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Bullies, Targets & Witnesses. SuEllen Fried & Paula Fried. YouTube - Bullying Speaker Tony Bartoli--STAND!, Stop BULLYING!. Some research indicates that over 160,000 stay home from school because of fear …. 3 Kinds of Bullying. Physical Verbal Emotional. Physical. Hitting Kicking
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Bullies, Targets & Witnesses SuEllen Fried & Paula Fried YouTube - Bullying Speaker Tony Bartoli--STAND!, Stop BULLYING!
Some research indicates that over 160,000 stay home from school because of fear…
3 Kinds of Bullying • Physical • Verbal • Emotional
Physical • Hitting • Kicking • Punching • Tripping • Scratching • Pushing • Shoving • Pulling hair • Grabbing • Choking • Stabbing with pencil
Verbal • Name calling • Profanity • Put downs • Threatening • Humiliating • Talking about someone’s mother or family • Gossip • Rumors
Sticks and stones may break my bones BUT words will never hurt me!!! Agree or disagree???? Verbal bullying
Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can break my heart.
Emotional • Laughing • Pointing • Staring • Writing notes • Giving ‘evil eye’ • Ignoring • Body language • Gestures – “L’ - loser • Making a fist • excluding
Which is the most common? Physical Verbal Emotional
Which is the most hurtful form of bullying? Physical Verbal Emotional
TargetsBulliesWitnesses Targets + Bullies = 30 % Witnesses = 70 %
Target • Girls, boys, kids, adults • Short, tall, thin, heavy • Wear braces or glasses • Different color hair, skin, or religion • Have a disability • Someone in their family has a disability • Changed schools • Repeated a grade/moved up a grade • Have a name someone can make fun of • Has different interests • Likes different music Cry, Comply, Deny or Fly off the handle
Bullies • They have problems in their family • They’re being abused at home • Older brother/sister picking on them • They want revenge • They want to be noticed • They want to be popular • They’re bored • They’re mean • They have been bullied by someone else and now they are bullying • They have seen it on TV, movies , video games • Peer pressure • Maybe they are lonely • They’re jealous • They don’t know how to make friends • They want power/control
Research on Bullies • Dr Eron in upstate NY- study of 690 third graders…update 10 years later in HS and found almost all seniors who were bullies in HS were also reported in 3rd grade… • 10 years later discover 1 in 4 students who were identified in 3rd grade as bullies had a criminal record by the time they were 28.
More research on bullies Study by Dan Olweus found that 60 % of children identified as bullies between grades 6-10 were cited for criminal behavior as adults…40% of those had 3 or more convictions
Witnesses – 70% Power in numbers!!!!
Bullying Vs Teasing Bullying: intent to harm, intensity & duration, abuse of power, target is vulnerable, target unsupported, continuing when asked to STOP Bullying – when only one person laughing Teasing – when both people are laughing Power of a witness....