holt, Kantor, & Finkelhor, pg. 45)

  6. Bullying is on the rise……

  7. Phoebe Prince

  8. Tyler Clementi

  9. Statistics • 2005 Harris poll found 90 percent of gay and lesbian teens say they have been bullied in the past year • 2009 survey by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network said of these, 2/3 of these students feel unsafe in school

  10. Ellen DeGeneres

  11. “It Gets Better Program” • Dan Savage launched this program, which is a series of online videos delivered by adult gays and lesbians designed to tell young people that they can survive harassment and have happy lives

  12. What can we do?(www.tolerance.org) • To stop bullying before it starts, we can: • Adopt and publicize an anti-bullying policy that includes clear procedures and consequences • Provide school-wide training

  13. If we hear or see evidence of bullying, we can: • Stop the bullying immediately • Offer guidance to bystanders on how to intervene appropriately

  14. If we see or learn of a pattern of bullying, we can: • Bring staff together to discuss the behavior and agree on a unified course of action

  15. We should ask questions when we see: • Ripped or damaged clothing • Students who isolate themselves from others

  16. New York State Education Departmentwww.nysed.gov The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommend that schools should: • Educate students, teachers, and other staff members about cyberbullying • Be sure that the school’s anti-bullying rules and policies address cyberbullying • Closely monitor students’ use of computers at school • Use filtering and tracking software, but don’t rely solely on this software, to screen out cyberbullying and other problematic online behavior • Investigate reports of bullying and cyberbullying immediately • Notify parents of all children involved • Closely monitor the behavior of affected students • Investigate to see if the victim could use some support

  17. Some websites we can use to help combat bullying • Stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov • Stopbullyingspeakup.com • Glsen.org/bullying • Adl.org/combatbullying • Wiredsafety.org • Youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject • Pacer.org/bullying

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