1. 1. S MARIST COLLEGE TEACHERS OF TOMORROW Coordinated By: Rosemarie Martens
2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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?