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Help eliminate bullying in schools by understanding the issue, being kind, and standing up against mistreatment. Learn about the Golden Rule and the impact of bullying. Take action and create positive memories by treating others with respect. -
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Allan L. Beane, Ph.D. www.bullyfree.com abeane@bullyfree.com
Help Your School Be Bully Free by Allan L. Beane, Ph.D. abeane@bullyfree.com (270) 227-0431 www.bullyfree.com
Why Am I Here? • To talk with you about a serious problem! • Your school cares about you. • Your school needs your help. • You hear it and see it when the adults don’t – it’s done in secret. www.bullyfree.com
What is the problem? • Students Mistreating Students • Bullying www.bullyfree.com
Your school hates bullying. • I hate bullying. • I believe you hate bullying. • You have good hearts. www.bullyfree.com
I believe in the Golden Rule! What is the Golden Rule? “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” www.bullyfree.com
The Bully Free Program Why Dr. Beane developed the Bully Free Program www.bullyfree.com
Forrest Gump Movie www.bullyfree.com
ForrestGump(Paramount Pictures, 1994) www.bullyfree.com
Forrest Gump • Memories • Mistreatment is remembered! • Apple lesson • Styrofoam plate and skewer lesson • Paper lesson www.bullyfree.com
Kindness is remembered! • Would you say Jenny obeyed the GoldenRule? • Would you say Jenny had a prettyheart? • Voice of kindness • Voice of acceptance • Voice of courage www.bullyfree.com
Kindness is remembered! Jenny obeyed the GoldenRule! • Voice of kindness • Voice of acceptance • Voice of courage www.bullyfree.com
What kind of memories are you creating? www.bullyfree.com
Why was Forrest mistreated? Important Truth! No one deserves to be mistreated. www.bullyfree.com
Would you rather be an “apple person” or an “onion person?” www.bullyfree.com
Onion People … • Do not have the GoldenRule inside of them. • Make others cry. • Do not make others feel good. • Do not make others feel healthy. www.bullyfree.com
Apple People … • Have the GoldenRule inside of them. • A core value we should all have. • They help others feel good and feel healthy. www.bullyfree.com
Definition of Bullying Bullying is when one or more powerful persons hurt someone’s body, feelings or things and/or frighten them on purpose again and again. www.bullyfree.com
What does bullying look like? www.bullyfree.com
Hitting, slapping, elbowing, and shouldering (slamming) • Pushing and shoving • Kicking www.bullyfree.com
Pinching • Cramming someone into his/her locker • Stealing or damaging property/belongings www.bullyfree.com
Holding someone so they can’t move • Name-calling • Insulting remarks and put-downs • Repeated teasing www.bullyfree.com
Racist remarks • Making someone afraid • Whispering about someone behind their back • Turning someone’s best friend against them www.bullyfree.com
Gossiping and spreading mean and hurtful rumors and lies about someone • Embarrassing someone - making him or her look foolish and silly • Making mean faces at someone and turning your back to someone in a mean way www.bullyfree.com
Writing mean things on the wall about someone • Not letting someone play or sit with you and your friends • Mean and hurtful notes passed around or sent to someone www.bullyfree.com
Promising to be mean to someone • Cyber bullying • Messages that hurt or make someone afraid • Text messages • E-mail • Internet • Etc. www.bullyfree.com
Shut your eyes! • If you know someone who is mistreated every day at school, raise your hand. • If you feel like you are mistreated almost every day at school, raise your hand. www.bullyfree.com
Why must bullying stop? • Makes children sick. • Makes children who watch feel bad and sad. • Sometimes bullied children hurt themselves. • Sometimes bullied children hurt others. www.bullyfree.com
The movie Mask! www.bullyfree.com
Mask(Universal City Studios, Inc. 1985) www.bullyfree.com
Did the student in this movie obey the Golden Rule when he said, “Hey kid, why don’t you take your mask off?” www.bullyfree.com
Guard Your Tongue! www.bullyfree.com
Lessons about the Tongue Toothpaste lesson Banana lesson www.bullyfree.com
Youcan’t take back what you said or did. • But you can: • Say, “I was wrong.” • Say, “I am sorry.” • Say, “Please forgive me.” • Be kind to the person. www.bullyfree.com
Did the students who laughed at what was said to Rocky obey the Golden Rule? www.bullyfree.com
Guard Your Heart! www.bullyfree.com
Guard Your Heart Lessons Bottle of water lesson Coke can lesson www.bullyfree.com
Bystanders are Powerful! • Don’t laugh or join in when someone is mistreated. • Don’t ignore it when someone is mistreated. www.bullyfree.com
Report it! www.bullyfree.com
High School Students Know What You Should Do www.bullyfree.com
Stick together! • Snowflakes are powerful when they stick together. • They can stop a big truck! • They can shut down an airport! www.bullyfree.com
The Good News is. . . • IF YOU ARE BEING BULLIED: • We know how to help you and we can teach you to help yourself! • IF YOU ARE A BULLY: • We know how to help you stop mistreating others! www.bullyfree.com
IF YOU ARE BYSTANDER (WITNESS TO BULLYING): • You are powerful. • You don’t have to laugh. • You don’t have to ignore it. You can REPORT IT! • You and your friends can take a stand against bullying. www.bullyfree.com
I challenge you!! I dare you!! www.bullyfree.com