1. S MARIST COLLEGE TEACHERS OF TOMORROW Coordinated By:
Rosemarie Martens
2. 1. What is bullying? 2. What is a bystander? 3. What do you
think are the different types of bullying? 4. What do you think are
some of the effects of bullying? 5. In what ways do you think that
you can prevent or reduce bullying?
3. S http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gliH
yklHr6c&feature=player_detailpage In 85% of bullying cases, no
intervention or effort is made by a teacher or administrator to
stop the bullying from taking place.
4. S Behavior that focuses on making someone feel small and
insecure; belittling a person by making them feel weak and
vulnerable. S Includes harassment, physical harm, repeatedly
demeaning speech and efforts to ostracize another person. S
Bullying is active; it is purposeful behavior intended to bring
someone else down.
5. S Physical: Purposefully trying to physically dominate and
instill fear in another person. Examples: kicking, punching, and
pushing. S Verbal: Speaking to or about a person in a way that is
unkind and hurtful. Examples: excessively teasing, name calling,
spreading rumors, & talking about someone behind their back. S
Nonverbal/Emotional: Purposefully trying to make a person to feel
isolated, alone and depressed; the bully tries to upset and exclude
a person. Examples: Leaving a person out of a game, sticking out
your tongue, and writing hate notes. S Cyber bullying: Using
technology, such as cell phones, social media networks, to
humiliate or embarrass others. Examples: sending mean texts,
emails, or instant messages; posting mean messages on a
website/blog.
6. 42% of kids report being bullied while online, 35 % reported
being threatened online People who reported being cyber bullied
also reported feeling trapped because they cannot even find a safe
place in the virtual world to escape from their bully/bullies.
7. Is Bullying Common? S According to statistics S Almost half
of all students fear harassment or bullying at school to avoid
this, many students try creating excuses in order to cut class or
an entire school day. S About 42% kids have been bullied while
online, 1 in 4 being verbally attacked more than once. S 58% of
kids have reported that they experienced nasty name calling, rumors
or insulting comments made about them behind their back, to their
face, and/or at them online. S Physical bullying tends to be more
common among boys, while girls often favor verbal and nonverbal
bullying.
8. Victims face physical problems and injuries from physical
bullying. Verbal & nonverbal negatively impacts the victims
mental health. Bullying causes the victim to feel sad, alone,
frustrated, afraid, hopeless, and depressed. Bullying can lead to
lowered self-esteem, depression, drug use, and thoughts of suicide.
Problems can affect a person well into adulthood. Retaliation:
become violent in order to get revenge BAD!! Only promotes more
bullying rather than discouraging it. How does bullying affect the
victim?
9. Bully S Bully is ANYONE who feels justified exerting power
over someone else. Bystander S Bystander is someone who watches the
bullying happen or hears about it. S Most bystanders passively
accept the bullying by watching and doing nothing, often without
realizing it! S They provide the audience that a bully craves. S
This silent acceptance allows bullies to continue their hurtful
behavior.
10. The bully is someone others look up to and want to hang out
with. They want to side with the bully because to do that makes
them feel strong. Theyre entertained by the bullying. They do not
think that speaking up will help. Theyre afraid that if they say
something, the bully will turn on them.
11. o Avoid unsupervised areas. o Walk with a group of friends
to class. o Act confident. o Hold your head up, stand up straight,
and make eye contact.
12. What should YOU do in the moment? (victim) S Ignore them! S
Remove yourself from the situation. S Talk about it to someone
else. S Pretend you didnt hear them. S Dont get angry! S Tell an
adult. S Dont even look at them! S Dont show them that you are
upset. S Respond with assertive communication.
13. What should YOU do when you see bullying? (Bystander) S
Directly intervene: discourage the bully, defend the victim, or
redirect the situation away from bullying. S Get help: rally
support from peers to stand up against bullying or report the
bullying to adults. REMEMBER there is ALWAYS an adult that will
listen or who is willing to take a report that someone is being
hurtfully teased or bullied
14. STRATEGIES Distraction: If you are with a friend who begins
to hurtfully tease someone else, quickly distract your friend by
changing the subject or asking him a question. Support the
target/victim privately: If you could not get the person(s) to stop
the hurtful teasing or bullying behavior, for whatever reason, go
back to the target/victim of the behavior and support them
privately. Support the person openly: Recommended only to kids who
feel confident or have a certain amount of respect among their
peers. Do not feed into the behavior: That means do not laugh at
their jokes if they are humiliating someone, and do not promote or
attend a fight. As bystanders, it is our responsibility to reduce
the situation, not feed fuel to an already hot fire.
15. Say what you feel Tell a trusted adult Ask other friends to
help Never leave the target person alone Dont encourage the bully
Understand that you make a difference. Put yourself in the targets
shoes. Treat others like you would like to be treated.
16. S What is bullying and who is a bully? S Who is a
bystander? S What are the different types of bullying? S What are
some of the effects of bullying? S What should a victim do when he
or she is being bullied?