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Forest Edge Community Meeting Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Parents and Schools Working Together. Forest Edge elementary School COMMUNITY. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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FOREST EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COMMUNITY
Forest Edge Community Meeting
Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Parents and Schools
Working Together
Our goal is to move forward as a united team of parents, students, and school staff to continue to keep Forest Edge a safe place to learn and grow.
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Our Goals
1. To create a positive, secure & supportive school climate
2. To integrate and align bullying prevention and
intervention practices within the school’s positive behavior approach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-w0lJMsZvA
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Essential Components of Bullying Prevention and Intervention
1. Defining Bullying and Harassment
-a common definition based on SR & R Guidelines
-types of bullying identified and defined
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Definitions of Bullying
SR & R Definition:
“Bullying is physical or psychological harassment on the part of one or more students toward another.”
FCPS Working Definition: “Bullying is when a person or group of people
repeatedly uses words or actions to intentionally cause physical or emotional harm to another person.”
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Three Key Features of Bullying
Involves aggressive behavior
Typically involves a pattern of behavior repeated over time
Involves an imbalance of power or strength
-Olweus Bullying Prevention Teacher Guide, 2007
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Types of Bullying
Types of bullying are identified and described:
-Physical -Verbal -Relational -Cyberbullying
Steps to Respect Video Previews
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Cyberbullying: 2005 Virginia Law
If any person, with the intent to coerce,
intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Questions?
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Essential Components
2. Understanding the roles of the student who is targeted, the student who
bullies, and the bystanders
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Roles in Bullying Situations
Student who bullies- someone who engages in repeated negative actions towards one or more students
Student who is targeted- someone who is victimized by the person who is bullying; may be submissive or provocative targets
Bystander- someone who witnesses the bullying; may include the defender of the student who is targeted, the possible defender, the follower, the supporter of the person who bullies, the passive supporter, and the onlooker
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Essential Components
3. Responding to observed or reported bullying incidents with school-wide procedures
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Responding to Bullying Incidents
The student response will include:
informing the student who is bullying to stop, walking away if it doesn’t stop, and reporting the misbehavior to an adult to manage
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Student Response
WALK
TALK
STOPTell the person to stop and use the hand signal.
Walk away.
Talk with a staff member right away!
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The Staff Response
• Immediately stopping the incident, supporting the student who is targeted, and responding to the bystanders
• Follow-up procedures for the student who is targeted, the student who bullies, and the bystanders involved in the incident
• Parent/guardian notification procedures in place
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Staff Response When Activities Perceived as Bullying are Reported
1. Talk to all parties involved including any possible bystanders
2. Make a determination based on information received (is this a bullying incident, does it break SR&R?)
3. Apply SR&R procedures if founded4. Inform parents
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Essential Components
4. Providing adequate supervision for needed
locations
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Essential Components
5. Monitoring implementation effectiveness
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Essential Components
6. Communicating and collaborating with parents/guardians (procedures for parents to report incidents of possible bullying):
Contact teacher where incident occurred, if unsure contact HR teacher or counselor or administration
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What Can Parents Do?
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In General:
1. Emphasize your child’s talents and abilities to build self-esteem and
resiliency.2. Encourage your child’s participation in sports and in civic
and service activities.3. Create opportunities for talking with your child about what
he (she) experiences and observes in school.4. Take your child’s reports of bullying seriously.5. Encourage your child to report concerns about bullying to an
adult at school.6. Report your concerns to a teacher, the school counselor, or
the school administration.
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If your child has been bullied:
1. Be alert to signs such as torn clothing, unexplained injuries, school avoidance, anxiety, sad mood, low self-esteem.2. Let your child know that bullying is not his (her) fault.3. Promote avoidance of bad situations and negative peers.4. Don’t encourage retaliation. Instead, emphasize the need to walk away and seek help from an adult at school in difficult situations.5. Report your concerns to the school and provide all the factual information. Check back with your child and the school to make sure the bullying has stopped. 6. Consult with a mental health professional if you observe continuing behaviors of concern– persistent sadness, health problems, school avoidance, or thoughts of suicide.
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If your child has bullied someone:
1. Let your child know that bullying is not appropriate behavior.2. Be consistent in establishing rules, boundaries, & consequences.3. Become familiar with your child’s friends and their behavior.4. Teach the importance of empathy, compassion, and the ability to see someone else’s point of view.5. Model empathy and non-aggressive responses in your own
behavior.6. Consult with a mental health professional if problems with
aggressive behaviors continue.
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If your child has been a bystander:
1. Teach your child that he or she should not be a passive bystander or
show support for the student who bullies.2. Help your child develop empathy, show support for the student
who is targeted, and become a defender.3. Encourage your child to walk away and get help from an adult if
they witness a bullying incident.4. Emphasize that it is not tattling to seek help when someone is
being bullied. It is doing the right thing.
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Tips for Dealing with Cyberbullying
1.Talk regularly with your child about online activities and cell phone use.2. Tell them that cyberbullying is harmful, unacceptable, and can be acrime. Ask them to tell you if they become aware of cyberbullying orother inappropriate online activity. 2. Monitor computer and cell phone use . Access communications and usage history if there is reason for concern. 3. Caution your child not to respond to negative messages.4. Keep records of inappropriate messages and pictures and try to identify the sender.5. Notify the school administration, your internet service provider, and possibly the police about inappropriate activities, particularly if your child has been threatened.
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Working Together
Sharing what students are learning so that parents can reinforce concepts & action strategies
Communication between the school and parents when an incident occurs
Involving parents in maintaining a caring, secure school community
Partnering with parents in adopting a solutions-oriented approach to bullying prevention and intervention
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Next Steps
Positive Behavior Committee will continue to plan and monitor programs. Committee to include staff, parents
and studentsFollowing FCPS guidelines to incorporate Essential
Components 1-6 into current programsCurrent examples are:
-Character Counts Program/Bucket Filling Celebration to continue with
morning announcements to recognize students-Greeting our children every am and pm asking if they filled someone’s
bucket today-Third grade classroom experimenting with Bucket-Filling time
Needs Assessment- staff, students, parents
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Seeking Assistance:
School ContactsPrincipal: Kim Price
Assistant Principals: Emily Cope and Sabra Lowery
School Counselor: Martha Hutchinson, Grades 4-6
Sheila Murphy, Grades K-3
School Psychologist: Ronne Lancaster
School Social Worker: Bessie DeFreitas
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Resources
FCPS website: http://www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/ssaw/violenceprevention/bullyprevention.shtml
Bucket Filling: www.bucketfilling101.com Character Counts: www.charactercounts.org