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SCHOOL SAFETY &BULLYING
“A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE”
Curtis LavarelloExecutive Director
School Safety Advocacy Council
About the School Safety Advocacy Council
• ADVOCACY• TRAINING• TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
About the School Safety Advocacy Council
NATIONALRECOGNITION
PROGRAM
CHANGING TIMES ??
HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
EVEN AT THE MOUSE HOUSETIMES HAVE CHANGED!
UN-Happiest Place on Earth
MAILDELIVERY
TERRORISM
CHEMICALTHREATS
NEW
&
EMERGING
THREATS
CHILD
ABDUCTIONS
SCHOOL TAKEOVER
What is SCHOOL SAFETY?
“Saudis jump aboardFlorida school bus
Police try to determine intent
CNN.com
HEADLINE March 16, 2007
FBI: Foreign extremists sign up to drive school buses
Washington (AP) – Members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police. An FBI spokesman said “parents and children have nothing to fear.”
What do our students know???
Evidence – Student Timeline – Columbine High School
Columbine High School – Evidence Photo
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WHO?
LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
PARENTS
TEACHERS
STUDENTS CITY / COUNTY LEADERS
SCHOOL STAFF
PROBLEMS IN OUR SCHOOLS
Schools Deal with a Host of Issues
Bullying
Fighting and Gangs
Alcohol and Drug
Use Weapon Carrying
Sexual Abuse
Truancy
Domestic ViolenceDrop Outs
Attacks on Teachers/Staff
Unruly Students
Sale of Alcohol and Drugs
12
SCHOOL CRIME
FIGHTS
WEAPONS
GANG VIOLENCE
SEX CRIMES
THEFT
MURDER
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
BURGLARY
Who are the stake holders?
VANDALISM
Understanding Bullying & Violence
WEDDING INVITES, VIA THE WEB?
BIRTH OF A CHILD, BROADCAST LIVE?
HOSPICE FINAL GOODBY, BROADCAST LIVE?
Higher Rates of Criminal Conviction (Ages 15-50)
• Bullies are 1.69 times more likely to be convicted of a crime between the ages of 15 and 50.
Farrington, Ttofi & Lösel; Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (2011)
Higher Rates of Violent Conviction (Ages 15-50)
• Bullies are 1.96 times more likely to be convicted of a violent crime between the ages of 15 and 50.
Farrington, Ttofi & Lösel; Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (2011)
Less Successful Lives (Age 48)
• Bullies are 2.57 times more likely than non-bullies to lead an unsuccessful life at age 48.
Farrington, Ttofi & Lösel; Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (2011)
Every School Should…
Every Teacher Should…
Every Student Should…
Source: HRSA Stop Bullying Now!
DIFFERENCESBULLYING
• DIRECT
• Occurs on school property
• Poor relationships with teachers
• Fear retributionPhysical: Hitting, Punching & ShovingVerbal: Teasing, Name calling & GossipNonverbal: Use of gestures & Exclusion
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
CYBERBULLYING
• ANONYMOUS
• Occurs on OR offschool property
• Good relationships with teachers
• Fear loss of technology privileges
• Further under the radar than bullying
• Emotional reactions cannot be determined
{McKenna & Bargh, 2004; Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004}
CYBER BULLYING TYPES
• “Flaming’: Online fights using electronic messages with angry and vulgar language
• “Harassment”: Repeatedly sending offensive, rude, and insulting messages
• “Cyber stalking”: Repeatedly sending messages that include threats of harm or are highly intimidating. Engaging in other on-line activities that make a person afraid for his or her own safety
• “Denigration”: ‘Dissing’ someone online. Sending or posting cruel gossip or rumors about a person to damage his or her reputation or friendships
CYBER BULLYING TYPES
• “Impersonation”: Pretending to be someone else and sending or posting material online that makes that person look bad, gets that person in trouble or danger, or damages that person’s reputation or friendships
• “Outing and Trickery”: Sharing someone’s secret or embarrassing information online. Tricking someone into revealing secrets or embarrassing information which is then shared online
• “Exclusion”: Intentionally excluding someone from an on-line group, like a ‘buddy list’
{Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D., Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use}
What is Social Networking?
Allows users to:
Create web pages that provide information about themselves
Available to be viewed by other users
Allows searches and communication with
other users
Over 300 different social networking sites
Popular Social Networking Websites
Myspace.com Facebook.comYouTube.comTwitter.com
Tumbler.comImgfave.com
PS3Xbox Live
Moshimonsters.com
Facebook Statistics
People on Facebook More than 500 million active users 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day Average user has 130 friends People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
Activity on Facebook There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages) Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.
Global Reach More than 70 translations available on the site About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
Mobile There are more than 150 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices. People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users. There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
More than 500 million active users in July 2010, which is about one person for every fourteen in the world. Facebook was then opened on September 26, 2006, to everyone of ages 13 and older with a valid e-mail address In June 2010, an online marketplace for trading private company stock reflected a valuation of $11.5 billion.
Cyberbullying Stats42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once.
21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages.
58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once.
53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in 3 have done it more than once.
58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.
Source: www.cyberbullying.us
CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
Who May Be Involved:
School Counselor
Principal
Resource Officer
Police
Attorney (School or Private)
Superintendent
Internet Service Provider
General (Willard, 2005)
School Limits: Schools have policies against bullying
Civil Law Limits: Cyber bullying may also meet standards
for ‘institutional torts’ (wrongdoings)
Defamation
Material that Constitutes an Invasion of Privacy
(1st Amendment)
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
Criminal Law Limits The following kinds of speech can lead to arrest & prosecution:
• Making threats of violence to people or their property
• Engaging in coercion• Making obscene or harassing phone calls• Harassment or stalking• Hate or bias crimes• Creating or sending sexually explicit images of teens• Sexual exploitation• Taking a photo of someone in place where privacy
expectedGeneral (Willard, 2005)
CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
‘Educator’s Guide To Cyber bullying:Addressing the Harm of On-line Social Cruelty’
(Nancy Willard, 2005)
Law Enforcement should be contacted ifeducator becomes aware of:
• Death threats or threats of other forms of violence to a person or property
• Excessive intimidation or extortion
• Threats or intimidation that involve any form of bias or discrimination
• Any evidence of sexual exploitation
CONCLUDING THOUGHTSA Need For: A better understanding of what bullying, cyber-bullying is and its connection to school violence Addressing appropriate computer protocol and specifically cyber bullying via the schools’
clearly defined and systematically implemented policy so that schools can provide intervention even in instances that occur outside of school
Clearer delineation of school responsibility in responding to incidents, especially off school grounds
Clearer school policies and action plans; increased continuity in implementing school responses Increased assessment of incidents and those involved Systematic, therapeutic responses, not isolated disciplinary reactions Integration of educational, psycho-social interventions Inclusion of prevention measures that are comprehensive and systemic in approach Communication among students, counselors, teachers, administrators, parents & community Change needs to come from all levels and grades:
IndividualClassroomSchool culture
Victimization often occurs with both the person being cyber bullied and the cyber bully
www.SCHOOLSAFETY911.org
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