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Safe and Caring Schools By Susan Grinder. Opening Song. Don't Laugh at Me By: Mark Wills. What is bullying?. It is one-sided (bad behavior does not go back and forth) Involves a power imbalance (older against younger, group towards individual, popular versus less popular)
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Safe and Caring Schools By Susan Grinder
Opening Song Don't Laugh at Me By: Mark Wills
What is bullying? • It is one-sided (bad behavior does not go back and forth) • Involves a power imbalance (older against younger, group towards individual, popular versus less popular) • Repetitive/ongoing • Intention to hurt
Types of Bullying • Physical (hitting, kicking, destroying property) • Verbal (name-calling, rumors, gossip, threats) • Social (leaving someone out, mean texts, dirty looks)
Why do people bully? • The bullies have problems; something is bothering them • Someone has bullied them in the past • Because they can! (No one reported the bad behavior) • Poor choices were modeled by others • They are unable to handle stress or anxiety • To gain power
What role do you play?Are you a bully, target or bystander? • Bully: Intentionally and repeatedly hurting others • Target: Being humiliated, hurt, left out (over and over) • Passive bystander: Seeing bullying behavior and doing nothing to stop it • Active bystander: Standing up for a person who is being treated badly
What can we do? • Try not to take it personally (stay calm) • Be kind, compassionate and polite • Report the bad behavior • Ask: “What’s wrong?” • Use words to say: • How we feel • What we do not like • Please stop • What we will do to be safe
Role Plays Scenario: Someone has been refusing to let you play at recess (this has gone on many times) 1) When you ____________________________ 2) I feel ________________________________ 3) I need _______________________________ 4) If this doesn't’t stop, I will have to __________
Key Points • We want to help ourselves, our friends, our community and the person engaging in bullying behavior • By being silent, we help no one • We can report to: parents, teachers, educational assistants, school counsellor, principal, vice principal, supervisors, bus drivers, etc. • We can help ourselves by being assertive
Time for Reflection • http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/329735