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Presented by; Pat Pinkham Safety & Loss Control

This presentation by Pat Pinkham explores the serious problem of bullying and its impact on academic and social progress. Discover effective strategies for prevention and support.

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Presented by; Pat Pinkham Safety & Loss Control

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  1. Preventing Bullying Presented by; Pat Pinkham Safety & Loss Control

  2. Why stop bullying? Bullying is a serious problem that can affect a student’s academic and social progress and can result in violence, mental health problems, and suicide.

  3. “Your children who have ridiculed me, who have chosen not to accept me, who have treated me like I am not worth their time, are dead” This statement was made in the suicide note left by Eric Harris, one of the two attackers at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado

  4. Just How Large is the Problem? • 250,000 physical attacks per month in schools • 1/3 of students being afraid at school • 1/4 of students state their education suffers • 1/5 are truant at least 1 day per month because they fear for their safety • Over 50% of students from the 5th grade up are either the victim of cyberbullying, or know someone who is a victim..

  5. Everyone can Relate • Just about everyone can recall an experience of bullying as a; • Victim • Bystander • Bully

  6. Bullying Occurs in Different Forms • Emotional • Social • Physical • Verbal • Sexual • Racial

  7. What is bullying? The easiest way to understand bullying is through looking at these analogies: Spouse abuse. Sexual harassment. All involve imbalance of power; in all these forms of abuse, the perpetrator blames the victim for the abuse. The victim may blame him or herself for the abuse.

  8. Bullying’s Three Components • Harm • Unfair Match • Repeated

  9. What is bullying? • Direct • Teasing • Taunting • Threatening • Hitting • Stealing • In-direct • Spreading rumors • Social isolation

  10. CyberBullying • New Age Bullying • Uses electronic media, internet, text messaging, electronic photos and video, or websites • No face to face contact • Wide Distribution

  11. How has society reacted to abuse? • Through denial • “Kids will be kids” • “It’s not important;” • “He didn’t mean it.” • By blaming the victim or asking the victim to solve the problem: • “You should wear different clothes;” • “He just does it because he knows it bothers you.” • “Why don’t you tell them that you don’t like it”

  12. Characteristics of Bullies • Need to feel power and be in control • Derives satisfaction from inflicting injury or suffering on others • Have little empathy for their victims • Defend their actions by claiming that they were provoked by the victim

  13. Characteristics of victims • Insecure • Cautious • Low self-esteem • May lack friends, or feel socially isolated • Rarely defends themselves… • They are seen as “easy” targets

  14. Effective Bullying Prevention “The program strives to develop a school environment characterized by: • Firm limits to unacceptable behavior; • Non-hostile, nonphysical negative consequences consistently applied in cases of ...unacceptable behaviors; and • Where adults act as authorities and positive role models.

  15. Effective discipline • Specific behavior expectations. • Consistent consequences: • Inevitable • Predictable • Escalating • Work with Teachers and Administrators • Educate the parents

  16. Bullying Prevention Counsel bullies Support targets Activate bystanders Safe and affirming school climate • Consequences for aggression: • inevitable, • predictable, • escalating • Positive feeling tone and modeling • Time spent with young people

  17. Counseling aggressive youth We help students think about these questions after they know what their consequences are: • What did you do? • What was wrong with that? • What problem were you trying to solve? • How will you solve that problem next time? • As students reflect on their behavior they learn how their behavior affects others they find different ways to meet their needs.

  18. Supporting targets: Bullying is a loss experience: • Loss of safety • Loss of self-esteem: • “They bully you, then you bully yourself” • Loss of belonging • Loss of control over own life .

  19. How do we support youth who are experiencing losses? • We protect from more losses, comfort them and help them not blame themselves for what has happened. • We don’t tell them to pretend it doesn’t hurt

  20. Activating bystanders We encourage youth to: Speak up to bullies, Ask adults for help, And reach out as friends to isolated peers.

  21. In other words… • Bullying prevention interventions: • Raise the cost of bullying by removing the bully’s power. • Help aggressive youth change. • Change the peer culture so everyone is included. • And protect and support targets of bullying

  22. Preventing CyberBullying • Free Speech? • Districts should require students and their parents to sign a contract • Gives the student the right to use school computers, and websites • Prohibits the use of school and personal electronic devices for inappropriate bully behavior • Students can be disciplined for breaking their contract…

  23. QUESTIONS?

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