Bullying

Prevention
Programs
The lack of
understanding can
result in major
ramifications to all
those around, bullies,
those being bullied
and the audience of
these actions
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BULLYING~ What is it really?

NOW

THEN

DEFINITON:
Aggressive

behavior
distinguished by unequal power
and the intention to cause
Physical, Social, or Emotional
harm to others.
~School

Psychology Review 2007

The Pros to Programs

Programs create open
communication
between students and
teachers

Mandatory in many
schools according to
the US Dept of
Education

Programs can define

what bullying is

LOOK OUT
Stand up for your right to be safe
START OUT
Start clubs and programs geared towards
students that are isolated, and their interests
HELP OUT
ACT OUT
Even if you are not
Take action a your school, you dont have to
the one being bullied
Wait for someone else to take the initiative
you can still
advocate the rights
of those being bullied
WORK OUT
How to collaborate with your peers and superiors
SPEAK OUT
STEP OUT
Let your voice be heard
Walk with pride in who you are
SEEK OUT
FIND OUT
speak on a national level if you are
what are your rights provided
not being heard on a local level
By law

The Cons of the

Controversy
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this education is unlikely to

include content about LGBT
families or gender issues. Just
(37%) have ever received
professional development on
gender issues. Only (23%) have
received professional
development on families with
LGBT parents. ~GLSEN

By telling kids to stand up

against the big bad bully We
are reinforcing their feelings of
self-righteousness, and people
can be decidedly mean when
they feel self-righteous.
(especially in issues of assumed
immorality, (i.e. gays and
conflicting religious beliefs

Programs promote the child

who is getting bullied to tell
someone in authority; this
often results in much harsher
forms of bullying due to this
child being labeled a RAT
Developmental psychologists almost
universally tell us that children need to
experience negative social interactions
and to have the opportunity to be in
unsupervised social settings in order to
develop social skills, meaningful
relationships and resilience. When adults
constantly monitor childrens social lives,
we prevent them from experiencing the
natural interactions and hardships they
require for healthy development

How do the images of iconic

bullies affect our rational on the
issue as a whole?

Why do bullies, bully?

Do prevention programs
help bullies to overcome
their problems?

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DATA FROM

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Key Findings
Forty-six states have bullying laws and 45 of those laws direct school districts to
adopt bullying policies. However, three of the 46 states prohibit bullying
without defining the behavior that is prohibited.
Thirty-six states include provisions in their education codes prohibiting
cyberbullying or bullying using electronic media. Thirteen states specify that
schools have jurisdiction over off-campus behavior if it creates a hostile school
environment.
Forty-one states have created model bullying policies, 12 of which were not
mandated to do so under law. Three other states, including Hawaii, Montana,
and Michigan, also developed model policies in the absence of state bullying
legislation.
Among the 20 school district bullying policies reviewed in this study, districts
located in states with more expansive legislation produced the most expansive
school district policies. However, several school districts in states with less
expansive laws also substantially expanded the scope and content of their
policies beyond the minimum legal expectations.

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Programs for Bullies

In my school we offer ____________ for bullies.
The program ___________ was established to help
bullies work through their frustrations that have lead
them to bullying.

Our school offers anonymous counseling and

intervention for bullies called _________.

YOU FILL IN THE BLANKS!!!!

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What is right is not

Always popular, and
what
Is popular is not always
Right
~Mark Twain

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